Many faculty and staff members have a passion for or a responsibility for the intercultural learning (ICL) of students, regardless of whether ICL is in the job description. Our community of practice (CoP) provides opportunities for practitioners to come together in order to increase their own learning and to share what they have been doing in the field.
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Whether you want learners to develop strategies to make conflict productive on teams or to enhance their curiosity through activities with food, Portable Intercultural Modules (PIM) offer 60-90-minute autonomous learning experiences in Brightspace that can be embedded in courses, introduced in co-curricular spaces, and even used with faculty and staff. Participants in this session will hear briefly about the modules, explore them in Brightspace on their own, and contribute to a discussion around their experience, how they might use PIM, and ideas for new PIM.
Note: You can bring your own laptop computer or use the desktop in the computer lab where we meet.
Qualified Administrators of the IDI and/or intercultural mentors intentionally supporting learner growth along the Intercultural Development Continuum are invited to put on your learner caps and try out a new experiential activity that uses case studies from contemporary news to explore how ethical reactions to current events can be shaped by IDC orientation. After working through the activity together and debriefing the experience, we’ll engage as a community of practice in a meta-debriefing to discuss how the activity may need to be adapted for different contexts and when facilitators and/or learners may struggle with content.
This in-person PICLCoP workshop offers kinesthetic learning, card games, Kahoot questions, and critical analysis exercises for review of the IDC with participants of varying knowledge of the IDC, from Qualified Administrators who want to brush up their skills to students in an IDI group debrief. Register for this session before 12/01/2022 and qualify for a drawing to win a set of the Intercultural Development Orientations Classification Card Game. One prize winner per session. Must be present on 12/06/2022 to win.
Note: This session will be photographed.
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Story Stitch was designed to help facilitate connections between immigrants and refugees and non-immigrants. It can be used for bridging other backgrounds as well, such as different age groups, genders, job classifications, religions, etc. It can be a valuable tool to build trust, create group cohesion, and develop interpersonal connections.
The premise of the activity is simple: split into groups of a maximum of eight; each member introduces themselves; then the group takes turns drawing story cards, answering the questions, and building on each other’s answers using stitch cards. As the game goes on, we learn more about the unique backgrounds of the group and become more connected!
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Date: February 5, 2019
Time: 2:45pm-4:00pm
Location: PMU 263AB
Presenters: Natasha Harris
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Time: 2:45pm-4:00pm
Location: STEW 204
Presenters: Vanessa Pacheco & Jesus Romero
Date: December 4, 2018
Time: 2:45pm-4:00pm
Location: Grissom 118
Presenters: Scott Nelson
Date: October 25, 2018
Time: Grissom 102
Location: 3:00pm-4:30pm
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Time: 2:45pm-4:00pm
Location: Grissom 118
Presenters: Dr. Amanda Bell and Julie Alexander
Date: September 12, 2018
Time: 2:45pm-4:00pm
Location: Grissom 118
Presenters: Annette Benson, Dr. Kris Acheson Clair, Dr. Daniel Jones, Florence Adibu
Updated September 12, 2022