Virtual Exchange Training
Now Accepting Virtual Exchange Training Applications for Spring 2024.
This training program helps faculty design and incorporate virtual international content and communication activities into existing courses. Through virtual exchange, faculty can connect their UF classes with students and faculty abroad to collaborate on assignments, acquire global perspectives on a given discipline, and develop intercultural competence skills.
If you would like to learn more about the Virtual Exchange Training, please register for one of our upcoming information sessions:
Virtual Exchange Training Details
Please see the table below for more information on what will be covered in the training. Please click here to view the Spring 2024 syllabus.
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Module 1 Introduction to Virtual Exchange |
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Module 2 Navigating Intercultural Collaborations |
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Module 3 Designing a Virtual Exchange: Task Design |
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Module 4 Utilizing Technology Effectively |
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Module 5 Implementing VE at UF: Final Projects |
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Eligibility:
- Tenured and tenure-track UF faculty, lecturers, and other non-tenured faculty who have ongoing teaching appointments in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting unit. Applications from adjunct faculty will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Visiting faculty are not eligible.
- Staff with responsibilities that involve running student educational programming (i.e., Student Life staff) are eligible.
Mode:
- Online training with some synchronous sessions. Training takes 2 hours per week of independent work plus one hour of synchronous online interaction with facilitators, other course participants, and/or international partners.
Deliverable:
- Proposal for a virtual exchange module to be implemented within 2 semesters
Award:
- All participants will receive a digital badge upon completion of the program. UF Faculty will receive $500 in professional development funds pending budgetary approval. This training counts for 500 miles toward the Global Teaching and Learning Certificate.
Duration:
- 15-hour online training, taking place over six weeks
Important Dates:
- Application Deadline: November 1st, 2023
- Course Orientation: February 5-9, 2024
- Program Dates: February 12-March 22, 2024
Requirements:
- Complete the Virtual Exchange Training Application Form.
- An international partner is strongly recommended but not required. Assistance finding a partner is available through the course organizers.
Questions:
Office of Global Learning, Carrie Martins – cmartins@ufic.ufl.edu