Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan T Lima Jr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

their classes and laboratories. In addition, the home campusesalso benefit from the return of the students to the home campus, since they share theirinternational experience with home university peers.6. Feedback from participating studentsEach student participating in the program write a final report on the overall programparticipation, which includes description of the courses taken, language improvement, culturalproficiency, difficulties, and suggestions for program improvement. The summary of thestudents’ comments in different categories follows below:Facilities: Students stated that libraries, laboratories, classrooms are accessible for furtheringone’s education at both Brazilian institutions. Both Brazilian institutions have one main

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

response, but then added something quitesurprising: ―Well, first of all, like some Chinese improvement, like [a] little Chineseimprovement. Actually, my English got a little better in Shanghai, [a] little better because I hadsome interactions with American friends, like more than in Purdue.‖ At Purdue, the participant Page 22.749.9explained, international students tend to be isolated from their American peers. The participants in the GEARE program exhibited relatively few attitudinal outcomes.However, some attitudinal outcomes stood out for certain individuals. Two of the participantsspoke at length about developing flexibility, or