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This initiative is supported through the <a href=\"https:\/\/studyabroad.ucf.edu\/_portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCF Abroad<\/a> office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, evaluation studies conducted during two pilot programs showed that students and faculty found value in the online model (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/09540962.2013.763416\">Howard &amp; Gunter, 2017<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org\/index.php\/olj\/article\/view\/1234\">Howard, Perrotte, Lee, &amp; Frisone, 2017<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/311467578?color=ffc904&amp;byline=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/311467578\">Global Health Course Online Abroad in Brazil<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/cdlvideo\">Video@CDL<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/538996142?h=e996c8e0cc&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\n<\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/538996142\">Study Abroad Gear<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user953242\">Wendy<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/135041834\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/135041834\">Internationalize your curriculum with web conferencing<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user953242\">Wendy<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these online abroad programs there is an opportunity to create and share digital open educational resources (OER). 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