Attention CAHSS Faculty:
We are pleased to announce the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) Global Learning Lab which is a joint initiative between the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) and the CAHSS Dean's Office to develop a faculty learning community dedicated to increasing access to global learning opportunities within CAHSS. The Global Learning Lab is a cohort-style semester-long program that will provide a framework for faculty to exchange best practices and innovative models for integrating global learning into the CAHSS curriculum over a series of four workshops. Lunch will be served at each of the workshops.
All faculty - tenured/tenure-track, lecturers, and adjuncts (minimum of six semesters) - who teach courses in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are invited to apply for the inaugural cohort. Faculty accepted into the lab must commit to attending each of the workshops below and producing one project to present at the conclusion of the lab. Faculty will receive a $1,500 stipend to support their intended project upon successfully completing the Spring 2024 Global Learning Lab. Applicants must discuss their intended project with their department chairs prior to applying.
- Workshop #1 - Friday, February 16 from 10 AM - 1 PM - Internationalization of the Curriculum Through Curricular Mapping will focus on identifying the ideal term(s), course(s), location(s)/partner(s) for students to participate in a global learning experience.
- Workshop #2 - Friday, March 1 from 10 AM - 1 PM - Developing a Faculty-Led Study Abroad (FLSA) Program will focus on building a study abroad program using best practices to support student learning and the development of skills, attitudes, and experiences that promote global and cultural competency.
- Workshop #3 Friday, April 5 from 10 AM - 1 PM - Global Learning for All: Virtual Exchange will focus on how to foster opportunities to develop cultural and global competencies in an existing course through virtual exchanges known as Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL).
- Workshop #4- Friday, April 26 from 10 AM - 1 PM - CAHSS Global Engagement Lab Project Presentations will provide an opportunity for faculty in the lab to present their global engagement project (i.e. curricular mapping for their department, FLSA proposal, or COIL course).
Important
The ideal faculty cohort will represent the diversity of CAHSS programs and a diversity of intended projects. As such, if more than one faculty from a specific department is applying, they are encouraged to speak with their colleagues to ensure their intended projects are complementary (i.e. one faculty member may propose to work on a virtual exchange/COIL and another will work on proposing a faculty-led study abroad program).
The deadline to apply for the Spring 2024 cohort is 11:59 p.m. on February 4, 2024. Faculty will be notified about the status of their application by February 9, 2024. The application for the Fall 2024 cohort will open in March 2024.
Questions? Contact Katie Heird at kheird1@umbc.edu at the Center for Global Engagement.