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2020.10.05News

IIGE Vice Director Dr. Ikeda Presented at DAAD 2020

On October 5th, IIGE Vice Director Dr. Keiko Ikeda (Kansai University) video presented at DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) 2020. The video presentation was titled "New Normals of International Collaboration in HEIs Emerging Multilateral COIL/VE Programs", which presented how COIL/VE could play an important role in overcoming the hurdles that international education is experiencing due to the spread of the corona virus. In the presentation, Dr. Ikeda explained the significance of COIL/VE by pointing out how it could help the students to live strongly and be future ready in this VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) world, emphasizing its effect not only during the time of global pandemic but invariably.
In addition, she introduced a consortium-based virtual exchange program (UMAP-COIL Program 2019, 2020) conducted in the collaboration with international university network University Mobility for Asia and Pacific (UMAP). In the program, which was carried out this summer, accommodated over 140 students from 11 countries and incorporated SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as its main topic. Dr. Ikeda drew attention to the importance of integrating SDGs into COIL/VE by pointing out how it could be effective for global citizenship education, highlighting "wicked problems", and conducting interdisciplinary COIL.

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to know more about the UMAP-COIL Joint Program 2020, please visit the links below:
Pre-program workshop and Lecture 1: https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/news/detail.php?seq=96
Lecture 2: https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/news/detail.php?seq=103
Lecture 3: https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/news/detail.php?seq=106
Lecture 4: https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/news/detail.php?seq=109
Lecture 5: https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/news/detail.php?seq=110
Final Presentation: https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/news/detail.php?seq=113