Project Summary:
In this GLE project, students from 4 universities from 4 different countries collaborated to learn about renewable energy and climate change. Students reflected on how worldviews connect to an understanding of environmental ethics. Students collaborated with their peers across the world to compare and contrast their environmental worldview. Their GLE assignment focused on two environmental sustainability games played with 10 international teams.
Project Length:
Technology Tools Use:
- Zoom
- Green screen
- Qualtrics
Interaction Mode:
Learning Outcomes:
- Students built intercultural skills for becoming Global Citizens.
- Students gained interdisciplinary and intercultural experience in environmental sustainability games.
- Students learned about race, ethnicity, and environmental world views.
Faculty Feedback:
"[The highlight of this GLE was] the participation of students on 4 continents during periods of a natural catastrophe (earthquake in Morocco) and internet failures in Sao Paulo and Navajo Nation. Amazing empathy, intercultural skills, and overall cooperation of students. " ~Kelly Tzoumis
Kelly Tzoumis
Institution: DePaul University
Discipline: School of Public Service
Course name: LPS 200
Eduardo Liberado
Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista
Discipline: Engineering
Course name: Civil Engineering
Dario Fazzi
Institution: Leiden University
Discipline: History
Course name: US Water History
Henry Fowler
Institution: Navajo Technology University
Discipline: Math
Course name: Math Algebra I
Karima Khalil
Institution: Cadi Ayyad University
Discipline: Climate Science
Course name:Coastal Science