Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICU)
partnering with Eastern Connecticut State University, January – May 2022
Organizer: Professor David Stoloff, Education Department, Eastern CSU,
email: stoloffd@easternct.edu
Spring 2022 ICUs
1) Professor Nadia Anwar of the University of Management and Technology, Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan – nadia.anwar@umt.edu.pk – organized an ICU on empathy for Friday, April 1, 2022. This ICU’s recording may be found at
Topic: Webinar on EmpathyDate: Apr 1, 2022 07:12 PM Islamabad, Karachi, TashkentMeeting Recording:https://zoom.us/rec/share/9U8UnQvTecJxuiThvzTehxwiGAg4cquDR3Fi-d388txWYW_ByOhmV9q00v36PZU9.1jIDGQPuy4nV1xwCAccess Passcode: qVu*r6BW
2) Professor Katja Kolcio, Director of the Allbritton Center at Wesleyan University and Associate Professor of Dance, has organized a series of webinars on the
Ukraine-Russia Crisis: A Series of International Livestream Conversations
that may be accessed via the program’s website at
Video recordings of these conversations are available here.
Professor Kolcio has invited members of the Eastern Connecticut State University and Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICU) community and to participate in these discussions. Our communities’ members are invited to observe these sessions and ask questions via chat. We will be identified as being from the Eastern or ICU communities if we share the information on our role, i.e. name, Eastern CSU student. Student questions will be given priority.
These webinars have been scheduled for Fridays at noon (12 pm Eastern USA Time) and may all be accessed remotely via bit.ly/ukraineseries.
The first in this series – a student panel – occurred last Friday, 2/25. A recording of this session will be available via the program website.
The second in this series – a Journalist panel – is scheduled for next Friday, March 4 at noon.
The third planned webinar – a Civil Leaders panel – is scheduled for Friday, March 11 at noon.
Professor Kolcio has also shared these links to
English language news from Ukraine – https://kyivindependent.com
and other information from Razom for Ukraine (Together for Ukraine) organization – https://linktr.ee/razomforukraine
Please share this invitation widely with all members of the Eastern community.
Thank you, Professor Kolcio, for this invitation to learn more about this crisis and how we might be in support.
3) Saturday, January 29 at 18:30 (6:30 pm) PKT – 8 am Eastern ST.
Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICU) network members and others interested:
Professor Nadia Anwar of the University of Management and Technology in Lahore, Pakistan has organized an ICU gathering on “Place-Based Pedagogy” for Saturday, January 29 – in about 32 hours from this email launching. Very sorry for this short notice.
This ICU is scheduled for Saturday, January 29 at 18:30 (6:30 pm) PKT – which is 8 am Eastern ST.
If you would like to join us, please see the attached flyer for the meeting’s password. The ZOOM link is https://zoom.us/j/95706610282. Please email Dr, Nadia Anwar at nadia.anwar@umt.edu.pk for the password.
This ICU will be an interactive, international/cross-cultural conversation, a way of using this technology to reach around the globe to get to know each other. It will be friendly discussion on our lives, interests, goals, challenges, and hopes for a brighter future. Please consider joining us.
Please also reply if you would like to explore developing an intercultural connections among universities during the next few months or fill out the interest form at https://forms.gle/iLNk8yNbrkNee7NB8
Much thanks to Professor Nadia Anwar for organizing this ICU and starting off our ICU network season.
Notes for this session appear at https://interconescu.wordpress.com/icu-012922-place-based-education/
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Fall 2021
Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICU)
partnering with Eastern Connecticut State University August-December 2021
Organizer: Professor David Stoloff, Education Department, Eastern CSU,
email: stoloffd@easternct.edu
This is our ICU network homepage at https://interconescu.wordpress.com/ with our accomplishments during this fall 2021 semester.
Visitors are invited to complete the “guest book” at https://forms.gle/QiJmFjqhixTFUWrA7 if they would like to learn more about getting involved with the ICU network.
Planned connection time
Partner Faculty member
Partner University
email
1) Wednesday, September 8 and Thursday, September 9, 6.30 am EDT (4 pm IST)
Dr. V. Subathra Devi
Thiagarajar College, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
subathratc@gmail.com
conference flyer –
International Conference Sept 8-9 2021 Fabrizi and Stoloff
Dr. Fabrizi’s presentation is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xd9_o3clUI9kHm6cSWeUwQqr9Tx3W5m/view?usp=sharing
video version of Dr. Stoloff’s presentation is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/114uIf4IJxpX405K2V9KV285OHRevi6bt/view?usp=sharing
This presentation is posted at https://interconescu.wordpress.com/local-global-and-icus/
An article on the conference is posted at
Brown, Bobbi, University Relations, Eastern Connecticut State University (September 9, 2021). Fabrizi, Stoloff present at international ‘Literature and Language’ conference. Retrieved from https://www.easternct.edu/news/_stories-and-releases/2021/09-september/two-education-professors-present-at-international-conference-hosted-by-india.html
2) Early Childhood Education ICU – Friday, Sept 17, 10 am (MT, UT – 6)=12 noon (EDT, UT-4)
Michelle Bigler
Colorado State University, Colorado Springs
mbigler@rams.colostate.edu
Notes on this zoominar – https://interconescu.wordpress.com/early-childhood-education-icu-091721/
3) Human Rights and Education, Thursday, September 23, 7 – 8:30 am Ecuador Time = 8 – 9:30 am EDT, UT – 4
Alex Rendón Ayerbe
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
arendon@usfq.edu.ec
Please see the landing page for this ICU is at https://sites.google.com/view/usfqeasterconncoil/home
Here are some projects that our collaborations will be pursuing during this ICU – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LPOPSRaBX4KPBGYjh2IU0V6lCd7ql88MCYbl5xx8_ho/edit?usp=sharing
A short presentation on Sustainable Development Goals and Intercultural Connections among Universities may be found at https://wordpress.com/page/interconescu.wordpress.com/3071
Thanks to Abroadia and Thomas Millington, Director (tom@abroadia.com) for supporting universities developing intercultural connections.
4) Ecosystems in India – Graduate Seminar – 6:30 PM IST on Wednesday, 6th October 2021 (9 AM EDT)
J G Ray
Mahatma Gandhi University
jgray@mgu.ac.in
5) APOES 3.0 – OCT 2021 – All Pakistan Online Education Summit 2021 – October 15-17, 2021.
Nadia Anwar
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
nadia.anwar@umt.edu.pk
6) Tech For Good, hosted and presented by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, Thursday, November 11, 2021
Mohd Ali Samsudin
Universiti Sains Malaysia
alisamsudin@usm.my
Nor Asniza Binti Ishak
Universiti Sains Malaysia
asnizaishak@usm.my
Arif Hidayat
International Partnership and Education – SPs
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
arifhidayat@upi.edu
The recording of this ICU may be found at https://youtu.be/iNbWPE8fSmo
7) ICU on Virtual Reality and Place-Based Pedagogy hosted by Prof. Julie Chen of Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan – Thursday, Dec 2, 8:30 am Taiwan Time
Julie Chen
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
juliechen@ulive.pccu.edu.tw
8 and 9) Sessions at the OERcamp.global 2021, December 9 – 12, 2021. The full program is available at https://sched.co/sASX and https://sched.co/sAn5
“Welcome to OERcamp.global 2021, the first 48-hour Festival for Open Education and OER. Please visit https://oercamp.global for free registration! All sessions will take place in Zoom.”
Check a time converter for your local time. These sessions are listed in UTC time. For example,
Friday, December 10, 2021, 2 – 3 am UTC = Thursday, December 9, 9 – 10 pm Eastern Time,
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 10 – 11 am UTC = Saturday, December 11, 2021, 5 – 6 am Eastern Time.
Stoloff, David L. (Friday December 10, 2021 2:00am – 3:00am UTC).
Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICUs): Building a 24-hour Undergraduate Open Educational Resource. A session at the OERcamp.global 2021, hosted by the German Commission for UNESCO and Agentur J&K – Jöran und Konsorten.
Abstract
Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICUs) is an evolving network of university faculty and students who host global conversations on place-based pedagogy, leading edge technologies, open educational resource sharing, and intercultural exchanges via videoconferencing. With partners in Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and the USA, the ICU network is seeking partners in other time zones to encourage first-person accounting of local realities to problem-solve glocal solutions to global sustainable challenges and to collaborate on OER.
Stoloff, David L. (Saturday December 11, 2021 10:00am – 11:00am UTC).
Place-based pedagogy, OER, and ICUs: Connecting glocal undergraduates. A session at the OERcamp.global 2021, hosted by the German Commission for UNESCO and Agentur J&K – Jöran und Konsorten.
Abstract
Undergraduates and faculty members in an evolving Intercultural Connections among Universities (ICUs) network have begun to share their local perspectives of their worlds on a global stage using video conferencing as an open educational resource. With partners in nine nations, the ICU network invites other faculty to consider connecting their undergraduates to practice international communication, initiate problem-solving on sustainability, and to work towards greater understanding of world diversity.
Other ICUs being developed
upcoming ICUs –
a series of 4 one-hour seminars on place-based pedagogy and human rights on Thursday evenings between the Universidad Privada Boliviana and Eastern Connecticut State University, https://padlet.com/Abroadia/m4opdsb9fp57vv0p will be used for course discussions
organizer – Tom Millington
Universidad Privada Boliviana
tom@abroadia.com
Other potential participants
Kennedy Onyango
https://edteckenya.webs.com/the-team
edteckenya@yahoo.com
Heba Fathelbab
https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/strategy-management-and-institutional-effectiveness/assessment
heba.f@aucegypt.edu
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