Promoting Student Exchange in Asia and the Pacific
The UMAP International Secretariat will be closed for the Winter Holidays starting Friday, December 23 through Monday January 2. We look forward to being in touch in the new year. In the meantime we send wishes for a Happy New Year celebration and all good things for 2023. Check out our 2022 Year in Review!
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The UMAP Networking and Partnership Development Initiative continues into 2023, following two successful virtual networking sessions with UMAP members from around the consortium.
In Phase 2 of the initiative, interested participants are invited to apply for the “UMAP-COIL Training Program” a three-week online Introduction to COIL course, offered by Keiko IKEDA, Professor/Vice-Director, Kansai University’s Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE) and trusted training experts. The program is co-sponsored by the UMAP Canada National Secretariat, BC Council for International Education.
The online program will cover topics including: Introduction to COIL, overview of technology and tools, how to find a partner, designing a course, and evaluation. The course will take place from January 16-February 3, 2023 and will include three mandatory synchronous 90-minute classes:
All interested faculty, staff, and administrators from UMAP member institutions are invited to apply. A maximum of 80 participants can be included in the course, therefore, we may not be able to include all applicants. The deadline for applications is December 2, 2022. Selected applicants will be informed by December 19, 2022.
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The Phase 2 UMAP-COIL training program is a pre-requisite for anyone interested in participating in the Phase 3, course development seminar, scheduled to take place in April 2023
The Fall 2023 Program A/B Timeline is now open. Institutions interested in participating in the Fall 2023 application cycle may upload their program offerings from now until December 7, 2022 for the first application cycle and until March 30, 2023 to participate in the second application cycle.
USCO2 will be open to student applicants and institutional nomination from December 9, 2022 to January 31, 2023 for the first application cycle and from April 3 through April 27 for the second application cycle.
For complete timeline details, please visit: https://umap.org/timelines/ or select Timelines from the menu after you log in to USCO2.
Remember that to be eligible to send students on Program A/B exchanges, you must offer a Program A/B exchange opportunity at your institution.
UMAP member institutions in Canada, Mexico, and the US are invited to participate in AMPEI-PIC: The Asociacion Mexicana Para la Educacion Internacional Program for the Internationalization of Curricula. The goal of this program is to support tri-lateral (Canada, Mexico, US) teams of faculty in Collaborative Online International Learning. “Academic Speed Dating” sessions will take place on four dates in September and October, to help interested faculty find partners.
During the event, participants are expected to make a short presentation of their academic background followed by a short description of the COIL component they would like to implement. After the introduction to the session, there will be the chance for participants to introduce themselves to several small break-out rooms. This will be the space to share your ideas and find a COIL teaching partner!
Please see the image below for more details on dates and how to register to participate.
