Global Learning Experience (GLE)

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Would you like to collaborate with students overseas on a collaborative project, without leaving your DePaul classroom or your home?

Are you interested in creating meaningful global connections and having potentially transformative intercultural experiences​, facilitated by your instructor and aided by technology?

Would you like to be one step closer to completing the Global Fluency Certificate?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​

​​Consider taking a DePaul course with a Global Learning Experience (GLE) component!

A Global Learning Experience (GLE), also known as virtual exchange (VE), is a technology-enabled learning experience that is embedded within an existing DePaul course and has clear outcomes and deliverables, in which sustained communication and interaction takes place between DePaul students and students from an international partner institution. In a GLE course, students engage in academic discussions, collaborative projects and joint lectures coordinated by the DePaul professor and their international partner.

What does a GLE project look like? See examples of DePaul GLE courses  here. You can browse by discipline, country or partner school.​

F​ind You​​​r GLE Course

Current DePaul students can find upcoming courses that have a GLE component in Campus Connection by following these steps:

• Within Campus Connect, select the "Student Homepage," and click on the "Manage Classes" tile.
• On the left grey Navigation bar, select "Class Search and Enroll," and select the desired Term.
• Search by subject/LSP domain/instructor's last name/course number etc.  
• Once the results of your search are populated, scroll down via the left navigation bar to "Class Attribute" and click on "Global Learning/Global Learning Experience" and you will see which course(s) has the attribute and add it to your course cart. You can then register for that class as you normally would. ​ ​​(Note: "Global Learning/Global Learning Experience" will not appear if this value has not been attributed to any classes under the specific search criteria).

​Attend an Info Session (for DePaul students)

Interested to learn more about GLE? We invite you to attend one of the upcoming virtual information sessions. We hold one informational session per quarter on the schedule below. Please find the Zoom registration link in the table. ​If you have any questions, please email globalfluency@depaul.edu​.

​Info Session Date	​Time/Location	​Registration Link​
​Wednesday, September 23, 2026	1-1:45pm CST, via Zoom	​Register here 1 day in advance.
​Thursday, January 21, 2027	1-1:45pm CDT, via Zoom​	TBA
Tuesday, April 6, ​2027​	1-1:45pm CDT, via Zoom​	​TBA

What are DePaul students saying about their GLE experience?

“The GLE is just a unique learning experience. It's rare you get situations where you [are] able to directly apply the course material and do so in a way that directly influences people in a normal class setting. This was really interesting, challenging in some ways, easier in others, I really enjoyed working with our international teams as well, so that was super fascinating and I think the project/problem was helpful.”

 

“I love meeting new people from different cultures and backgrounds. The GLE project put me in contact with two students from completely different countries and we all worked together towards the same goal. GLE allowed me to come in contact with people I would have otherwise never crossed paths with, in my life, and I believe that we have formed friendships outside of the project as well.”

 

“The entire experience itself is in line with my own personal career goals. What I am delighted about is the trials and errors about myself and the workflow/pipeline that I can carry into my own work as an editor and filmmaker. I wish more courses had experiences incorporated into the coursework like this GLE project because having this hands-on experience just gave me the opportunity to make important notes about myself and how work like this can be carried out.”

 

“I think learning the potential complications of communication, and learning how to solve problems with people in another country was extremely useful to learn. It gave insight to situations that could happen while working in the future on a project, and what steps need to be taken to avoid miscommunication and set yourself up for the smoothest long distance collaboration.”

 

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Upcoming GLE Courses*

*Please note that GLE course list is subject to change without prior notice.​​​​​​​​​​

Fall 2026-27

College	DPU Course	DPU Course Title	Professor's Name	Partner's Institution Name	Location (Country)
BUS	MKT 301	Principles of Marketing	Xu, Jun (Jack)	Seneca Polytechnic	Canada
CDM	FILM 380/480	Project Bluelight	Steel, Rob	FATEC	Brazil
CDM	POST 306/406	Post-Production Aesthetics and Analysis	Steel, Rob	Universidad de Salle	Mexico
LAS	JPN 311	Advanced Japanese Reading and Discussion I	Chikamatsu Chandler, Nobuko	Toyo University	Japan
COE	LSE 380	Philosophical Studies in Pedagogy, Culture and Globalization	Haymes, Stephen	Escuela Normal Superior de Neiva	Colombia
LAS	PPS 333/GEO 310/MPS 604/SUD 490	Special Topics: Green Cities	Tufek, Tijana	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
LAS	REL 202	Atom Bomb Discourse	Miyamoto, Yuki	Doshisha University	Japan
CSH	ENV 102	Introduction to Environmental Science	Workman, Margaret	Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts	India
LAS	LST 310/GEO 395/INT 386	Special Topics: Gentrification and Displacement in Comparative Perspective, Buenos Aires and Chicago	Sternberg, Carolina	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina
CSH	PSY 215	Human Sexuality	Markunas, Susan	Centro Universitário Unichristus	Brazil
LAS	CHN 101	Basic Chinese I	Guan, Sharon	Tianjin Normal University	China
CSH	HLTH 360	Introduction to Global Health	Jerome, Jessica	Centro Universitário Unichristus	Brazil
CSH	PSY 354	Introduction to Community Psychology	Berardi, Luciano	Universidad Católica Argentina and Universidad Argentina de la Empresa	Argentina
COE	SCG 627	Global Issues in Education	Rieckhoff, Barbara	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico
CDM	CP 540	Producing for Directors	Choi, James	Sungkyun Kwan University	South Korea

Winter 2026-27

College	DPU Course	DPU Course Title	Professor's Name	Partner's Institution Name	Location (Country)
LAS	CHN 102	Intermediate Chinese II	Guan, Sharon	Tianjin Normal University	China
CSH	NURS 428	Advanced Pathophysiology	Netter, Molly	Kairuki University	Tanzania
CDM	FILM 270	Production Design	Thomas, Noelle	Nottingham Trent University	UK
CDM	POST 420	Directing Sound	Steel, Rob	RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Australia
COE	LSE 380	Philosophical Studies in Pedagogy, Culture and Globalization	Haymes, Stephen	Escuela Normal Superior de Neiva	Colombia
LAS	ITA 105	Intermediate Italian II	Bonfatti Sabbioni, Maria Teresa	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Italy

Spring 2026-27

College	DPU Course	DPU Course Title	Professor's Name	Partner's Institution Name	Location (Country)
LAS	CHN 103	Intermediate Chinese III	Guan, Sharon	Tianjin Normal University	China
LAS	PSC 257	Cyber Politics & Cyberwarfare	Farkas, Dick	Durban University of Technology; University of Dubrovnik; Caucuses International University; Ukrainian Catholic University	multi-country (South Africa; Croatia; Georgia; Ukraine)
LAS	JPN 344	Translation Practicum	Chikamatsu Chandler, Nobuko	Kansai University	Japan
LAS	ITA 106	Intermediate Italian III	Bonfatti Sabbioni, Maria Teresa	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Italy
CMN	CMNS 342	Living Online	Stoner, Adriane	An Najah National University	Palestine
CDM	DOC 380/480	Filming With Change Agents: MicroDocs Across Borders	Rana, Anu	Georgia Institute of Public Affairs	Georgia