SESSION 3:
No More “Empty Words” - Sustainable Development at The Core of Higher Education
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 9:30 - 10:30AM (JST)
(Tuesday, September 20, 2022 | 8:30 - 9:30PM EST)
Format: Webinar
Length: 60 minutes
Cost: FREE
Language: English
The purpose of this session is to introduce activities, programs and research projects that portray the engagement 3 different universities show for sustainable development: CEU Valencia (Europe), Kansai University (Japan) and Florida International University (USA). These three HEI are changing their campus environment towards an all-encompassing sustainable culture, acting on academics, research and community.
Providing a blueprint on how to manage and deliver the behavioural changes needed is a difficult task but will undoubtedly go through these stages: defining your identity and mission, designing a masterplan accordingly (including courses syllabuses, university life, research projects, publications, and investments) and, from there on, communicating it.
The experience of Kansai University will focus on the educational content, as it has been following a systematic configuration of academic projects such as COIL, being ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) the driving force conceptualization of their SDGs-bound COIL/VE. Florida International University will share their best practices in research with its ambitious lines of investigation regarding Global Learning Initiatives, inclusion and development. CEU Valencia has dived into a communication project to enhance staff and student’s sustainability skills through continuous educational content in its communication strategy.
Speakers & Facilitators
Rob
Kuipers
Coordinator
Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE)
Rob holds a master's degree in global environmental studies from Kyoto University, with a specialization in environmental education. His research areas of interest are international education and education for sustainability. Rob has worked as a research assistant for various projects at universities and international organisations in Japan. Currently, he works as a specially appointed coordinator at IIGE, assisting with the development and support of COIL classes at Kansai University.
Keiko Ikeda
Vice-Director
Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE)
Keiko Ikeda is a Professor in the Division of International Affairs. She has taken the role as the principal project manager for the Inter-University Exchange Project funded by MEXT, 2018-2022 ("COIL Plus Program to Develop Global Career Mindset"). Keiko is Vice-Director of the Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE). She has a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, specializing in Japanese linguistics, foreign language education, and conversation analysis. Her interests in the international education field are internationalization at home, constructing active learning programs collaborating with universities overseas.
Stephanie Doscher
Director of Collaborative Online International Learning
Florida International University
Stephanie Doscher, Ed.D. is Director of Florida International University’s Office of Collaborative Online International Learning (FIU COIL) and is co-author of Making Global Learning Universal: Promoting Inclusion and Success for All Students (Stylus & NAFSA, 2018), a comprehensive handbook for engaging all undergraduates in collaborative global problem solving with diverse others. She hosts the Making Global Learning Universal Podcast, is a Faculty Fellow with FIU’s Center for Leadership, and serves on the editorial advisory board for AAC&U’s Liberal Education.
Alfonso Díaz Segura
Vice Chancellor for Internationalisation
University CEU Cardenal Herrera
Alfonso Díaz Segura is Vice Chancellor for Internationalisation at the University CEU Cardenal Herrera in Spain. He is responsible for international policies at the University and has implemented the Global Classroom, a framework of initiatives that allow students to acquire soft skills in internationalisation, regardless of where they come from and which degree they are studying. Therefore the international experience permeates all the layers at the institution, from teachers to staff, focusing on the students. Starting in 2019, COIL projects can be found in all the faculties and currently the challenge is to expand the offer with mirrored classes, guest lectures, or international weeks in every degree. Alfonso studied Architecture and has a PhD in Architectural Projects, combining for years both the professional and the academic activity. He also has an MBA. In 2020, he joined the Expert Community Internationalisation at Home as an Associate.