Innovative Mobility Program Series for Asian Students' Equitable Learning Opportunities Through Interdisciplinary Methodologies
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Portland, Oregon
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June 23, 2024
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June 23, 2024
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July 12, 2024
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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)
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Diversity
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https://peer.asee.org/47629
Paper Authors
Hiroyuki Ishizaki
Shibaura Institute of Technology
orcid.org/0009-0008-7482-2038
Hiroyuki Ishizaki is a Visiting Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading Japanese engineering school. His research interests include multidisciplinary teaching and learning, cross-cultural competence, collaborative online international (COIL), technopreneurship, and project/problem-based learning methods. As a Director of the Malaysia Office, he has been expatriated in Malaysia since 2014 and leading the internationalization of SIT and its partner universities throughout the Southeast Asian region. Under his initiatives, various short-term mobility programs and student exchanges have been started. He is also Chair of the Mobility Special Interest Group of Asia Technological University Network (ATU-Net) and initiated a COIL program called Virtual Asia Exploration (VAx) by orchestrating the collaboration of six Asian universities.
He is also an entrepreneur through his consulting company established in 2004, and has been rendering management consultation services to both small-medium size companies and multi-national enterprises such as global strategy planning, cross-border business entry, middle manager training, and partner development. These business achievements are reflected in his academic activities through the designing of lectures and mobility programs with practical implementation perspectives.
Ishizaki has been actively presenting and publishing his academic achievements at international conferences in the Asia Pacific region and North America such as APAIE, WERA, and NAFSA.
He earned a Master of Business Administration majoring in international business at the University of Southern California in the United States of America, and a Bachelor in Law at Hitotsubashi University in Japan.
Maria Anityasari
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
orcid.org/0000-0003-4401-0051
Maria Anityasari is the Director of ITS Global Engagement. Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Surabaya, one of the best sciences and engineering universities in Indonesia. Under her leadership, the university has been building partnerships in engineering and non engineering fields with various universities and institutions in different countries. She initiated many innovative and breakthrough programs, such as Community and Technological (CommTECH) Camp – a very successful world class short program, an intensive training on EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) for lectures, connecting classroom programs, Global Project based Learning (GPbL) programs, intensive staff mobility between ITS and university partners, MOOC courses, and so on. She also created many programs to assist internationalization of other universities in Eastern Part of Indonesia (EPI). Currently she is the co-chair of Western Australian and East Java Universities Consortium (WAEJUC) for mobility and the vice-coordinator of Special Interest Group (SIG) for mobility in Asia Technological University Network (ATU-Net). She is also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Industrial and System Engineering, with research interest in the field of life cycle management, sustainability, and system design.
Masaomi Kimura
Shibaura Institute of Technology
orcid.org/0000-0003-3991-4259
Prof. Masaomi Kimura received a Ph.D. degree from The University of Tokyo in 1999. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering in Shibaura Institute of Technology. His current research interests are in the areas of data science and data
engineering as an application of artificial intelligence.
Faiqoh Agustin University of Maryland, College Park
Faiqoh Agustin is a Fulbright scholar currently pursuing a master’s degree in international education policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. With over seven years of experience in the field of internationalization in higher education, she has developed a keen interest in international education programs, especially within higher education contexts. Faiqoh is also passionate about advocating for STEM education for girls, reflecting her commitment to promoting equitable access to education.
Abstract
Virtual Asia Exploration (VAx) and Hybrid Asia Exploration (HAx) are innovative mobility program series aiming at providing all Asian students with equitable learning experiences regardless of location and financial limitations. The organizing team of 12 multinational lecturers from 5 countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines) is collaboratively conducting an interdisciplinary education that consists of technology, histories and cultures of Asian countries for enhancing participants' self-efficacy as Asians. VAx initially started as a countermeasure to satisfy desperate demands for mobility programs hampered by pandemic. Eventually this Digital Transformation has invented a new methodology to offer borderless mobility programs throughout Asia regardless of location and financial issues. After 3 batches in 2021 and 2022 with a total of 239 certificate awardees, the program is upgraded to the hybrid version in 2023. Out of 88 registered participants with 10 nationalities, 43 attended the onsite sessions at Institut Teknologi Sepluh Nopember (ITS) Indonesia and enjoyed face-to-face lectures and field studies in the local community. Those who couldn’t travel to Indonesia for any reasons could continue this program online. In response to the favorable feedback from participants, ITS and the organizing team have already determined to host the same program in 2024, aiming at provision of this borderless to more countries, students, and even academic staff. With the vigorous leadership by ITS and SIT, this team is willing to continue this innovative mobility program for offering equitable interdisciplinary learning opportunities throughout Asia.
Ishizaki, H., & Anityasari, M., & Kimura, M., & Agustin, F. (2024, June), Innovative Mobility Program Series for Asian Students' Equitable Learning Opportunities Through Interdisciplinary Methodologies Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/47629
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