Engaging our students in
International Online Learning Communities!
Hope Windle Instructional Design SUNY UlsterRichard Cattabiani Director of International Programs SUNY Ulster
Rebecca Smolar Globalization 101 SUNY Levin InstituteSUNY Center for Collaborative Online International Learning
The varieties of Going International at SUNY Ulster
Online OR
Online AND
Travel
TravelFace to FaceAND
Online At Ulster, Face to FaceTravel, teach face to face
Two weeks in Ireland
Two weeks in Greece
Two weeks in Mexico
Two weeks in Amazon
2 week trips
3 credits
Ulster professors & guest VIP professors
• Ireland: Drawing• Brazil: Amazon River Ecology• Mexico: Ancient Astronomy• Mexico: Art History• Greece & Italy: History of Math
International Travel with Online connections
Four week collaboration
Three week Online collaboration
+ 3 day Face toFace
• Three week Marketing Case Study
Universidad Internacional
• Four week Spanish & English Universidad Internacional
• Three week & 3 Day f2fEthnic Literature: Chicano writers Business: Principles of ManagementUniversidad Internacional
• Four week EFL & ESOL English (English for speakers of other languages)
European Humanities University
• Six weeksContemporary World Lit & EFL
European Humanities University
International Online Collaborations
Six week collaboration
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Marc van Roosmalen
Shirin Haider
African Lit Flyer
Augustine Hungwe
• Human Rights and International Law Programme at the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• Author of Good Governance and Democracy in Zimbabwe
• Visiting professor in International Studies at Trinity College, Bard College, Emerson College, George Washington University, Haverford College, and Yale University
Augustine Hungwe
Dr. Hungweparticipating
How can you prepare for this partnership?
Passion to teach and learn about the world outside the USA
• Comfort with teaching online • Develop a relationship with your instructional designer• Familiarity with the languages involved
Strategies to facilitate this partnership
Develop simple outcomesMake timeAgree upon start and end dateAgree upon course administrative managerAgree upon lead instructor (Situational leadership)Agree upon Learning Management System (LMS)
How do you make connections with international partners?
Are there places on the web where one might find interested partners? COIL, SUNY’s Center of Online International Learning.
Jon Rubin, Director http://coilcenter.purchase.edu/
Questions?
Hope WindleInstructional DesignSUNY [email protected]
Richard CattabianiDirector
International ProgramsSUNY Ulster