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29 Apr 2014
The Jordan Media Institute (JMI) offers elective courses via internet video in collaboration with universities outside Jordan. This year, JMI’s Master’s students participated in a collaborative learning experience under the title "International Communication" with Marquette University in the United States and Rafik Hariri University in Lebanon. The students from the three countries connected online and discussed assignments in real time.<br />
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The main goal of this collaborative experience was to utilize the latest online technologies to build bridges between students across continents in an academic setting. Upon successful completion of this course, the students received a joint certificate from JMI and Marquette University.<br />
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The one-semester course took a closer look at international news and its influence on global dialogue in a variety of platforms. The students also studied how these news stories were received by Arab and American audiences, their relation to ideologies and policies as well as their impact on the recipient.<br />
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Collaborating faculty from the three institutes in this new learning experience were: James Scotton from Marquette University, Sandra Whitehead from Rafik Hariri University and Dunia Kamal from Jordan Media Institute.