Week 1 Seminar Notes Gp2

Notes from Week 1 Seminar

Seminar Outline

1. HOUSEKEEPING (17.30-17.50)

2. GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER (with a twist!) (17.50-18.30)

3. COURSE GUIDE (18.30-19.00)

4. ASSESSMENT

5. ONLINE TOOLS/RESOURCES & SELF-ASSESSMENT (19.10-19.30)

6. INTRODUCTION EXERCISE: Unpacking 'International Comm and Culture' (19.30-20.00)

7. ESTABLISH INTERCULTURAL TEAMS (20.00-20.15)

8. REMINDERS (20.15-20.20)

Key Seminar Questions

INTRODUCTION EXERCISE: Unpacking 'Int'l Comm and Culture' on Front cover Course Reader images

An opportunity to identify/articulate our current, common sense knowledge and ideas before we test, challenge, (re)consider and even refine them – also, consider practical applications to own communications practice – throughout the remainder of the course.

Discuss pictures, especially in relation to course title:

- What aspects of communication do you agree with in these images? Disagree with?

- Is there anything missing or not considered by the artist?

- How are the images problematic/a valuable tool?

- What is international communication? What is culture? What do these mean for you?

- And how does each term relate to the other terms - because course is designed to examine the interconnected concepts of culture and communication thereby developing understanding of their relationship?