Global Education

After this course, participants will be able to :

• name benefits of an international network at university level.
• successfully establish first contact with potential cooperation partners.
• set up a meaningful international network and evaluate it.

Lecturing:

• establish a meaningful international network at degree programme/curriculum level.
• make use of an international network at lecturer level.
• list possibilities of international cooperation in lecturing including their organisatory/programme frameworks.
• give examples of best practice incoming/outgoing teaching mobilities.
• describe benefits and challenges of international lecturing.

R&D:

• characterize a meaningful international network in R&D.
• make use of an international network in the field of R&D.
• list possibilities of international cooperation in R&D including their organisatory/programme frameworks.
• define criteria of a well-established international network and evaluate networks.
• describe challenges of international-collaborative R&D projects and name possible solutions.

After this course, participants will be able to :

• small-talk at conferences and similar events and freely interact with other conference participants.
• interact with visiting professors/lecturers.
• converse with students before/during/after class as well as during office hours.
• telephone effectively in English.
• speak confidently und fluently about both personal and professional topics.

After this course, participants will be able to :

• explain the basics of intercultural communication.
• reflect on one’s own intercultural competence.
• elaborate on the concepts of multi-, inter- or transculturalism.
• give examples for problems in multicultural settings (stereotypes, ethnocetrism, social perception).
• describe cultural differences and take them into account in a multicultural classroom.
• name challenges of working in multicultural teams and classrooms and suggest possible solutions.

After this course, participants will be able to :

• prepare and deliver presentations/lectures in English.
• use verbal language effectively (correct and selective use of phrases/idioms for a professional and fluent performance).
• apply various strategies and language techniques.
• present/lecture lively and persuasively, clear and with emphasis.
• Involve participants in the context of a presentation and interact with students in class.
• Presentation 15 minutes: at a conference or during a visit at a partner university
• Analyse your own and peer performance.

After this course, participants will be able to :

• use technology for virtual mobility confidently.
• learn effectively in collaborative relationships via online-learning.
• describe concepts of online learning and virtual mobility.
• name rules of online communication.
• adapt their way of communication to (multicultural/international) online settings.
• discuss differences between online learning and traditional learning.
• discuss the new role of teachers/tutors in an online setting.
• list different ideas of good practice in that field.
• find and make use of virtual mobility offers in Europe.

After this course, participants will be able to :

• use English as a working language within an academic setting.
• written correspondence with students, colleagues, partner universities.
• language for effective instructions.
• instruct students to work alone, in pairs or on groups in English (cf. Module Basic Principles).
• give diverse (oral and written) feedback to students in English.
• set up and manage discussions in English.
• use English culturally and socially aware.

After this course, participants will be able to :

• choose a suitable class sequence of minimum 5 teaching units to be held in English.
• draft the structure of these 5 teaching units.
• prepare written materials and prompt notes for teaching in English.
• hold a 15-minute class sequence starting with a short theoretical input (presentation, lecture) of maximum 5 minutes.
• Analyse your own and peer performance.