HI Rodney,
Want to make sure that Drexel is confirmed for the fall qtr course? I am working with another course presently but will be more available for dialogue with the other faculty in April/May/June?
Thanks,
Nicole
Nicole Vaughn, PhD
Asst Professor
Dept of Health Management and Policy
Drexel School of Public Health
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Excellent Adey and Carol..
Carol I have sent you a link to our NING site..please sign on and see the what all the excitement is about…r
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Dear Rodney,
Carol Pavlish and I are all set to go for Fall.
Adey
Adey Nyamathi, ANP, Ph.D., FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for International Research and Scholarly Activities
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Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Community Health Research
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UCLA School of Nursing
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Hi Rodney. I had expressed an interest last fall and have been on the listserve ever since. I was planning to participate in Fall 2011, with the support of my department. I am also taking a second study abroad group from Truman to Cape Town for a social justice internship experience from May 10 – June 15, and would like to recruit a sociologist at UCT or Western Cape to participate. Here is my information:
Elaine McDuff
Associate Professor of Sociology
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO 63501
Truman State is a highly selective public liberal arts university, located in a small town in rural northeast Missouri.
Thank you.
Elaine McDuff
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Dear Partners
We are about to close our open enrollment period for the fall. I would like to recruit as many new partners as we can. So please forward to any interested faculty. Thanks..rdc
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Dear Colleagues:
Please excuse me for cross-posting. But I thought I would offer you a final opportunity to join us in our course Globalization, Social Justice and Human Rights. Time is running out, we only have a few slots left for our collaborative course on Globalization, Social Justice and Human Rights to be offered this fall. Already, 23 universities have teamed up to offer this exciting pedagogical adventure. We have created a virtual classroom, or classroom without walls, where all participating institutions read a common set of material, explore a common set of themes, work collaboratively on group projects, blog –from around the globe. We are piloting a unique course entitled Globalization, Social Justice and Human rights. We will formally offer this course in the fall of 2011. You are encouraged to join us. There are no costs associated with your participation. In fact, even the course material is free, all on line sources. Right now over 14 Universities are working collaboratively to finalize and are actually offering it right now. In this course students from all over the globe are encouraged to explore the issues associated with these key concepts. Specifically, college students are reading, discussing, and blogging about child, women and indigenous rights, mineral rights and immigration, economic, political and media influences –which transcend national boundaries, impinge upon human rights, and call for social justice. While it seems that the world, over the past decade, has become consumed with everything global, few actually seem to understand the contradictions, complexities, and nuances associated with globalization and how it significantly impacts our daily lives. Whether our discussion deals with international trade or immigration, international markets or national security, nuclear arms race or global climate changes –we eventually wind up discussing the forces, factors associated with, and the realities of globalization. Globalization is more than an understanding of development. Globalization does not occur within a vacuum. It happens both among humans and nations. The forces of globalization have significance to how we interact and under what terms that interaction takes place. Any significant conversation, by definition, must also include ones dealing with both social justice and human rights. It is for this reason that this course was designed. This course explores the theories, issues, debates, and pedagogy associated with globalization, social justice, and human rights. Provides students with a unique opportunity to explore these topics within the classroom and, via internet and other technologies, in classrooms located around the globe. The student, through collaborative projects with peers around the world, will reflect upon how globalization shapes and transforms local communities and national cultures.
Participating Institutions
· Universidad Autonoma de Aquascalientes -Mexico
· George Mason University USA
· Kings College U.S.A.
· Webster University U.S.A.
· ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
· Washington University U.S.A.
· Arizona State University U.S.A.
· Hofstra University U.S.A.
· University of Tampa U.S.A
· CQ University Australia
· New College of Florida – USA
· Università degli studi di Milano via Conservatorio – Italy
· Oklahoma State University U.S.A.
· The State University - Higher School of Economics Russia
· Miami University U.S.A.
New for this fall:
· Keele University United Kingdom
· UCLA –U.S.A
· Adelphi University –U.S.A.
· Drexel University – U.S.A.
· Universidad de Guadalajara – Guadalajara, Mexico
· Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Macedonia
· Uniformed Services University -USN
· University of Victoria –Victoria British Columbia
What does it take to join us. Essentially agree to offer this course at your institution in the fall. Typically, institutional partners are offering this course at the third and fourth year level but we have at least 3 (Hofsta, Moscow, UCLA, and Mexico) which are offering it at the graduate level. This course should be neutral in resources. That is to say, there are no additional costs for an institution that would offer this course which would be different then if it offered it as a standalone course. What makes it work is that multiple institutions are linked across the globe, each offering this course during the same semester. All of the course material has been selected as to maximize internet sources, with the understanding that individual institutional curricular needs may be of such that additional material may be utilized. Given this flexibility, we encourage faculty partners to utilize a core set of material (all on the internet) thus allowing the kind of interaction and discourse among students across all institutions.
What Partnership means is that you or a faculty member at your institution will decide to offer this course. From the student's perspective this will be a course offered at your University dealing with globalization, social justice and human rights. They would take our core syllabus and modify it to suit the particular needs of your institution. Hopefully, they will leave enough of the main reading selections so that all students will have a common set of readings across the various institutions. They would then work with the other partners to coordinate the various assignments, group projects, and etc. to facilitate the students having a truly global experience. Think of this as a class without walls. Students from your institution will do a common set of readings with their peers from around the globe, participate in blogs, chats, Skype's, group projects and etc. Professors serving as Partners will facilitate class discussions, oversee student projects, and grade their students' work. The course will have several starting dates depending on the individual universities. This Fall, some will start as early as August 5 while others will not start until the middle of September. In anticipation of the variability of starting times, particular professors are making adjustments to the syllabus. . The core syllabus is intended to be a template and as is quite exhaustive. It was designed to cover every conceivable pedagogical goal and interests. It is therefore anticipated that many partners will tailor this syllabus to suit their needs. While the actual syllabus may vary according to specific University or Partner needs, it is further anticipated that all students will read a common set of material, participate in a common set of activities and have e a common set of experiences. Again the syllabus is a template that provides a suggested plan of operation; it is totally up to you how much you will use. I have attached a copy of the core syllabus. Please consider joining us in this Partnership. If you have any further questions or require additional information please let me know.
Please contact me directly:
Course creator,
Rodney D. Coates
Miami University –USA
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