ABSTRACT
As the world shrinks under the influence of technology that enables quick, inexpensive, and reliable cross-global communication, web-based courses grow in value. Technical communication instructors can enrich technical communication curricula, encourage focused research, and help students learn to negotiate the demands of new forms of communication by providing forums for garnering experience in digital, cross-global communication. Professor Yuri Tretyakov, my collaborative partner, and I developed the Global Classroom Project to respond to the challenges of new forms of global communication, and used the World Wide Web (Web) as a conduit for class instruction and interaction. The project links students from Russia and the United States (and at the time of this writing, as an ancillary, Sweden) to collaborate in developing analytical digital products that treat issues in cross-cultural, digital communication. The Global Classroom Project allows students to study global communication issues as content, while simultaneously experiencing them. We hope that the project provides value to the field by accomplishing all three of the aforementioned goals.
