Can Online Study Abroad Programs During Covid-19 Promote Global Competencies?

Abstract

At Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), many students participate in short-term study abroad programs, and in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, online study abroad programs were implemented due to pandemics of the COVID-19. First, this paper organizes study abroad programs leading to the online program. Second, this paper presents the possibility of using two indicators. One is student satisfaction indicators, and the other is the Japanese version of the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale -Short form (MGUDS-S). The research question is whether student satisfaction indicators and global competency indicators can measure program effectiveness, even for online study abroad programs. From the questionnaire survey result, it makes clear the effectiveness of both indicators.