Leveraging Tech for Intercultural Learning
It’s clear that the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and online learning for those of us in (international) education far beyond what most had prepared or planned for.…
Global Up
New study validates the effectiveness of AFS Global Competence Certificate Program
Download the full press release STUDENTS ACHIEVED ASTONISHING 13.54 GAINS IN IDI POINTS A new study from Purdue University confirmed that students who participated in the AFS Global Competence Certificate…
Demonstrating Best Practices in Global Competence Education at the NAFSA Conference
The 2019 NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo gathered 10,000 international educators this May in Washington D.C., USA. The event was convened under the theme, “Global Leadership, Learning, and Change,” and…
Purdue University Shares Intercultural Learning Gains for Short-term Programs
Over the past year, Purdue has conducted a study on intercultural learning gains on students doing short-term study abroad. In a telling summary, Katherine Yngve of Purdue shows that students…
Intercultural Competence is Today’s New Language Education
In February 2019, AFS/Sentio delivered an interactive workshop at Languages Canada’s 12th Annual Conference – “On Common Ground: A shared commitment to quality and integrity in Language Education” where over…
How is your HEI going about global competence development?
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it’s faced.” James Baldwin Most of us strive to promote intercultural learning and facilitate global…