Virtual Projects
About BBAC Project
Building Bridges Across Continents (BBAC) is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural student project between Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University (H-BRS) in Germany, the University of Nairobi (UON) in Kenya, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana, and the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV) in Portugal. BBAC provides students the opportunity to gain global competencies by collaborating virtually with other university students across continents. Students not only gain hands-on practice in international project management but learn to use digital communication tools in real-life as well as being exposed to different cultures and values across continents.
The students conduct interviews with students from each partner county to discuss issues and share cultural knowledge in the categories “country”, “education”, “family”, “religion”, “sports” and “values and happiness”. Students also acquire time management skills. Furthermore, the students can improve their digital competencies by producing a cultural video as well as focusing on gaining intercultural competencies while communicating with an international audience.
About ProGlobe
Promoting the Global Exchange of Ideas on Sustainable Goals, Practices and Cultural Diversity (ProGlobe) is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural student project between Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University (H-BRS) in Germany, the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV) in Portugal, Conestoga College – Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (CC) in Canada and Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in the USA.
This virtual exchange provides students the opportunity to gain 21st-century skills by collaborating virtually with other university students in Europe and North America to raise awareness on the impact of environmental and social issues in the world. Its aim is to understand global issues from different cultural perspectives while working against misconceptions and generalizations.
Students explore their own sustainable footprints and reflect on the use of resources in a global context. Each student conducts interviews with students from each partner country to discuss environmental issues in four categories “food”, “water”, “transportation” and “energy”. At the end of the virtual project, students attend and present their findings at a virtual conference.
About BAIN
BAIN is Becoming an International Negotiator. This virtual exchange project was initiated by Regina C. Brautlacht, Senior Lecturer in Business Communication, who teaches Negotiation at H-BRS, with her colleagues from Africa, Dr. Gloria Agyapong (UCC) and Dr. Joseph Owino (UoN) both teach Marketing in their respective countries.
Entering the African Market: Students learn practical negotiation skills.
The graduate students in Marketing (M.Sc.) are part of the virtual negotiation project, known as BAIN – Becoming an International Negotiator, which launched its first cohort in April 2021.
The pilot project promotes global engagement in a digital learning environment and offers 43 graduate students of marketing in Kenya, Ghana, and Germany the opportunity to gain practical negotiation skills. Students from the master’s degree program in Marketing at H-BRS will be negotiating an entry into the African market with their counterparts from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana and the University of Nairobi (UoN) in Kenya.
