Peyton Foster Roden, Regents Professor of Finance, presented a paper on October 30 at the XII Congreso Internacional En Docena E Investigación En Ciencias Económico Administrativas (XII International Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Research in Economics and Business). The conference was in Queréretao, Mexico, in October of 2009. Professor Roden presented the paper in Spanish.
Coauthored with Filiberto Enrique Valdés Medina and Cintia Carmona Jiménez, each of Centro Universitario de Ixtlahuaca, the paper, entitled “Enhancing Learning Outcomes with a Study-Abroad Experience at a Mexican University,” examines implementation of a one-week visit to a Mexican university campus as part of a finance course offered at a U.S. university. While in México, the U.S. students study finance, Spanish, and Mexican culture. Professor Roden and his coauthors discuss course organization, selection of course content, delivery of the course, logistical issues, and funding. They use Blackboard/WebCT Vista for delivery of content, but course development is consistent with any delivery method, web-based or otherwise.
The project was financed in part from a Learning Enhancement Grant competitively awarded to develop the content and structure of the underlying finance course.
