International Partnerships and Curriculum Design

Abstract

In recent years, efforts to internationalize teaching, learning, and the curriculum using digital media have increased and (higher) education institutions around the world have embraced virtual communication and collaboration to foster and maintain international partnerships. This chapter surveys linkages between international partnerships and curriculum design. Based on concepts and designs that can help to establish virtual joint educational initiatives within the framework of international (institutional) partnerships, this chapter introduces different curriculum design models and their implications for international partnerships in order to enable readers to initiate new curriculum design processes or evaluate existing curricula with regard to the involvement of and virtual collaboration with international partners.