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Impact of virtual exchange and why it matters

Impact of virtual exchange and why it matters

At DePaul, virtual exchange is known and experienced primarily through our Global Learning Experience (GLE),  a successful and award winning program that has served over 4000 DePaul students over the past ten years. 

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Dick Farkas

Faculty Feature: Dr. Dick Farkas

Most of Dr. Richard Farkas's academic career has been at DePaul, with 2024 marking his 51st year at the institution. Prior to his tenure at DePaul, he spent two years teaching at the State University of New York at Geneseo in upstate New York.

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Save the date for Global Conversations April 28-May 8, 2025

Save the date for Global Conversations April 28-May 8, 2025

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2024 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​​​Since May of 2020, Global Conversations (GCs) have been engaging students from all over the world in dialogue over a variety of fun,... read more

DePaul launches Global Competency Certificate for Graduate students

DePaul launches Global Competency Certificate for Graduate students

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2024 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

“With the significant demographic shifts within our nation and the increased globalization of our work experiences, cross-cultural... read more

DePaul’s Fulbright Specialists from Global Engagement and Center for Teaching and Learning

DePaul’s Fulbright Specialists from Global Engagement and Center for Teaching and Learning

By Global Engagement Staff / December 14, 2022 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Between 2021 and 2022, two staff members closely working with DePaul University’s Global Learning Experience program applied and were... read more

Featured Global Conversations

Featured Global Conversations

By Global Engagement Staff / June 13, 2022 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​In Spring 2022, the 5th round of Global Conversations invited faculty members to incorporate Dr. Darla Deardorff’s Intercultural Competence... read more

Showcase Your GLE Work at IVEC 2022 in Valencia, Spain

Showcase Your GLE Work at IVEC 2022 in Valencia, Spain

By Global Engagement Staff / March 29, 2022 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​​DePaul is a founding member of the International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC). IVEC 2022 will take place in Valencia, Spain, on... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​​​​​​​At DePaul, Virtual Exchange projects (which include Global Learning Experience projects, as well as language acquisition focused... read more

Workshop on Virtual Exchange Design and Implementation gains popularity

Workshop on Virtual Exchange Design and Implementation gains popularity

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​When DePaul launched the Global Learning Experience (GLE) program in 2013, we were one of few early pioneers of this pedagogy.... read more

Introducing DePaul’s Virtual Global Study Initiative

Introducing DePaul’s Virtual Global Study Initiative

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​​The challenge of a pandemic to international education sparked ideas for several innovative programs that will be incorporated into Global... read more

DePaul’s GLE Program Wins POD Innovation Award

DePaul’s GLE Program Wins POD Innovation Award

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​In November 2019, the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education recognized DePaul with its 2019 POD... read more

GLE courses now searchable in Campus Connect

GLE courses now searchable in Campus Connect

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

With the launch of DePaul’s Global Fluency Certificate, Global Learning Experience (GLE) courses’ popularity continues to grow among... read more

ACE US-Japan COIL initiative

ACE US-Japan COIL initiative

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

In the Spring of 2018, the American Council of Education (ACE) launched a call for proposals among American institutions of higher... read more

International Virtual Exchange (IVEC) 2019 Conference

International Virtual Exchange (IVEC) 2019 Conference

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

IVEC 2019 is the largest and most prominent event on virtual exchange, providing a forum for an audience of practitioners, professionals,... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates: Record Growth

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates: Record Growth

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

​Virtual Exchange projects (also known as the Global Learning Experience projects) are reaching record numbers at DePaul- 100... read more

Upcoming Faculty Workshop – “Reflecting on Inclusivity in your Teaching”

Upcoming Faculty Workshop – “Reflecting on Inclusivity in your Teaching”

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

The Center for Teaching and Learning will be offering a 2-hour faculty workshop on November 8 and 9 entitled “Reflecting on Inclusivity in... read more

Global Learning Experience

Global Learning Experience

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul's Global Learning Experience program continues to grow. Since the program launched in Fall of 2013, a total of 54 courses... read more

Global Learning courses fully tagged in the system

Global Learning courses fully tagged in the system

By Global Engagement Staff / May 15, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Thanks to the hard work of our student worker, Tanaya Singh, all courses identified by the ten Colleges and School that have substantial... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

By Global Engagement Staff / May 11, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul's Global Learning Experience program continues to grow. Since the program launched in Fall of 2013, a total of 54 courses... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

By Global Engagement Staff / January 3, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

  Update on tagging of global courses  With the assistance of all the Colleges and the... read more

DePaul hosted COIL Conference in October

DePaul hosted COIL Conference in October

By Global Engagement Staff / November 8, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Collaborative online international learning (COIL) is a pedagogy that allows faculty members to open their classrooms to concrete... read more

Global Teaching and Learning Updates Spring 2017

Global Teaching and Learning Updates Spring 2017

By Global Engagement Staff / April 1, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

GLE The Winter/Spring training cycle of the GLE faculty development program recently concluded and involved 20 active DePaul faculty... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates Winter 2017

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates Winter 2017

By Global Engagement Staff / January 23, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

The Fall/Winter training cycle of the Global Learning Experience (GLE) faculty development program concluded at the beginning of... read more

Tagging of Global Courses

Tagging of Global Courses

By Global Engagement Staff / January 20, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Global Engagement’s first strategic theme was to develop and expand innovative learning opportunities for students and faculty by... read more

A Strong Partnership in India

A Strong Partnership in India

By Global Engagement Staff / November 21, 2016 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning, Student and Faculty Mobility, Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

This summer, through Global Engagement’s India Initiative, six faculty members visited Symbiosis International University (SIU) in Pune,... read more

Global Teaching and Learning Stats for AY 2015-16

Global Teaching and Learning Stats for AY 2015-16

By Global Engagement Staff / October 31, 2016 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Here are the Global Teaching and Learning numbers from Academic Year 2015-16: In 2015-16, 224 students participated in 14... read more