Wednesday, March 15, 2023

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

110C

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Details

Western Sydney University (WSU) is ranked # 1 in the world for its social, ecological and economic impact in the latest Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings. This session shares case studies and best practices employed by WSU’s international mobility team and faculty to continue advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals even through the pandemic, using innovative program design and partnership models. Through illustrations and video interviews with academics, students and host organisations, participants will learn how to use hybrid and HyFlex models of delivering courses to expand access to students while advancing UN SDGs through education abroad. The session also highlights symbiotic partnership models that align goals of the University, academics, students, providers and host organisations to collectively help students learn about and apply themselves to solving global sustainability challenges. Learning Objectives: • Learn about the expanded options available for delivering education abroad programs, especially using virtual, hybrid and HyFlex models • Be able to use these models to engage relevant stakeholders (academics, students, mobility partners and host organisations) and align them with shared goals for student learning and advancement of UN SDGs • Propose specific ways to enhance the efficacy of such programs on traditionally challenged metrics, such as student engagement Target Audience: International educators in the following roles will benefit from this session: Mobility officers advising students and/or engaging with faculty; partnership development officers; faculty designing and developing new courses or adapting their existing courses; those interested in advancing UN SDGs through ed-abroad Target Audience Level: Intermediate

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Presenter(s)

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Chairperson