Workshops
Pre-Conference Workshop I
Planning, Implementing, and Sustaining Curriculum Integration of Education Abroad
Wednesday, November 20, 9:00am-3:00pm
Co-Chairs: Gayle A. Woodruff and Kim Hindbjorgen, University of Minnesota
Facilitators: Amy M. Henry, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph G. Hoff, University of Richmond; Christine Parcells, University of Virginia; Kate Maple, University of Minnesota
Many institutions of varying sizes are now engaged in some form of curriculum integration (CI) of education abroad. This workshop will explore different models of CI, drawing on both the experiences of international educators who have been at the forefront of this movement and the experiences of workshop participants. A pre-conference workshop survey will be sent to registered participants to determine previous CI experience and workshop needs.
Building on best practices for CI and institutional innovations, this workshop will lead both novice and experienced international educators through a process of discovery regarding the planning, implementing, and sustaining of CI for their institutions. Those experienced with CI will have the opportunity to “mentor” newcomers, while newcomers to CI will add a fresh perspective to the conversation.
From building institutional and faculty commitment to developing tools and resources in order to reach institutional goals, this workshop will allow you to develop or revisit action plans suitable for your institution and/or your role within that institution.
Registration Fee: $150 (Lunch is included)
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Register early to ensure your spot.
Pre-Conference Workshop II
Demystifying Digital Storytelling: Narrating International Experience with Digital Media
Wednesday, November 20, 8:30am–5:00pm
Chair: Brian Leisinger, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
Facilitators: Sarah Tschida, University of Minnesota; Doug Reilly and Tom D’Agostino, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Multimedia narratives have emerged as powerful pedagogical tools in the 21st century classroom. For study abroad students, they serve as an effective means for thoughtful reflection and expression. As we strive to help students articulate the meaning of study abroad, turning to storytelling is not only appropriate but also critical to their future. This session will focus on the facilitation of creating digital stories in study abroad contexts.
Participants will spend the day learning the digital storytelling process and will have an opportunity to create their own digital stories over the course of the workshop. We'll begin the day by introducing how a digital storytelling workshop develops narrative skills, assists in student development, and ultimately contributes to career success. From there, we'll launch into a unique, hands-on workshop. At the end of the day, we’ll have a screening of the finished stories.
Pre-workshop preparation by the participants will ensure that we make the most of workshop time and get through the entire process. Participants will also need to bring their own laptops with the most recent versions of iMovie (for Macs) or Windows Movie Maker (for PCs). Additional resources will be provided to assist participants in envisioning digital storytelling projects at their home organizations.
Registration Fee: $125 (Lunch is included)
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Register early to ensure your spot.
Diversity Abroad Future Leaders Summit in Partnership with CIEE*
Wednesday, November 20
Studying abroad is one of the best ways for students to experience personal, academic, and professional growth. Virtually all universities across the country are working to increase access to life-changing international programs by all students—yet the number of students taking part in study abroad from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and underrepresented academic majors continues to be low. Whether due to financial concerns or the misguided belief that programs that meet rigorous academic requirements don’t exist, many students pass up the chance to gain life skills, learn a second language, and develop maturity and independence in another country and culture.
In an effort to find solutions to increase study abroad participation by a wide and diverse range of students, CIEE and Diversity Abroad have partnered to develop the Diversity Abroad Future Leaders Summit, a series of three interactive one-day workshops held each year. Each workshop will provide an interactive forum for study abroad professionals to work together to brainstorm solutions for overcoming one of the three leading barriers to study abroad: cost, curriculum, or culture.
Selected participants for this first Future Leaders Summit will take part in a series of lectures, breakout sessions, and examinations of successful case studies designed to stimulate ideas for new ways in which program curriculum—such as language and culture programming, homestays, course offerings, program timing, and program pre-requisites—can be altered to attract diverse and underrepresented student populations. Participants’ goals will be to generate actionable solutions to increase access to study abroad by all students, regardless of background or academic major.
Experience a CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar Internationalize your Institution
International Faculty Development Seminars (IFDS) offer educators international encounters with the people, places, and issues that shape our world.
On an IFDS, you’ll engage in academic exchanges and discussions on intercultural perspectives as part of an interdisciplinary group of scholars from colleges and universities across the United States. You’ll travel to one of our 60 study centers around the world to exchange ideas on timely issues with renowned international faculty and leading governmental and community-based organizations, shaping new conclusions drawn from seminar lectures and community engagements. And you’ll return to your campus equipped with a firsthand international experience and the tools to lend strategic vision to campus-wide internationalization efforts. Learn more about all of the seminars offered throughout the year at ciee.org/ifds.
“This experience was life changing as a scholar, teacher, and human being.”
-Past IFDS Participant
Join Us for a One-Day International Faculty Development Seminar in Minneapolis
Intercultural Accommodation, Integration, or Assimilation? An Encounter and Exchange with Minneapolis’ East African Immigrant Community
Wednesday, November 20, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Facilitator: Cait Vaughan, CIEE-Portland, Maine; Laura Sweet, CIEE - Portland, ME
The Twin Cities is home to one of the largest and fastest-growing East African communities in the United States, comprised of Eritreans, Ethiopians, and Somalis that have arrived steadily since 1993. During this one-day IFDS, you’ll be immersed in the Somali community of Cedar-Riverside, adjacent to downtown Minneapolis, where 45 percent of the residents were born outside the U.S. Offered in collaboration with Augsburg College—a national leader in cross-cultural education, community engagement, and service-learning—this program includes presentations and discussions with community leaders and stakeholders from the religious, healthcare, economic development, and advocacy sectors. You’ll explore and analyze the complex and multi-directional processes of community adaptation occurring when new arrivals introduce, and existing residents respond to, distinct cultural values, experiences, and practices as the new immigrants gain a foothold in contributing to local social and economic development.
Registration Fee: $75 (Lunch is included)
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Register early to ensure your spot.