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International Education: Opportunities and Challenges in Global Teaching Experiences

This paper explores the unique experiences and challenges faced by John Paxton, a Computer Science professor at Montana State University, as he undertook academic engagements across various international institutions. With a background in Computer Science and years of teaching, Paxton describes impactful lectures, courses on artificial intelligence, programming, neural networks, and more. He shares insights on cultural differences, pedagogical approaches, and logistical challenges faced during his visits to universities in Morocco, Mexico, El Salvador, New Zealand, Ireland, and Germany.

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International Education: Opportunities and Challenges in Global Teaching Experiences

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  1. International Education: Opportunities and Challenges John Paxton 10 August 2004

  2. My Background 1985: B.S. in Computer Science from the Ohio State University 1990: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan 1990-present: Computer Science Professor, Montana State University

  3. United States

  4. Montana State University

  5. Engineering Building

  6. Opportunities 1996: Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco 1999: University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico 2003: Don Bosco University, Soyapango, El Salvador 2004: Massey University, Albany, New Zealand 2005: ??? National University of Ireland, Galway 2006: ??? Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

  7. Al-Akhawayn University Contact: Montana State sister university Duration: 2 weeks Activities: guest lectures in artificial intelligence course guest lectures in programming course general presentation curriculum discussions

  8. University of Tamaulipas Contact: sister’s husband’s brother Duration: 2 days Activities: conference talk Special Challenge: pre-conference fiesta

  9. Don Bosco University Contact: former student Duration: 1 month Activities: neural network mini-course Common Lisp mini-course theory of computation mini-course guest lectures conference presentation curriculum discussions

  10. Massey University Contact: e-mail listserv (Guan Yue Hong) Duration: 2 months Activities: 157.235 (first half) – networks and client/server design 157.762 block course – software quality and reliability

  11. NUI Galway - ??? Contact: Montana State sister university Duration: 6 weeks Activities: web programming course for 10-15 MSU students

  12. Leipzig University - ??? Contact: Fulbright program Duration: 6 months Activities: web programming course customized algorithms/data structures course

  13. Challenges Housing Transportation Different Courses Different Students Different Pedagogical Approaches (Block Courses)

  14. Challenges – Being Efficient

  15. Upcoming Talk Experiences of a Short Term Visiting Lecturer Tuesday, August 24th IIMS Lab 3 high noon

  16. Thank you! Questions??

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