I enjoyed the experience and opportunity to work with students and professors internationally. During these unprecedented times, students (myself included) started feeling fatigue over the redundancy of online schooling. Having a new experience and seeing/meeting new people was a nice change.
GNL Participant
Globally networked learning (GNL) refers to an approach to learning, and teaching that connects students, faculty, from different locations around the world. Students from different institutions participate in, and collaborate on, knowledge-making processes and concrete teaching projects that provide international experiences with a focus on intercultural competency development. A GNL project might entail or produce cross-cultural discussion on a particular course concept, a joint lecture over multiple time zones, a shared assignment, or a collaborative research project, among other possibilities.
As a faculty member, this is a great opportunity to:
- engage their students in practices or research without paying the cost of going abroad.
- experiment with open pedagogy, experiential education, and bring new dimensions or perspectives to their courses and projects;
- collaborate with international colleagues on joint activities or even co-develop new courses and research projects with researchers internationally
Global Fluency of Students and Instructors
Challenging participants to engage complex and intercultural problem-solving
Innovation and Open Pedagogy
Encouraging digital literacy and production. Creating innovative knowledge-making practices across cultures.
Student-Centered Teaching and Learning
Prioritizing experiential learning and collaboration.
Education for Sustainable Development
Providing opportunities for intercultural dialogue and action around the SDGs
History of GNL
The GNL Project at 91ÑÇÉ« was conceptualized in 2013 by Robin Roth, Professor in the Department of Geography(LAPS). Since 2015 the Project with its recent initiatives engaging students and faculty members in the creation of Open Educational Resources for transnational learning experiences is led by Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Professor in department of French Studies (LAPS). The project has been funded by the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) at 91ÑÇÉ«. Currently, “the GNL project at 91ÑÇÉ« is an autonomous zone bringing researchers, instructors and students together to imagine and experiment with the idea of ‘global thinking’ as a critical skill to acquire for globally networked working environments. GNL can create rich cultural connections by designing a learning environment that engages students locally and internationally in conversations with the goal of advancing collaboratively the latest thinking on global issues," says , the current Project Lead.
GNL in the Media
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91ÑÇÉ« nursing uses global learning to advance gender-affirming care
Research led by 91ÑÇÉ«'s Roya Haghiri-Vijeh is embracing Globally Networked Learning (GNL) for nursing collaboration on 2SLGBTQIA+ care. Edited by Alex Huls In 2023, a Canadian-wide review of undergraduate…
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Globally Networked Learning course shortlisted for QS Reimagine Award 2025: Chemistry professor Hovig Kouyoumdjian and Malaysian collaborator created course to compare sustainability in both countries
By Suzanne Bowness Challenge students to explore the similarities and differences between a major export from their own country and a similar one across…
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GNL Project wins EEA Award for Innovation in Teaching
The GNL project designed by 91ÑÇÉ«'s Dr. Karen Bernhardt-Warner has been awarded the European Economic Association's 2024 Award for Innovation in Teaching. Dr. Bernhardt-Warner's…