A Hybrid Study Abroad Program : Reflections from a Japanese University

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Following the disruption and complete cancellation of in-person study abroad in Australia, Tamagawa University’s Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management (DTHM) resumed its Australian Study Abroad Program, including a return to the original model, albeit with crucial and profound changes. In light of the numerous risks still posed by the coronavirus, but still eager to provide a study abroad program, the status quo was abandoned and a hybrid learning model was adopted. The 88 students who comprised the 2020 cohort in the DTHM can therefore be considered pioneers in this “new normal” of studying abroad. In fact, they began their study “abroad” program in Japan - what some might call distance learning - by joining their Australian classes remotely using digital technologies, online tools, and software. The 2021 fall semester was spent in this fashion and then, in a cautious step forward, a majority of the students traveled to Melbourne, Australia at the end of the fall term in March 2022 to resume their studies in-person. Using data gathered from an online questionnaire, the aim of this paper is to explore both the initial, distance learning aspect of the program and also the latter, in-person experience as seen through the eyes of the 2020 Tourism Department cohort. The researchers wanted to gain a better understanding of their attitude towards, opinion of, and experience with this new, hybrid learning study abroad model and program.

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