Class to Class GNL Examples
Class to Class GNL EXAMPLES
Collaborative on-line architectural studio
A collaboration between the College of Arts + Architecture and the Department of Architecture & Technology at the University of the Bahamas. The studio will focus on design research leading to the construction of off-grid housing prototypes that can serve as both short-term shelters and as emergency housing for local populations. Niner Insider Article
The School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte will partner with the Department of Architecture and Technology at the University of the Bahamas to offer a collaborative architectural design studio called “The Studio @ CTI” in summer 2021. The collaborative will focus on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamian Islands where the NGO One Eleuthera Foundation and its Center of Training and Innovation (CTI) are located. CTI engages young professionals to advance existing skills and to improve the social well-being of the residents of Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Building upon CTI’s efforts, this studio will focus on design research leading to the construction of off-grid housing prototypes that can serve as both short-term shelters (such as vacation rentals, which enhance local economies) and as emergency housing for local populations (fostering post-disaster island resilience). Students from the University of the Bahamas and from CTI’s training programs will join students from UNC Charlotte through online course activities and inter-university student design investigations. Using Zoom and Google shared folders, student teams will share research, ideas, and prototype designs both in real-time (synchronous class sessions) and in asynchronous activities both in Charlotte and in the Bahamas. Having Bahamian students work collaboratively with students from UNC Charlotte will help frame the work through a cultural lens that may spark innovation and that may lead to culturally relevant architectural propositions. Lastly, The Studio @ CTI will lay the foundation for a multi-year partnership between UNC Charlotte and University of the Bahamas.
International business management
Dr. Victor Zitian Chen at the Belk College of Business worked with business faculty in China and Turkey as part of his International Business Management class. Students were teamed up with undergraduate students at one of the following institutions and completed weekly global virtual team projects: (1) The School of Economics and Management at Wuhan University; or (2) Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul Aydın University.
Upon completion of this course, students understood the fundamentals of international business and gained personal experiences of working in global virtual teams. Founded in 1893, Wuhan University (WHU) is one of the most prestigious and selective national research universities in China, located in Wuhan, Hubei. It is ranked as the top nine university in China in 2019 by CUAA. Istanbul Aydin University is a foundation university founded in 2007 in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul. It is one of the youngest and most dynamic Turkish universities exploring global education and international development.
K-12 classroom challenges in the U.S. & Germany
In the Cato College of Education’s Department of Reading and Elementary Education, Dr. Adriana Medina used GNL to connect her students with students in Dr. Carolin Hestler’s class at the Pädagogische Hochschule (a UNC Charlotte partner) in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Drs. Hestler and Medina co-developed and co-taught a module on global challenges, issues, and problems.
Using technology, over five weeks in the semester, their students collaborated (both synchronously and asynchronously) to research a challenge, issue, or problem and its solutions and determine how to address this in the K-12 classroom. The project brought students and the educational content together so all could learn, interact, discuss, collaborate, create, and share. The culminating product was a virtual mini-conference presentation.
Language exchange (Spanish)
A collaboration between faculty from UNC Charlotte’s Department of Languages and Culture Studies and the University of Cantabria, Spain. UNC Charlotte students are matched with a student from the University of Cantabria for language exchange.
Students completed 5 asynchronized activities through Flipgrid and 4 synchronized activities through Zoom. They took turns leading the conversation based on reading materials, short videos, or current events. Students also produced a reflection document after each session in the target language summarizing the experience.
(STEM) nanoscale phenomena
The Department of Chemistry and the PhD in Nanoscale Science program offer dual-cohort graduate courses which connect students in the U.S. to students in the Russian Federation.
Dr. Poler, from the Department of Chemistry, teaches “Nanoscale Phenomena” using the tele-classroom facilities at UNC Charlotte. The course is taught face-to-face and synchronously online. Graduate students enrolled at UNC Charlotte and at Southern Federal University in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, take the course at the same time and interact with each other during class. Parts of the class consists of small group assignments in which students from each cohort collaborate with each other. The course is taught in English, but conversations in Russian are encouraged. Students work independently and collaboratively on five projects. Each project is a capstone to a unit pertinent to the theory behind, or experimental investigations of, various foundational topics in nanoscale, surface, and colloid science.