12E - The Global Classroom Initiative: Accessible Global Education Beyond the Pandemic (60mins)
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| Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM |
| 111B |
Details
Virtual experience has been used as a short-term solution during times of restricted mobility – but how can we leverage what we have learned through these solutions to create accessible and sustainable global learning opportunities for our students? The Global Classroom Initiative (GCI) offers course-based international experiential learning that fosters student engagement and innovative institutional partnerships. The GCI aims to bring virtual and hybrid experience and perspective into curricular activities, to make international experience accessible to all students, addressing issues of access and sustainability of traditional models of international mobility.
Participants will be introduced to the University of Toronto’s GCI, highlighting how the model can be adopted to meet international mobility and global education goals at institutions across the Asia-Pacific region. Through the University of Toronto case study, examples of how this model can be used to explore innovations in new partnerships, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S., expanding partnerships in Africa and Asia-Pacific and to support student engagement when physical travel is not desired or possible. This session discusses the successes and challenges of the initiative, and shares best practices and lessons learned that attendees are able to apply and integrate into their international education programming.
Learning Objectives:
• Attendees will be able to identify the many levels of engagement can be incorporated in courses to provide international experience for students
• Attendees will learn how to utilize the Global Classrooms approach to explore new partnerships, particularly with institutions that serve under-represented populations
• Attendees will be able to identify the opportunities and challenges of curricular international experiential learning, and how lessons from recent virtual international education can be incorporated into sustainable future programming
Target Audience:
Programming – TNE and Borderless Education, SDGs
Target Audience Level:
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Presenter(s)
Ms Patricia Montaño
International Innovation And Networks Director
Tecnológico de Monterrey
The Global Classroom Initiative: Accessible Global Education Beyond the Pandemic
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMBiography
Patricia Montano’s professional career has developed between Information Technology Management and Internationalization. During her 31 years at Tecnológico de Monterrey she has collaborated in academics as well as in administrative posts always related to the international development of the university. Patricia Montano obtained two Master degrees, an MBA from EGADE Business School with specialization in Global e-Management and a Master in Information Technologies Management, both at Tecnologico de Monterrey.
Ms Katherine Beaumont
Senior Director
University of Toronto
The Global Classroom Initiative: Accessible Global Education Beyond the Pandemic
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMBiography
Katherine Beaumont is a international educational professional with over 25 years’ experience in the field working with universities, communities and corporations across the globe. Her focus in the work has always been innovative opportunities for participants that lead to meaningful engagement and a deeper understanding of self, systems and others.
Prof Alexie Tcheuyap
Associate Vice-president and Vice-provost, International Student Experience
University of Toronto
The Global Classroom Initiative: Accessible Global Education Beyond the Pandemic
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMBiography
Professor Alexie Tcheuyap was appointed Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience, beginning his term on September 1, 2021. Through his teaching, scholarship and administrative work, he has demonstrated a continued commitment to innovation and diversity, as well as to global engagement, in the aim of producing meaningful change not only in his field, but also on the broader university, national and international stage.
Chairperson
Katherine Beaumont
Senior Director
University of Toronto
