This presentation was delivered at the joint HEA/UKCISA Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education Conference that took place at the University of Warwick on 16th and 17th June 2011.
This presentation is based on a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of learning teaching and assessment approaches and tools used in two courses at a New Zealand University to facilitate the development of intercultural competence. It describes a learning teaching and assessment model and the rationale for integrating technology including the trialling of Second Life a multi-user virtual environment and home ethnography. The challenges and opportunities for developing intercultural competence will be discussed with examples of student participation and engagement.