Abstract

The goal of the IVMP is to create international economic opportunities for underrepresented adolescents using a variety of traditional and non-traditional technology based modalities. The IVMP augments local academic curriculums through self-paced business modules in a rich informal environment. The series of modules is designed to stimulate intellectual creativity, sharpen global economic acuity and increase employability skills by providing students with tools and opportunities to form local and international collaborative partnerships to research, design, implement, own and competitively operate unique retail and service establishments in a global virtual environment.

Citation

Brown, E.L. & Gates, M. (2008). Creating Global Partnerships to Increase Economic Opportunities for Disadvantaged Adolescents:. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 5840-5842). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/29193/.

© 2008 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• adolescents
• Distance Education
• Educational Technology
• Secondary Education
• Students
• Virtual Environments