As part of INU’s 25th anniversary celebrations in 2023, INU is organising an online conference on Intercultural Learning for Global Engagement. The week-long conference will take place from Monday 27th – Friday 31st March 2023 and which will showcase exemplars and expertise from INU member universities in the field of intercultural learning and global engagement.
Sessions will address the following areas:
1. Intercultural learning: theory, practice, and research
2. Institution-wide efforts in development of intercultural competencies
3. UN SDGs at intersection with intercultural competencies/global engagement related topics
The conference is open to all staff, both faculty and professional/administrative staff who have an interest in building intercultural competences for students and staff, and who would like to learn from best practice at other institutions. We hope the conference will provide a platform for staff across INU members to make connections and form the basis for future collaborations.
The Program
The program of sessions can be viewed below (along with details of the timing for each session based on your time zones).
We aim to make the sessions as interactive as possible to enable you to engage with other members of the audience from institutions from around the world, as well as learning from the speakers themselves.
Registration
You’re invited to register for the sessions you would like to attend via the Eventbrite Registration Page. Registrations can only be accepted from members of staff working at an INU member university.
Registrations will close on Thursday 23 March 2023
Workshop Sessions – Time Zone Differences
We are running two sessions each day, on the following time slots.
There is one exception on Thursday 30th March when we have three sessions, two of which will be running parallel during session 2 time slot.
| Session 1 | Session 2 | |
| USA | 05:00-07:00 | 08:00-10:00 |
| Argentina | 06:00-08:00 | 09:00-11:00 |
| Colombia | 05:00-07:00 | 08:00-10:00 |
| Sweden | 11:00-13:00 | 14:00-16:00 |
| UK | 10:00-12:00 | 13:00-15:00 |
| Germany | 11:00-13:00 | 14:00-16:00 |
| Spain | 11:00-13:00 | 14:00-16:00 |
| South Africa | 11:00-13:00 | 14:00-16:00 |
| Japan | 18:00-20:00 | 21:00-23:00 |
| Indonesia | 16:00-18:00 | 19:00-21:00 |
Monday 27th March 2023
| Session 1 | Changing learning theories for challenging times – A view from the South | Ms Ruth Andrews and Mr Ramone Comalie | Stellenbosch University (South Africa) |
| Session 2 | “The Use of Virtual Learning Spaces to Cultivate Cultural Competency and Leadership for Global Citizenship in Nursing” – An INU Seed Money Nursing project | INU Nursing Collaborative | Led by James Madison University (USA) |
Tuesday 28th March 2023
| Session 1 | Shared Humanity: Lessons in Critical Thinking – Social Justice as Pedagogy |
Ms Ruth Andrews, Head of Experiential Education Mr Fanelesibonge Ndebele, Shared Humanity Module Coordinator |
Stellenbosch University (South Africa) |
| Session 2 | Ethical Reasoning as a Site for Intercultural Learning | Dr Christian Early | James Madison University (USA) |
Wednesday 29th March 2023
| Session 1 | Challenge Based Learning for global understanding |
Dr Cecilia Christersson Dr Béatrice Rouzé Assoc. Prof. Inga Juknytė-Petreikienė Ms Niki Kasis |
Malmö University (Sweden) University of Lille (France) Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania) European University Viadrina (Germany) |
| Session 2 | Keynote Speaker: Principles and Practical Solutions for Intercultural Learning | Dr Kris Acheson-Clair, Director, Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research, Purdue University | Facilitated by colleagues at James Madison University (USA) |
Thursday 30th March 2023
| Session 1 | Global learning for all: COIL experiences in literature and cultural studies |
Dr Andrea Roxana Bellot, Department of English and German Studies Ms Marina Vives i Cabré |
Rovira i Virgili University (Spain) |
We have two sessions running parallel on Thursday 30th March
| Session 2 |
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Dr Tania Dias Fonseca, Strategic Academic Lead for Sustainability Tamara Reid, Inclusive Curriculum Consultant Programme Lead Rochelle Watson, Graduate Success Advisor Dr William Essilfie, Lead for Student Academic Success
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Kingston University (UK) |
| Session 2 | Measuring change in students’ world-views as evidence of effective teaching and development: Case studies on using the BEVI at Rovira i Virgili University and in-house tools at Stellenbosch University |
Prof John Style, Senior Lecturer, English and German Studies, and BEVI coordinator for Europe Ms Ruth Andrews, Head of Experiential Education |
Rovira i Virgili University (Spain)
Stellenbosch University (South Africa) |
Friday 31st March 2023
| Session 1 | Climate change and intercultural learning: points of convergence for global engagement |
Dr Tania Dias Fonseca, Strategic Academic Lead for Sustainability Mr Stanislaus Risadi Apresian, Assistant Professor Prof Guy Midgley, Director of School for Climate Studies |
Kingston University (UK) Parahyangan Catholic University, (Indonesia) Stellenbosch University (South Africa) |
| Session 2 | Scaffolding teaching and learning with self-awareness activities in an international setting of mutual responsibility. |
Ms Niki Kasis, Center for Teaching and Learning Dr Kyle Gipson, Associate Professor, College of Integrated Science and Engineering |
European University Viadrina (Germany) James Madison University (USA) |