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“Global learning” has become a popular catch-phrase, as many universities and programs promise to graduate globally minded citizens who are prepared to deal with the complexities and diversity of our contemporary world. But what exactly is global learning and how might it fit into your course? In this workshop, a panel of MTSU faculty from various disciplines will discuss ways to create and facilitate global learning across the curriculum. We will draw on current scholarship of teaching and learning and our own teaching experiences to explore how global learning involves more than including international content. It involves raising difficult questions about how knowledge is produced and attending to cultural differences and power dynamics in relation to ways of knowing. But it also carries rewards of enhancing critical and integrative thinking and helping students to develop self-awareness about their own positions in global networks. Panelists will offer practical resources for course design and share sample assignments that might serve as inspiration for making global learning a rewarding part of your course—even if the content of your course might not seem obviously global.  

Panelists will include:                

• Roberta Chevrette, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies               
• Maria Edlin King, Director, Center for Economic Education               
• Ann McCullough, Associate Professor, World Languages, Literatures and Cultures               
• Ashleigh McKinzie, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology               
• Laura White, Associate Professor, English