by Clint | Oct 31, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Cross-cultural perspectives
**Warning** This blog post might not be suitable for young children 🙂 I can’t believe fall is almost over and I have not yet blogged about my “cultural experience” thus far in the land of the Finns (a.k.a Finland). I hope it is entertaining for you (both my Finnish...
by Clint | Oct 30, 2007 | Conferences, e-learning, Global virtual teams, Technologies for Intercultural Communication
Thanks for all who participated in an interesting seminar! Don’t forget the next seminar at Kitee on 21.11.2007 (see http://clint.wisdomoftheworld.com/?p=77) We still need some work on figuring out the best ways to handle video and audio in this environment...
by Clint | Oct 25, 2007 | Conferences, e-learning, Key Questions
I present today at the European Distance and E-learning Network’s (EDEN) 6th Open Classroom Conference. The theme of the conference is “Real Learning in Virtual Worlds”. I have already learned some valuable things and will blog them throughout the...
by Clint | Oct 24, 2007 | Random
From my friend Sabine, near San Diego: “The sun looks quite red and foggy this morning. This is the sun at 8:30am, seen from my doorsteps. The fires continue and nobody stays outside. The dust makes the air too difficult to breathe.” Over a half million...
by Clint | Oct 20, 2007 | Conferences, e-learning, Web 2.0
To begin with, click here to subscribe to the EdTech Google calender that Ilkka has kindly created: ______________________________________________ University of Joensuu EdTech Ph.D. Seminar Program for 21.11.2007 **The tentative schedule will look something...
by Clint | Oct 18, 2007 | Intercultural communication, Religion
What is it that makes intercultural communication, especially about sensitive issues, difficult? I can think of many reasons – and I’d be interested in also hearing your thoughts. As one of many of the difficulty, I think the following pattern frequently...
by Clint | Oct 17, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Religion
In studying cross-cultural issues, as I do, it is virtually impossible to ignore the influence of faith on human identity and relationships. I’m not a spokesperson for my Church, and I’m not interested in imposing my personal beliefs on anyone else. At the same time I...
by Clint | Oct 5, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives
Yesterday was my friend Mikko’s turn to sweat, although he handled everything quite elegantly (I think that is the right word). Whereas in the U.S. we have 5 committee members that approve our initial dissertation proposal and then they are also the same ones in...
by Clint | Sep 24, 2007 | International business, Key Lessons
I am currently in the Helsinki airport, returning from a great trip to China. One of the books that I read during my visit was China Shakes the World, by James Kynge. I had been to China three times previously and could sense the scope of what is happening there, but...
by Clint | Sep 24, 2007 | Just something cool
I had never heard of it before a few weeks ago, and I was one of only a handful of Caucasians that I saw during my 4 days there. I do not think many people from the West have ever heard of it, even my friends working at the US Embassy in Shanghai were not familiar...
