Submitted by: Global Learning, globallearning@uca.edu on 05/29/2024
Seven faculty members recently completed the fourth Global Learning Institute, hosted by the Center for Global Learning and Engagement and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Academic Leadership at the University of Central Arkansas.
During the May 20-21 event, faculty learned about Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The participants also engaged with two panels featuring international and UCA faculty members who recently completed COIL projects. The international faculty focused on communication and cultural differences, while the UCA faculty addressed COIL student learning outcomes and course design.
Institute participants (left to right):
–Jennifer Rospert, Associate Professor, Art & Design
–Sun Kim Thao, Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
–Evan Faidley, Assistant Professor, Leadership Studies
–Jia Zhu, Associate Professor, School of Language and Literature
–Stefanie Sorbet, Assistant Professor, Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
–Sarah Malloy, UCA alumna, EdTech Ventures
–Samira Nichols, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems & Analytics
–Brigid Appiah Otoo, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems & Analytics
Since spring 2022, 11 UCA faculty members from four colleges have collaborated with international partners from 10 countries on five continents. Six faculty members have earned the Distinguished COIL Fellow designation for completing two or more COIL projects.
The four colleges with faculty who have completed COIL projects are the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and the Honors College.
https://uca.edu/global-learning/2024-global-learning-institute/
