Going Global Course Design Pilot Program

Overview

In our ever-connected world, it's no longer a choice but a necessity for educators to embrace international perspectives in their teaching. Whether grappling with a pandemic, economic shifts, political complexities, or military conflicts, the challenges we face are inherently global. It's our responsibility as educators to not only help students understand these issues but also equip them with the skills to collaborate across diverse backgrounds to find solutions.

You don't need to send your students abroad to cultivate a global mindset. Curriculum internationalization is a powerful tool that can be integrated into any course, across all disciplines. This workshop is your gateway to designing or redesigning your course with a globally engaged approach. Discover strategies to infuse global dimensions into your curriculum, enhancing your students' ability to navigate the interconnected world.

This cohort-based pilot program will help instructors to create globalized/internationalized courses. From assessing students' readiness for global content to creating engaging opportunities for both international and domestic learners, this workshop will provide you with ideas to cultivate an inclusive and globally conscious learning environment. Participants will submit their deliverable throughout the program and receive feedback from the faculty mentor and a facilitator from the Center for Integrated Professional Development, so they can improve their course designs based on the feedback. This workshop is intended for tenure-track, non-tenure, and staff with teaching responsibilities.

This program consists of 6-hour synchronous learning (three 2-hour sessions, tentative dates below) and asynchronous learning (approximately 3-4 hours/module, up to 16 hours in total). Additionally, you’ll need time to complete deliverables (3 deliverables).

For successful completion of the program, participants will

Attend required synchronous sessions and engage in all asynchronous learning activities
Reflect on the required readings and other instructional materials in relation to your course design
Develop a course design plan and assessment strategy in consultation with Center facilitators
Submit the deliverables (learning objectives, assessment plan, and syllabus)

Stipends

$1,500 upon the successful completion of the program for eligible participants. The stipends will be paid by the Office of International Engagement.

Learning Outcomes

By taking this workshop, the participants will be able to:

explain current paradigms shaping the internationalization of higher education and ways that internationalization and global learning have been conceptualized and operationalized
reflect on their own current state of development regarding global knowledge, attitudes, and skills and identify their own paths to global engagement
develop their own course goals, outcomes, activities, and assessment plans pertaining to a course they are teaching
identify strategies to engage both international and domestic students in a globalized curriculum

Tentative Schedule

	Global Topics	Course Design Topics	Meeting
Module 1 (2/16-3/3)	Curriculum Internationalization	Backward Design and Learning Objectives	2/16 (Kickoff and Faculty Panel)
Module 2 (3/4- 3/24) Week of 3/10 is spring break	Intercultural competence	Assessments	No meeting, but everyone is encouraged to take intercultural development inventory and individual consultation with QA
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Sessions 1 & 2: Optional for the cohort but strongly recommended.			3/22 & 4/5 (optional)
Module 3 (4/8-4/21)	Working with International Students Engaging domestic students in global curriculum	Learning Activities	4/19 (Student Panel)
Module 4 (4/22-5/5)	Critical aspects of Global Learning – Critical Global Literacy, Colonialism, Imperialism, and Decolonization	Instructional Materials	5/3 (Faculty Panel)

Questions?

Contact Mayuko Nakamura at mnakamu@ilstu.edu.

If you need an accommodation to fully participate, please email ProDev@ilstu.edu.