BORROWED IDENTITIES: As a preparation for the proposed European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 the project Borrowed Identities aims at creating an intercultural learning environment based on virtual and real mobility. The multi-disciplinary project is targeted to Business, Technical and Humanities students in Germany, Sweden, Spain, UK and Hungary and will focus on combining computer mediated academic work, face-to-face meetings and intercultural communication. You can find more information and a day-by-day travelog of the excursion to Achill Island here.
'ABSOLUTELY INTERCULTURAL!' is, as far as we know, the first podcast in the world to deal with intercultural issues. We'll be releasing a new episode every second Friday evening, looking at all intercultural aspects of human intercultural communication. For example, we'll be hearing from students on foreign work placements, looking at intercultural aspects of the forthcoming World Cup, asking how teachers can make use of intercultural exercises and simulations in their classroom and sharing with you any intercultural gossip we come across. 'absolutely intercultural!' won't be so much about passing on information but more about starting an intercultural dialogue between the makers, and you, the contributors and listeners.
"'TEACHING CULTURE!' Teacher Training in Intercultural Awareness!" brings together twelve partners from eight European countries: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain and Sweden. The project provides a training course which aims at enabling teachers in adult education to deal with intercultural issues in the growing European community. The partners share their expertise in fields ranging from adult education and teacher training to online learning and cultural education.
ACHILL 2006 - ISIS: "The figures: 2 pm, 40 people from 11 countries, speaking 15 languages are looking forward to meeting the Achill inhabitants." - Ana Belén Casares (Spain) - "The influence of the EU can be seen in different parts of Dublin. We got the impression the city is on the move, a mixture of national symbols, architecture, with a flavour of Europe as well." - Antje Laacks (Germany)
LIPS develops pilot measures to improve students' skills and competences for their successful completion of work experiences abroad. Interactive modules including video, all aimed at successful preparation for key situations, will be developed by the project team.
MEDIA-NET-WORKS promotes active citizenship through digital and media competence in combination with intercultural awareness. During the piloting of the training programme participants will be involved in building and maintaining their own transnational communities in order to share knowledge and insights. Besides, participants will analyse existing virtual communities and the discursive behaviour observed in these fora.
RAC FOR A DAY - RAC FOR A YEAR! Who comes to Rheinahrcampus once, always returns. Based on this fact a group of students in the frame of an International Business Simulations promoted our university as the destination for future Erasmus scholarship holders. The trick was simple: try Rheinahrcampus' facilities, classes, cultural and sport offer, and nightlife and come back next year as an Erasmus student.
ACHILL 2005 - The ISIS (Intercultural Strategies for International Success) project involves International cooperation among 8 European institutions and universities. It is funded by the European Union in the context of Socrates Intensive Programmes. The Project is divided into 2 parts. The first part is at the home institution while the second part is held in a real life contact situation in Ireland.
QUIS Action Research 2004: QUIS is a Leonardo da Vinci Pilot Project; the acronym stands for Qualification Initiative for European Social Management and Social Economy. A transnational group of students spent an afternoon conducting action research activities dealing with internationalisation issues, meeting students and interns on campus and discussing with the coordinators for international relations.
TAG (TIME AND THE GERMANS) 2004: An intercultural project based on IELTS writing test requirements for students to practise their IELTS skills (describing graphs, writing business letters) in a practical and authentic way. In this project the students are given an opportunity to practise intercultural communication skills in an authentic way. They get a chance to use the language in a more meaningful way and get preparation for the language usage in the real word. At the same time they practise for the test. The project is based on role playing activities.
ACHILL 2004 - Intercultural Strategies for International Success: Students from universities in Sweden, England, Germany and Spain work together in an “Intensive Programme” held in an inspiring location on Achill Island, Ireland. During the winter semester students have worked together in “virtual teams” where they had to manage "on-line" transactions with their foreign partners. The excursion to Achill Island, which includes 10 days of academic work and intercultural communication gives students the opportunity of real intercultural contacts. The programme includes an online intercultural diary, meetings with artists and authors, teaching and discussions in schools and families.
Fast Track One - Cross Cultural Business Simulation: This Cross Cultural Business Communication-project connects students from universities in Ljubljana, Budapest and Koblenz-Remagen. Students will set up a simulated company to market a service or product and carry out commercial transactions with companies in different counties (Germany, Hungary and Slovenia.) The international business environment will enable participants to learn about the workings of a company. Following a time-line of transactions the students will practice in a near-realistic situation.
TAB (Time And the British): Students from Remagen (Germany) and Brighton (Great Britain) collaborate on an intercultural project practising their IELTS skills (e.g. describing graphs, writing business letters) in a practical and authentic way. The topic this semester is "Time and the British". Students get a chance to use the language in a more meaningful way and get preparation for the language usage in the real word. At the same time they practise for the test. The project is based on role playing activities and doing enquiries and small research papers on time perception in England (e.g. monochromic/polychromic.)
TAG (TIME AND THE GERMANS): An intercultural project based on IELTS writing test requirements for students to practise their IELTS skills (describing graphs, writing business letters) in a practical and authentic way. In this project the students are given an opportunity to practise intercultural communication skills in an authentic way. They get a chance to use the language in a more meaningful way and get preparation for the language usage in the real word. At the same time they practise for the test. The project is based on role playing activities.
"CONNECT networkTRAINing" creates through the web an exciting cultural learning environment. Cultural operators will experiment with new methods of open work. During the project the audience participates in writing a "Web novel". The hyperfictional journey will "start" at the different European locations of the participants. At the "finale" participants will meet each other during a workshop in Ireland. The "journey" will turn from virtual to real.
