Measuring Impactful Teaching Practices in Global Virtual Exchange (International Virtual Exchange Conference)

Date
Fellow(s)
Stephanie Seidel Holmsten
Impact Type
Presentation or Talk
Focus
Collaborative Learning
Interdisciplinary Learning
Scope
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

"Measuring Impactful Teaching Practices" was presented at the International Virtual Exchange Conference, December 2022, Spain. We explore Global Virtual Exchange (or GVE) at the University of Texas at Austin in the last academic year, 2021-2022 to measure the impact of the faculty-led program,   Our main takeaway was that professors and students participating in the GVE program find the greatest benefits to be in the intercultural student-to-student exchange and the exposure to different perspectives. We discuss the assessment tools we might utilize to further explore these benefits.

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Global Learning Experiences

Cohort
2018
Fellow(s)
Stephanie Seidel Holmsten

Cross-cultural connections can deepen student engagement in the world around them and encourage their creativity about the course material.  Such connections can happen in a UT classroom if the student body is particularly diverse, or if students participate in study abroad programs. Global connections are also being created through the Global Classrooms Initiative that connect UT students with students at universities from other countries through classroom activities, conversations and projects intentionally designed to encourage collaboration.