This workshop is conducted in a collaboration of trainers from different UNIC universities.In the workshop you will meet teachers of partner-universities of the UNIC-Alliance, which come from: Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. In this international setting you will practice intercultural dialogue on teaching in higher education, you will reflect on your own cultural implications in teaching and discover the learning and teaching culture of your partners. You will collaborate to create a Virtual Exchange setting for your students. You will discuss challenges of intercultural encounters and learn how to deal with them.
The workshop will take place online and be held in English (lingua franca).
After this workshop you will be able to:
The workshop is divided in two parts: In advance, there is an asynchronous online phase of 1 AE, on which the attendance phase builds. For full participation in UNIC 1 you will receive 4 AE (3 AE in attendance + 1 AE online).
UNIC 1_1: 21st of September, 13:00-15:30 UTC+2
UNIC 1_3: 10th of November, 15:00-17:30 UTC+1 (dedicated to teachers who mainly focus on developing their students’ (foreign) language competencies)
UNIC 1_4: 14th of December, 15:00-17:30 UTC+1
Instruction, small group work, discussion
* = Pflichtfeld