Coordinating Committee meeting

This webinar provides participants with the opportunity to present and exchange ideas about successful practices in international cooperation which are in keeping with the premises of the CercleS Policy Paper. Formats include European University Alliances, bi-or plurilateral strategic partnerships, and other formats of international cooperation. The focus will be on joint online modules, including virtual classrooms, and joint/blended intercultural competence classes (COIL).

Format: presentation of the projects (ca. 20 min per project) and discussion in groups (breakout rooms). We will consider the following questions:

- Which factors have contributed to the project’s success?

- How can the format be integrated sustainably into the internationalization strategy of a higher education institution (HEI)?

- Which descriptors of these best practices would be best suited for a “modular framework” to scaffold future projects?

1. DACADU – an intercultural and multilingual project within the European University Alliance EUt+

Project partners: Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany; Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain; TU Dublin, Ireland; Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus; University of Technology of Troyes, France

Presenters: Dr. Stefanie Morgret and Sabine Kasten (Hochschule Darmstadt)

Website: https://interculturalblog-hda.de/dacadu/

2. INTERFACE – INTERcultural proFiciency and orAl CompetenCE in English Project partners: Universität Potsdam, Germany and Beit Berl College, Israel Website: https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/lecturers/pages/karen-abel.aspx

Presenters: Karen Abel (Beit Berl College) and Dr. David Prickett (Universität Potsdam)

3. Experiencing Cultural Perspectives through Language – a joint online course in Hebrew-German (A1) Project partners: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Presenters: Chaya Fischer, Alix Glotz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Nadia Fischer, Dr. Ruth Tobias (Freie Universität Berlin)

Website: https://www.sprachenzentrum.fu-berlin.de/aktivitaeten/projekte/huji-fub-joint-online-course/index.html