Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Others

Perspective‐taking is a skill that has been linked to reduced bias and stereotyping, increased creativity, and even success in business negotiations. The two authors global course connection involved joining a first year storytelling course at Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in the USA, with a first year composition course at the American University of Nigeria, in Yola, Nigeria. They used perspective‐taking to help their students develop their writing and speaking skills because they believed that having a real audience would help them develop clearer and more thoughtful English language skills. In this chapter the authors outline the goals of their connection, discuss the challenges they faced, and share their insights into what makes a successful global online collaboration. A key aspect of their global course connection was helping students develop perspective‐taking.