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." ​​(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. To register: please email gleprogram@depaul.edu by the respective deadline listed in the table below to reserve your spot and receive instructions to access the virtual meeting. ​

​Info Session Date	​Time/Location	​Registration Deadline
​Wednesday, September 20, 2023	​​3-3:45pm CST, via Zoom	​Monday, September 18​, 2023
​Thursday, January 18, 2024	3-3:45pm CST, via Zoom	Tuesday, January ​16, 2024
​Thursday, April 18, 2024​	​3-3:45pm CST, via Zoom	​Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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 2023

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​College​	DPU Course	DPU Course Title	Professor's Name	Partner's Institution Name	Location (Country)
CDM	POST 328/428	Scoring for Film and Video	Steel, Robert	Australian Catholic University	Australia
CDM	FILM 380/480	Project Bluelight	Steel, Robert	FATEC-Tatui	Brazil
LAS	JPN 301/401	Advanced Japanese IV (Culture)	Chikamatsu-Chandler, Nobuko	Hosei University	Japan
LAS	ENG 209/309	Writing the City	Harvey, Miles	University of Georgia	Georgia
LAS	ENG 390	Senior Seminar Capstone: Fact vs Fiction – Searching for Truth in Literature	Morano, Michele	American University of Beirut	Lebanon
LAS	LSP 200.118	Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance	Giampaoli, Michelangelo	Centro Universitario Barao de Maua	Brazil
LAS	CHN 104	Intermediate Chinese I	Guan, Sharon	Tianjin Normal University	China
CSH	SLP 465	Cultural Responsiveness in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology	Olivares, Elia	Universidad Santiago de Cali	Colombia
CMN	PRAD 393	Special Topics in  Public Relations and Advertising	Uysal, Nur	Bilkent University	Turkey
LAS	PSC 343.101 (AAS-342-101)	International Political Economy of the Pacific Rim	Ibata-Arens, Kathryn	Symbiosis International University	India
LAS	LSP 200.707	Multicultural Seminar: Environmental Worldviews	Tzoumis, Kelly	UNESP, Metropolitan College, Navajo Technical University, Leiden University	Brazil, Greece, Navajo Nation, The Netherlands

 

Winter 2024

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​​College	DPU Course	DPU Course Title	Professor's Name	Partner's Institution Name	Location (Country)
​CMN	MCS 209	History of Cinema III, 1975-present	Alvaray, Luisela	Universidad de Zaragoza	Spain
LAS	ITA 105	Intermediate Italian	Fantuzzi, Anna Maria	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore-Brescia	Italy
LAS	CSS 320.250	Community Food Systems	Rosing, Howard	Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)	Dominican Republic
LAS	CHN 105	Intermediate Chinese II	Guan, Sharon	Tianjin Normal University	China

Spring 2023

​​College	DPU Course	DPU Course Title	Professor's Name	Partner's Institution Name	Location (Country)
BUS	MKT 301	Principles of Marketing	Xu, Jack	Australian Catholic University	Australia
BUS	ACC 639	Audit Analytics	Wang, David	University of Amsterdam	The Netherlands
CDM	FILM 380/(DOC 396/496)	Project Bluelight: Filmmaking Across Continents/Advanced topics in documentary	Rana, Anu	Georgia Institute of Public Affairs	Georgia
CSH	ENV 322	Ecosystem Ecology	Klimas, Christie	UNESP (Sao Paulo State University)	Brazil
CSH	ENV 202	Resources, Population, and Environment	Udoh, Isidore	University of Calabar	Nigeria
LAS	JPN 313	Advanced JPN Reading & Discussion III	Chikamatsu-Chandler, Nobuko	Kansai University	Japan
LAS	JPN 395/REL 244	FLAC Japanese/ Religion & ethics in JPN foodscapes	Chikamatsu-Chandler, Nobuko	Kansai University	Japan
LAS	WRD 377	Writing and Social Engagement: Writing Across Borders	Prikhodko, Maria	Unichristus University	Brazil
LAS	CHN 103	Basic Chinese III	Guan, Sharon	Tianjin Normal University	China
LAS	ITA 106	Intermediate Italian III	Fantuzzi, Anna Maria	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore-Brescia	Italy
LAS	SOC 280	Mass Media and Culture	Laschever, Eulalie	International Black Sea University	Georgia
LAS	MGT 595.901/MPS 524.301 and MPS 604.302	Intro to non-profit mgt	Dietlin, Lisa	Nottingham Trent University	England, UK
LAS	SPN 356	Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world	Hoot, Brad	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador (PUCE)	Ecuador
LAS	LSE380	Philosophical Studies in Pedagogy, Culture and Globalization	Haymes, Stephen	Escuela Normal Superior de Neiva	Colombia
LAS	GEO 351.301 / INT 390.301 / PAX 351.901 / SUD 451.301	Geography, Food and Justice (GEO/PAX)/ Topics in food justice (INT)/ SIstain/Cities & Food justice (SUD)	Rosing, Howard	Symbiosis International University	India

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