I enjoyed the experience and opportunity to work with students and professors internationally. During these unprecedented times, students (myself included) started feeling fatigue over the redundancy of online schooling. Having a new experience and seeing/meeting new people was a nice change.
GNL Participant
Globally networked learning (GNL) refers to an approach to learning, and teaching that connects students, faculty, from different locations around the world. Students from different institutions participate in, and collaborate on, knowledge-making processes and concrete teaching projects that provide international experiences with a focus on intercultural competency development. A GNL project might entail or produce cross-cultural discussion on a particular course concept, a joint lecture over multiple time zones, a shared assignment, or a collaborative research project, among other possibilities.
EXPLORE
As a faculty member, this is a great opportunity to:
- engage their students in practices or research without paying the cost of going abroad.
- experiment with open pedagogy, experiential education, and bring new dimensions or perspectives to their courses and projects;
- collaborate with international colleagues on joint activities or even co-develop new courses and research projects with researchers internationally
Global Fluency of Students and Instructors
Challenging participants to engage complex and intercultural problem-solving
Innovation and Open Pedagogy
Encouraging digital literacy and production. Creating innovative knowledge-making practices across cultures.
Student-Centered Teaching and Learning
Prioritizing experiential learning and collaboration.
Education for Sustainable Development
Providing opportunities for intercultural dialogue and action around the SDGs
York faculty members (course leaders) selected will each receive an award of CAD$500 to co-develop resources for their first three GNL courses and support GNL initiatives. A panel of GNL/VE experts will review submissions based on the following criteria: Collaboration, Commitment, Adaptability, Assessment, and Outreach and Sustainability.
Things to Consider:
You do not need all the details of your GNL collaboration finalized to fill out this form. If your project is accepted, the GNL team will support you to configure and design your project to best suit your learning outcomes. For more details about faculty supports and resources for your project, visit the GNL Faculty Toolkit.
Pleas note only one York University faculty member should submit per project. Each faculty member can be eligible to receive up to THREE GNL Awards, but for the 2nd and 3rd awards, the project needs to either:
- add a new partner from a different institution to an existing GNL project; or
- work with a new partner/institution on a new GNL project.
ENGAGE
EXPERIENCE
History of GNL
The GNL Project at York University was conceptualized in 2013 by Robin Roth, Professor in the Department of Geography(LAPS). Since 2015 the Project with its recent initiatives engaging students and faculty members in the creation of Open Educational Resources for transnational learning experiences is led by Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Professor in department of French Studies (LAPS). The project has been funded by the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) at York University. Currently, “the GNL project at York is an autonomous zone bringing researchers, instructors and students together to imagine and experiment with the idea of ‘global thinking’ as a critical skill to acquire for globally networked working environments. GNL can create rich cultural connections by designing a learning environment that engages students locally and internationally in conversations with the goal of advancing collaboratively the latest thinking on global issues," says Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, the current Project Lead.
GNL in the Media
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GNL Project wins EEA Award for Innovation in Teaching
The GNL project designed by York's Dr. Karen Bernhardt-Warner has been awarded the European Economic Association's 2024 Award for Innovation in Teaching. Dr. Bernhardt-Warner's…
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Project brings together dance students from York U, Japan
Students from York University have an opportunity to collaborate with students from Japan’s Mukogawa Women’s University this month as the result of a globally networked…
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Staff member illustrates leadership in globally networked learning
Francesca Boschetti, associate director of the York University English Language Institute (YUELI) in the School of Continuing Studies, gave a talk at the Languages Canada…