Stephane Guavin, Ph.D., Professor, Expert in representing Canadian interests in development of module content & E-learning curriculum design & management; Richard Jackson, Adjunct Faculty, Expert in reflexive online curriculum design & outcome measurement; Robyn Johnson, M.A., Professor, Marketing, Expert in representing Mexican interests in development of module content & E-learning curriculum design & management; Gordon Murray, Ph.D., Director, New Media, Consultant to help design module website & supervise web construction; Gregory Shreve, Ph.D., Professor, Modern & Classical Language Studies, Director, Institute for Applied Linguistics, Consultant to help design portable & scalpable module online format, design linguistically/culturally sensitive web interfaces; Karen Swan, Ed.D., Professor, Research Center for Educational Technology, expert in creating/managing/measuring interactivity & student learning in an online environment; Lucinda Welch, MBA, Outreach Program Manager, Center for Education & Development, Identify & manage business contact to be included in live online case exercise

The learning community will enhance its capacity to develop instructional materials that offer a “balanced” view of multilateral trade related issues. This capacity will be developed via the collaborative efforts of core members: Michael Mayo and Frederick Schroath of Kent State University; (United States) Stephane Gauvin of Laval University (Canada) and Robyn Johnson of University of the Americas (UDLA Mexico) The goal is to present NAFTA materials that represent both the trading realities of the respective countries and recognize important similarities and differences in each country’s approach to trade and international investment.

We intend to expand the practice of online instruction in our learning community and to consider new pedagogical and web design approaches to accommodate cross-cultural learning audiences.

The learning community hopes to identify future collaborative programs during the grant period. Already, S. Gauvin of Laval University has proposed that we later expand our work to develop a for-credit graduate course to address a host of NAFTA related topics (e.g., cross-border logistics, strategic planning, comparative e-business legal issues and Internet demographics, etc.).