期刊名称：FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education
印刷版ISSN：2326-3873
出版年度：2020
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：167-188
DOI：10.32865/fire202062195
出版社：Lehigh University
摘要：A lack of differentiation among student conceptualizations and the use of homogenous
labels has made descriptions of distance students in the literature difficult to parse. While
students in an online class may share the same nationality or citizenship, they may not share
the same nation of residence or status of sojourn. Similarly, “local” students in transnational
programs may in fact not be locals, and there is no clear consensus on what differentiates
transnational versus international distance students. Such discrepancies have gained
burgeoning recognition in recent years, yet related research is limited. This multicase study
ultimately investigated the experiences of Western expatriate and transnational distance
students situated in various cities throughout the Republic of Korea, highlighting themes of
convenience, benefits, home-country orientation, and perceptions of a non-local future in their
distance programs. Implications for both home- and host-country universities are discussed.
