Three UCSC faculty and their partners abroad were selected in spring 2023 for a Global Classrooms award.
William Sullivan, Professor of MCD Biology
- UCSC Course: BIOE 117 - Neglected Tropical Diseases (planned for winter 2024)
- Partner: Ousman Tamgue, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Douala, Cameroon
Mark Baker, Continuing Lecturer in the Writing Program, Oakes
- UCSC Course: WRIT 2 - Rhetoric and Inquiry - Mapping the Neighborhood: Writing about Communities, Social Justice, Social Change (planned for fall 2024)
- Partner in Brazil TBD
Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies
- UCSC Course: SOCY/LGST 128J - “World Jury on Trial” (planned for spring 2024)
- Partner: Denis De Castro Halis, Professor, UNESA, Brazil
Awardees will work with partner faculty at institutions abroad who teach complementary or similar courses to re-design their courses as Global Classrooms, and deliver these courses in winter or spring 2024, or AY 2023-24.
Global Classrooms are courses at UCSC enhanced with a Virtual Exchange (VE) experience, also known as Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). These experiences can vary in scope and duration, but they typically range from five to eight weeks within a quarter-length course. Global Classroom courses almost always include jointly-planned classroom activities, synchronous and asynchronous project-based learning, and the use of online teaching tools. These courses increase students’ access to international and intercultural learning experiences in the classroom.
The new cohort will meet this spring for a kickoff meeting with Jessie Dubreuil, Associate Director for Learning with the Teaching and Learning Center and Global Classrooms faculty fellow with Global Engagement, along with Aaron Zachmeier, Associate Director for Instructional Design, and George Sabo, Director of Global Initiatives.
The cohort will receive some “homework” for the summer to get them thinking more about their course plans with their partners. The teaching pairs will continue their planning discussions through the summer and will join an online workshop in VE/COIL design in fall 2023 with Jessie and Aaron.
UCSC faculty will implement their Global Classroom courses from winter 2024 onward, depending on when the course is planned for offering at UCSC.
Global Classrooms are derived from existing courses, revised to incorporate the course design methodologies and pedagogical approaches of VE/COIL. Learn more about the COIL course design model.
Interested faculty should contact Director of Global Initiatives, George Sabo.
The Division of Global Engagement's Global Classrooms initiative endeavors to increase opportunity and access to global learning as outlined in the UCSC Strategic Plan for Internationalization, through supporting faculty in the creation or modification of globally-focused courses.
