Dr. Diba Mani Co-Authors Chapter on VE in Health Education
Building on their successful virtual exchange (VE) partnership, Dr. Diba Mani, Instructional Associate Professor in the College of Health & Human Performance, and her collaborators at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico have co-authored the chapter, “Large-Enrollment Human Health and Physiology Undergraduate Course Collaborative Online International Learning Between the United States and Mexico,” in the new Handbook of Using Virtual Exchange Across Disciplines. Their chapter describes a scalable VE model that connects more than 400 students per semester in the United States and Mexico, demonstrating how international and intercultural learning can be successfully integrated into large-enrollment STEM and pre-health courses. By engaging students in cross-cultural collaboration around health and wellbeing, the project highlights the potential of VE to help prepare globally competent future health professionals.
The handbook will soon be available through the UF Libraries. Congratulations to all of the authors on this impactful collaboration!