International E-communication Exchange

 

 

 

International E-communication Exchange Podcast Videos Partners Conferences Papers Awards

 

We live in a global world with knowledge no longer confined to geographical boundaries. To facilitate students’ participation in the borderless criminal justice community, an e-communication initiative was developed in 2004 between criminologists in Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK and the University of West Florida in the USA using information and communications technology (ICT) to help develop their students’ awareness of international issues. As well as developing students’ understanding of contemporary policy and popular concerns around crime, a key aim was to enhance and develop students’ independent learning skills. The way students are integrated into e-learning and supported through the experience is invaluable to success.

 

Podcast

 

Listen to a Podcast about the Project by Dr Helen Jones. (A new window will open - this might take a minute on slower machines - and the podcast lasts around 14 minutes)

 

Videos

 

Watch a video of Helen Jones discussing the project http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/pathfinder/projects/projectpage.php?id=1&keyword_id=13

 

Watch some of the IEE team in videoclips on YouTube

 

 

 

Partners

 

The IEE project began in 2004 and now involves seven universities across the UK and US.

 

 

Leading academics include:

Helen Jones – Manchester Metropolitan University

h.jones@mmu.ac.uk

Eileen Berrington - Manchester Metropolitan University

e.berrington@mmu.ac.uk

Julie Kunselman – North Kentucky University

kunselmanj1@nku.edu

Kathy Johnson – University of West Florida

kjohnson@uwf.edu

Paula Wilcox – University of Brighton

P.S.Wilcox@bton.ac.uk

Maggie Sumner – University of Westminster

sumnerm@westminster.ac.uk

Michael Maume - University of North Carolina Wilmington

maume@uncw.edu

Keith Clement - California State University Fresno

kclement@csufresno.edu

Liz Frondigoun - Glasgow Caledonian University

Liz.Frondigoun@gcal.ac.uk

 

 

Dr Mike Maume and Dr Helen Jones in Wilmington, North Carolina

 

As employers increasingly seek diverse combinations of skills and knowledge and students expect programmes that can suit varied career demands, meeting these needs requires innovation and imagination. The IEE project is an innovative and imaginative approach to e-learning and provides, in the words of one final year criminology student, the “most difficult, demanding and yet valuable experience of my university life”.

 

 

Conferences

 

The project was disseminated at:

 

Edinburgh November 2008 C-SAP Annual Conference. 'Doing Internationalisation on the Cheap: Transforming the Classroom'.See here for abstract: 

http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/events/conference_08/abstracts/Jones.html 

 

Gill, A. and Jones, H. (2007) BBWorld Europe - ‘International Collaboration: Two Nations Separated by a Common Language’.

 

Johnson, K., Jones, H. and Kunselman, J. (2007) American Society of Criminology Annual Conference - 'Cross Cultural Criminology: An International Exchange'.

 

Jones, H. (2007) Invited speaker - Teaching Criminology - cross-disciplinary workshop at Sheffield Hallam University, organised in collaboration with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres for Law (UKCLE), Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), and Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP).

 

Jones, H. (2007) HEA annual conference - 'e-communication unleashed'.

 

Berrington, E. and Jones, H. (2007) SOLSTICE conference Edge Hill University – ‘Reflection v Soundbites: the potential of VLEs to enhance the quality of students’ communication, participation and learning’.

 

Berrington, E. Sumner, M. and Wilcox, P. (2007) International E-Communication Exchange Conference – ‘Communicating Across Boundaries: E-communication on Criminal Justice Issues’.

 

Manchester Metropolitan University hosted the International E-Communication Exchange Conference. This event was held to celebrate the fourth year of the International E-Communication Exchange. The conference at Manchester Metropolitan University was opened by Professor Janet Beer, Dean and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences. Other speakers included Dr Paula Wilcox, Senior Lecturer Brighton University; Maggie Sumner, Head of the Sociology Department Westminster University and Drs Kunselman and Johnson of the University of West Florida. The event was sponsored by C-SAP.

 

(Dr Helen Jones welcomes Professor Janet Beer)

 

Jones, H., Berrington, E., Sumner, M. and Wilcox, P. (2006) 4th EDEN research workshop - ‘Beyond the Classroom: International Collaboration’.

http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=306

 

Atlanta Conference in USA in 2005 and in a peer-reviewed article Communicating Across the Atlantic.

 

 Drs Jones, Wowk, Kunselman and Johnson, in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

 

 

Papers

 

 

Jones, H., Berrington, E., Sumner, M. and Wilcox, P. ‘Borderless classrooms: using a VLE discussion board to internationalise the curriculum’, (under consideration by LATISS).

 

Wilcox, P., Jones, H., Sumner, M. and Berrington, E.  (2008)  UK and US criminology students communicate online: Enhancing current learning and teaching practices, in Barlow, J. (ed.) Connections: sharing the learning space, (published 13 July, 2007) Brighton: Falmer Press.

 

Jones, H (2007) 'Distinctive Dialogues: The International E-communication Exchange', Learning and Teaching in Action. Vol.6, (2): 9-11.

 

Jones, H., Johnson, K. and Kunselman, J. (2007) ‘Just Talking? Adding an International Dimension to Criminal Justice Teaching’, New Jersey Criminal Justice Educator. Vol.40, (1):7-9.

 

Jones, H., Kunselman, J., Johnson, K. and Wowk, M. (2005) ‘Communicating Across the Atlantic’. Issues in Information Systems. Vol VI, No 1 pp163-169.

 

Jones, H. and Maume, M. (in production) Gender, computers and communication: completely distant and completely intimate.

 

Jones, H. and Clement, K. (in production) Teachnology - Thinking critically in education.

 

The International E-communication Exchange initiative was also reported on in CJ Update, vol xxxvi, No.2 (Spring 2008): 4.  

 

 

 

Awards

 

2008 - I was awarded the status of C-SAP Associate with a £1000 bursary for the development of learning and teaching activities.

 

2006 - A grant from C-SAP to evaluate the initiative (£10,350)

 

2005 - The project was mentioned in MMU's Annual Report and in 2005 I was awarded the Teaching Innovation and Excellence award.