COMM 10 Documentary/TV Series/Movie Assignment
Cultural Documentary/TV Series/Movie Assignment Rubric
Intercultural Communication
Overview
Intercultural Communication introduces students to the cultural variables and factors in the communication process. Emphasis is given to communicating effectively in diverse social and professional environments. Focus is given to the analysis and comparisons of message perception, verbal and nonverbal communication, communication climates and language interpretation in interactions between people from different cultures. The attached resources include my course syllabus, a culturally relevant assignment, and the remixed open education resources chapters used to make this course more antiracist.
Action Plan
My initial intended course for this experience changed due to low enrollment within two weeks of the semester beginning. My initial action plan was very ambitious. However, due to the required shift between courses and their respective modalities, my pivot caused me to take smaller (albeit more manageable) actions to make my course more antiracist and culturally relevant.
I was able to integrate three open education resource (OER) chapters within my course. These chapters were remixed and revised by a colleague and I. This proved to enhance student content comprehension and lower stress levels regarding textbook cost. Additionally, we collectively created course learning environment agreements. Moreover, we revised and implemented a culturally relevent assignment, its guidelines, and its respective rubric. Lastly, we took time to reflecton our impressions on such assignments - how we navigated them and how we can apply concepts to everyday life.
Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes
COMM 10 - Intercultural Communication
Course Objectives
In the process of completing this course, students will:
Recognize and articulate how core values, worldview, and communication patterns shape cultural and individual identity.
Identify the components of culture and communication and their interrelationship.
Explain how culture influences verbal and nonverbal communication.
Identify and explain the social, psychological, and contextual variables of culture and its expression.
Discuss the diversity of thought, perceptions, and interpretations.
Compare and contrast cultural communication strategies in various contexts.
Recognize barriers to effective intercultural competencies such as stereotyping, prejudice, and ethnocentrism.
Identify elements of common ground among diverse cultures.
Learnng Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Apply intercultural communication skills in various cultural contexts.
Identify differences in verbal and nonverbal communication as they pertain to intercultural communication messages.
Compare and contrast perspectives between cultures.
Cultural Documentary/TV Series/Movie Assignment
In this assignment, students watch a documentary, television series, or movie from a streaming platform on a culture or community that they are not a member of but would like to learn more about. Selections are chosen from students' suggestions and tallied by their level of interest. From there, they watch their selection and answer specific questions about it, and how it relates to course content. Additionally, students do an analysis of their own intersectional identity with that of identities represented in their selected documentary/television series/movie.
Remixed/Revised OER Chapters
The following attached chapters were remixed and revised with the intention to fill the gaps of content used within this Intercultural Communication course. However, after consideration my colleague and I will continue to revise and remix additional chapters to ultimately use a cultivated Open Educational Resource (OER) for this course.
The hyperlinked and chapters utilized this semester include:
1. Introduction to Communication and Culture
3. Cultural Values and Dimensions