International Virtual Learning Engagements: Webinar

This webinar focuses on the practice of international virtual learning engagements that take place in Malaysian and Japanese International Higher Education Institutions(HEI). The Covid-19 pandemic has required many HEIs to strategize the delivery of education by incorporating technology-based learning.  Programs such as Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and Virtual Exchange had been in existence before the pandemic. The awareness and interest in these forms of activities has recently increased as HEIs find the need to have alternatives and solutions in sustaining internationalization.  Many have also developed international creative activities and programs such as international virtual summer programs,  short-term programs, or chat and interaction-based activities to ensure intercultural learning and internationalization still continues.  All in all, this webinar will share the experiences and strategies of the panelists in offering international virtual learning programs at their respective universities, their collaborative efforts with partner universities, and also their conceptualization of international virtual learning activities.  

Date : 29 October 2021 (Friday)
Time : 10.00 a.m (GMT +8)
Registration : https://tinyurl.com/TIFO3 (via Zoom Platform)

Webinar Information Website: https://www.ukm.my/pha/tifowebinar3/
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/OIRUKM/

Syndeseis: Creating Connection through UN-SDGs

International E-Service-Learning Program, Ateneo de Davao

This coming November, we hope to invite your students to our third iteration of the International Electronic Service Learning Program (IE-SLP) entitled: “Hábi: Service-Learning towards Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.”

This virtual program is deeply aligned with Ateneo de Davao’s mission of social justice, community engagement, and intercultural understanding.  In this service-learning program, student participants are empowered as youth leaders and young advocates to engage with and share the advocacies of Ateneo de Davao’s partner communities in Mindanao. Such advocacies include peacebuilding, empowerment of vulnerable groups (women and children), and indigenous education.

The IE-SLP is a 4-week virtual service-learning program that provides a virtual space for holistic formation through intercultural dialogue and meaningful transnational encounters with our partner communities.

As inspired by the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together”, this November cycle’s theme further invites participants “to remain rooted in the values of peace, to defend the values of mutual understanding, human fraternity, and harmonious coexistence.” The IE-SLP aims to develop young leaders with the principles of social justice and reconciliation and nurture their skills to transform their own communities.

 We extend this invitation to participate to you and your student nominees, with the hopes that we can share this avenue for distanced learning and remote service immersion. We truly hope your students can join us.

The call for nominations is ongoing.  Please click here for complete details.  We are also open to arranging a Zoom meeting to discuss our service-learning program further with you. We would be happy to meet you within this week or the next to explore how this special program can better host you and your students.

Cross-cultural Student Dialogue towards Transformative Global Citizenry

The University of the Immaculate Conception, Davao Philippines in collaboration with the Davao Colleges and Universities Network (DACUN) Inc. – Internationalization and Linkages Committee, a network of 12 prestigious higher educational institution in Davao City, Philippines will be organizing an international student dialogue titled, “TRANSGRESSING TRAVAILS TO TRIUMPH: A Cross-cultural Student Dialogue towards Transformative Global Citizenry” on October 29, 2021 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM via ZOOM.

This international student dialogue will feature lectures from International Officers and Student Activity Coordinator from selected Universities in Asia and the Pacific. It will also have a break out room session where selected DACUN student delegates will meet international student delegates to have an opportunity to interact, exchange ideas, and expand network in the hopes that all of these experiences will significantly impact all of them.

Please note that the slots for this international dialogue are LIMITED so we will cater the first 10 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS from each interested institution who registered. May we kindly ask you to fill out immediately the registration Form on this link:  https://forms.gle/kaMfNnJWV8tRAa5s8

UKM Global Webinar Series – Transdisciplinary Education and the Growth of Global Citizens

Date : 28 September 2021 (Tuesday)
Time : 10.00 a.m (GMT +8)
Registration : https://tinyurl.com/tifoukm2 (via Zoom Platform)

Webinar Information Website: https://www.ukm.my/pha/tifowebinar/
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/OIRUKM/

The focus of this webinar will be on the sharing of insights and points of view of various distinct speakers addressing the need for transdisciplinary understanding to be incorporated into the education system. The Sustainable Development Goals for example cuts across various fields of studies and is applicable to all walks of life. Transdisciplinary understanding needs to strongly be explored especially in the process of creating global citizens. Ultimately, transdisciplinary education goes further by helping students grow and learn at a deeper level where students do not compartmentalize learning, but rather explore content within the context of the inquiry, far beyond their comfort zone.

Universiti Teknologi MARA: International Cross-Cultural Virtual Mobility Program

The Department of International Affairs, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) cordially invites your students to join INTERNATIONAL CROSS-CULTURAL VIRTUAL MOBILITY PROGRAMME 2021.
Program Date: 7 September – 10 September 2021
Program Platform: Zoom Application

Requirements:

• Full-time University Students 
• Good command of English
• Approachable and friendly

Application Deadline: 30 August 2021:  Please register using here: https://linktr.ee/iccvmp

Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability 2022

Toyo University Launches Asia-Pacific Online Exchange Program

Toyo University is launching a new opportunity:  “Online Collaborative Education in Asia and the Pacific (SDG Online Cross-Registration: Online Exchange Program)” in the fall semester of 2021.  The Online Exchange Program is an interdisciplinary program that allows students to take classes at UMAP member universities for free while in their home countries. 

With no end in sight for the novel coronavirus, online learning programs are rapidly developing in many countries. Against this backdrop, this program was created to provide students with a first-hand experience of the world by participating in classes at UMAP member universities. The courses for the fall semester of 2021 are on SDGs and environmental issues, and the program does not require additional tuition. This semester, cross the border and experience world class collaborative education from your home!

Application Deadline is September 10.  For program listings and additional details, please visit the Toyo University website.

Webinar: The Internationalization Experience of Higher Education Institutions in Japan and Malaysia

We would like to cordially invite the members of UMAP to participate in a webinar panel session that consists of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Vice-Presidents of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, University of Tsukuba dan Kyoto University on their internationalization journeys on Monday 30th August 2021, starting from 10.00 am (GMT +8). The theme of the webinar is “The Internationalization Experience of Higher Education Institutions in Japan and Malaysia” and it is supported by the Toshiba International Foundation.

In this webinar. each panellist will be sharing the challenges faced and their success stories in driving the internationalization efforts in their respective institutions. |

Pre-registration

We strongly advise participants to register for the event earlier. Click the link below to register:

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/tifoukm1

Webinar Information Website: https://www.ukm.my/pha/tifowebinar/

Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/OIRUKM/