Resources
Featured Resource
The Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) has created - a series of free digital modules that can be used in Program and/or General Studies courses. Select videos are on the . Watch a presentation from November 2020 to learn more:
Resources for Global Learning
- : NAFSA Magazine
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- : for K-12
- : Longview Foundation Fellowship
Classroom Tools
- supporting Bloom's Taxonomy
- Video-making
- : Video-making
- : video story telling
- : Asynchronous video chatting
- creating story books, student/educator versions)
- : Creative tool for presentation and projects
- : free design templates
- : presentation, infographics, flier templates
- : presentation tool
- : free images from independent photographers
- : Free images
- : building your own newspaper
- : Collaborate with other classes or serve as guest speakers:
- : a place that allows users to watch synchronized videos with each other and chat in real time
- : an online whiteboard
- : A free application to create an online bulletin board to display information for any topic. Add images, links, videos, and more
- : a real-time collaborative search engine:
- : find collaborations with courses around the world
- (BLIC): virtual exchange
- : Virtual exchange
- : writing app
- : Discussion tool
- : Virtual Exchange
- :Virtual Exchange
- : video-making tool
- : Concept map tool
Resources and Materials
- Learning and Teaching Repository:
- : Audio database
- PBS documentaries
- : various courses in all disciplines
- : resources in all disciplines
- : online materials and resources in all disciplines
- : all disciplines
- : all disciplines
- : Evidence-based practices for educators
- : research resources for educators
- : resource for educators
- : Asia Society
- : International Education and Resource Network
- : Global documentaries
- : Games and tools in classrooms
- : Global Resources from Cabrini University
- : multimedia story-telling
- : global citizenship
- : a video
- : Ethical photography for social change
- : Harvard University
- : Asian Society
- : EducationWeek Blog
- : National Intelligence Council (NIC) Global Trends Report (published every four years)
- : A worldwide science and education program
- : resource on global citizenship
- : World peace project
- : Asia Society
- Global learning resources
- (HubICL)
- Stevens Initiative: U.S. and Jordan present sustainable hospitality and tourism business concepts
- Themed Resource Bank for Internationalisation:
- Global Resources (Lucy Gray鈥檚 Evernote Folder) #GlobalEd:
- Global Resources (kindly provided by Tamar Breslauer, the former NAFSA librarian):
- : Radio show
- My go-to resources for intercultural learning activities (True North Intercultural):
- Global Shapers (young people are in action):
- Peace Corps Resources:
- Story Circle: Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies (Open Access) by Darla Deardorff:
- The Tiago Group (games and activities):
- Global Shapers Survey 2017 (World Economic Forum):
- World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence:
- Crossing Borders Education (intercultural resources):
- Google Museums:
- The Global Citizens' Initiative:
- UNESCO Global Citizenship Education:
- Solution to the World's Biggest Problems are within our reach (a Sway template):
- Global Citizen:
- International Color Symbolism Chart:
- Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem): Social Sciences Database:
- The Choices Program Teaching with the news:
- Hemispheres: The International Outreach Consortium:
- Oxfam Education for Global Citizenship (k-16 grades):
- UNESCO digital library:
- Managing hot topics in classrooms:
Data and Information (useful for courses with quantitative reasoning and informational literacy)
- : Timeline of word usage frequency in New York Times articles
- : maps
- : Front pages of newspapers around the world
- : International Directory of Search Engines
- 1950-2035
- 2010-2015
- since 1820
- : databases with visualization
- : Global Health Research
- Global health topics
- News
- : data and visualization
- : open data on health sciences
- : weekly newsletter with various datasets
Culture and Perspectives
- : a Podcast on perspectives and cultures
- : an activity or assignment on understanding cultures and perspectives through languages
- Europe: Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research
- : by Peace Corps
- Howard, R. D., Hanson, G., & Laywell, C. (2019)..
- : Cultural activiies
- (NPR podcast): How people do things in different countries
- by David McCandless
- : Cultural influences
- : Identifying one form of bias (Newseum)
Languages and Regions
- : Reources for language acquisition housed in University of Minnesota
- : Latin American Network Information Center
- by University of Minnesota
- : reources for languages
- (NPR podcast): Language and people who speak those languages
- : e-books in multiple languages
Teacher Education:
- : NAFSA resource
- : a Longview Foundation Project
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SDG resources (collected by Lucy Gray):
- SDG Courses:
- #TeachSDGs app:
Diversityand Social Justice
- &
- : The power of an illusion (PBS)
- : Simulation game on dynamics of power and privilege
- : Cultural diversity and Against discrimination
- from Dr. Maura Cullen
K-12 Resources
- : K-12 resources on information about the world
- : K-12 teachers
- : global learning for K-12
Instruments:
- Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI):
- Global Perspective Inventory (GPI):
- Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI):
- NSSE: National Survey of student engagement:
- NSSE Global Module:
- AAC&U VALUE Rubrics:
- AAC&U On Solid Ground VALUE Report:
- Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) freshman survey:
- Global Competencies Inventory (GCI):
- Allegheny College Assessment:
- Multi-State Collaborations (MSC) Assessment:
- Global Engagement Survey (GES):
- ACE/NSSE presentation:
- Global Competence for 91视频鈥 Career Development (Binghamton University):
- GlobalSmart:
- OECD PISA 2018 Global Competency for an Inclusive World:
- PISA Global Competency:
- Soliya Impact Assessment Tools:
- Global Mindset Inventory:
- Collectivism vs. Individualism scale:
- Personality diagnostic questionnaire:
- Intercultural Competence (Dr. Alvino Fantini):
- Post-Study Abroad Assessment:
General Assessment:
- Assessing Global Learning (AAC&U):
- My Cultural Awareness Profile (myCAP漏) Suite of Resources:
- NAFSA Taskforce on assessment:
- Various general assessment instruments:
- AAC&U Report on Trends in Learning Outcomes Assessment: Key Findings from a Survey among Administrators at AAC&U Member Institutions.
- ETS Intercultural Competency in Higher Education:
- Assessing, without tests, by Paul Fain from InsiderHighEd:
- Colleges Continue to Abandon Standardized Tests to Assess Learning, Survey Finds. By from the Chronicle:
- Willis, T. Y. (2015). 鈥淎nd still we rise鈥︹: Microaggressions and intersectionality in the study abroad experiences of black women. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 26, 209-230.
- Davis, John M. (2016). Toward a Capacity Framework for Useful Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in College Foreign Language Programs. The Modern Language Journal, 100(1), 377鈥399.
- New tool to manipulate TIMMS, PISA, PIAAC data from NCES:
- OECD: Global competence for an inclusive world.
- Global Competence Framework:
- Global Competence (PISA 2018):
- Ross, K.G. (2008). Toward an operational definition of cross-cultural competence from interview data. Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. Retrieved from:
- Milton Bennet鈥檚 Six Stages of Intercultural Sensitivity:
- Geert Hofstede鈥檚 Dimension of Culture ()
- International Cross-cultural Experiential Learning Evaluation Toolkit:
- International Partnership Rubrics:
- Resiliency Quiz:
- BaFa Bafa:
- Harvard Implicit Association Test:
- The Need for Closure Scale:
- International Education Planning Rubric: State Strategies to Prepare Globally Competent Students:
- Global CTE Toolkit:
- 53 ways to assess understanding:
- 15 assessment activities:
- 50+ questions for faculty self-reflection:
- Demystifying Outcomes Assessment for International Educators: A Practical Approach (Stylus, 2015)
- The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence (Sage, 2009)
- Some Thoughts on Assessing Intercultural Competence. Viewpoints, National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment (May 15, 2014).
- 鈥淏uilding Interculturally Competent Faculty鈥 in IIENetworker, Spring 2012,
- From Theory to Practice: Intercultural Competence (Note - this is a nice summary of the first research-based ICC framework and quite accessible/digestible without having to read lengthy articles)
- 鈥淒esigning a Model for International Learning Assessment鈥 (invited article) in AAC&U鈥檚 Democracy and Diversity publication (vol 12, no 1, p 7-9) by Sternberger, L., Pysarchik, D., Yun, Z., and Deardorff, D. (2008).
- 鈥淭he Identification and Assessment of Intercultural Competence鈥 in Journal of Studies in International Education, (Fall 2006 vol 10, no 3, p 241-266) 鈥 Note: This is the first journal article that published this research and some faculty find it quite useful....
- Study abroad and beyond: Effects of global learning on career outcomes and skill development (IIE):
- The seven habits for sustainable education abroad growth (AIEA Issue Brief):
- NAFSA Study Abroad bibliography:
- Kortegast, C. A., & Boisfontaine, M. T. (2015). Beyond 鈥淚t Was Good鈥: Students鈥 Post鈥揝tudy Abroad Practices for Negotiating Meaning. Journal of College Student Development, 56(8), 812鈥828.
- Schnabel, D. B. L., Kelava, A., & Vijver, F. J. R. Van De. (2016). The Effects of Using Collaborative Assessment With Students Going Abroad: Intercultural Competence and Stages of Change. Journal of College Student Development, 57(1), 79鈥94.
- Forum on Education Abroad. (2016). Insurance Claims Data and Mortality Rate for College Students Studying Abroad. Retrieved from Also cites: Inside Higher Ed: and Chronicle of Higher Education
- B枚ttcher, L., Ara煤jo, N. A. M., Nagler, J., Mendes, J. F. F., Helbing, D., & Herrmann, H. J. (2016). Gender gap in the ERASMUS mobility program. PLOS One, 11(2), 1鈥9.
- Strantz, A. (2015). Wayfinding in Global Contexts 鈥 Mapping Localized Research Practices with Mobile Devices. Computers and Composition, 38, 164鈥176.
- Mahmoud, O., & Farrugia, C. (2016). The World is the New Classroom: Non-Credit Education Abroad: A Study of U.S. Student Participation in Non-Credit Education Abroad and U.S. Institutions鈥 Data Collection Processes. Retrieved from
- Gambino, G., & Hashim, S. M. (2016). In Their Own Words: Assessing Global Citizenship in a Short-Term Study-Abroad Program in Bangladesh. Journal of Political Science Education, 12(1), 15鈥29.
- Guest Blog Post: Study Abroad through an Anthropological Lens, an interview with Dr. Neriko Doerr. By Tamar Breslauer,
- Glass, M. R. (2014). Encouraging reflexivity in urban geography fieldwork: study abroad experiences in Singapore and Malaysia. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38(1), 69-85.
- Barbuto, John E., Gerard Beenen, and Han Tran. 2015. 鈥淭he Role of Core Self-Evaluation, Ethnocentrism, and Cultural Intelligence in Study Abroad Success.鈥 International Journal of Management Education 13 (3): 268鈥277. http://doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2015.07.004
- Shiri, S. (2015). Intercultural Communicative Competence Development During and after Language Study Abroad: Insights From Arabic. Foreign Language Annals, 48(4), 541鈥569.
- CIEE knowledge series:
- Education Abroad Faculty Toolkit:
- Forum on Education Abroad:
- What鈥檚 Up with the Culture:
- AIFS/AIFS Foundation Special Collection of Resources on the History of Education Abroad:
- Global Gateway Courses (Cornell University):
- Global cognition:
- To Hell with Good Intentions (by Ivan Illich):
- Bringing learning home (Australian universities):
- Association of Study Abroad Providers in Ireland (ASAPI) Report:
- Faculty and education abroad: The role of faculty in promoting global learning on U.S. Campuses (IIE publication):
- Peace Corps Educator Resource:
- CORE: Cultural, orientation, Reflection, and Engagement (University of Virginia):
- IIE GLO Graduate Student Study Abroad:
- IEAA report on the impact of short-term study abroad on graduate employability:
- Studying Abroad: An Online Guide for Students in Healthcare and Medicine:
Global Learning & the Curriculum:
- Global Realities - Texas Christian University:
- Global Scholars - University of Tulsa:
- Global Citizens Project - University of South Florida:
- Global Initiative - Miami University of Ohio:
- Free research for International Women鈥檚 Day from Wiley on gender equity in the classroom; the family; the media; the workplace; healthcare; humanitarian works; and women in STEM.
- Labaree, D. F. (2016). An Affair to Remember: America's Brief Fling with the University as a Public Good. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 50(1), 20鈥36.
- Haskins, N. H., Ziomek-Daigle, J., Sewell, C., Crumb, L., Appling, B., & Trepal, H. (2016). The Intersectionality of African American Mothers in Counselor Education: A Phenomenological Examination. Counselor Education and Supervision, 55(1), 60鈥75.
- Jaschik, S., & Lederman, D. (2016). The 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College & University Presidents: A study by Gallup and Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from
- Kearney, Melissa S. & Phillip B. Levine. (2016). Income Inequality, social mobility and the decision to drop out of high school. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.
- Gallup (2015). Gallup Student Poll Overall Report. Special Guest Blog Post by Dawn Wooten, Associate Director of International Student Scholar Services attended the release of a new Gallup Student poll. View her discussion post.
- New IES website compiling data on state education reforms:
- Special Issue of New Directions in Community Colleges on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement: Ronan, Bernie and Carrie B. Kisker, eds. 2016. New Directions for Community Colleges. Issue 173. Spring.
- Eagan, K., Stolzenberg, E. B., Bates, A. K., Aragon, M. C., Suchard, M. R., & Rios-Aguilar, C. (2016). The American freshman: National norms fall 2015. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.
- UNESCO draft report on global convention:
- Global Service Learning Resources:
- UCSD Co-curricular Record:
- Internationalizing the Curriculum in Action:
- Transnational Education Toolkit:
- Gay, G. (2010). Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
- Delivering global learning: A Bray Leino Learning White Paper:
- What is global learning? Global Footprints:
- OECD PISA Global Competence framework:
- Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL):
- HolonIQ 2019 Global Learning Landscape:
- Building Global Citizens (Microsoft Educator Center Course):
- 鈥淎 Matter of Logic?鈥 in International Educator (vol XIV, no. 3).
- United Nations Academic Impact Hub on Global Citizenship:
- Community of Inquiry Model:
- The Center for Global Awareness:
- Frameworks for 21st Century Learning:
- Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC):
- Globalization Education Monitoring Report:
- Language matters:
- The Global Citizens鈥 Initiatives:
- Global Systems Science:
- NAFSA resources:
- NAFSA professional resource:
- Global Learning Council:
- GlobalSL.org Resource list:
- Global competence:
- Models of Global Learning:
- NAFSA Global Studies Literature Review:
- UNESCO Global education monitoring report 2019: Migration, displacement and education: building bridges, not walls:
- Internationalization of higher education: What is internationalization (prepared by Dr. Douglas Proctor):
- International Association of Universities (IAU) Knowledge Hub:
- UN SDGs and MOOC courses:
- Department of Education Be Global Ready Initiative:
- UNESCO Intercultural Competence:
- : EducationWeek Blog
- Managing hot topics in classrooms:
- NAFSA Curriculum integration, Best Practices:
- AAC&U Webinar: Global Learning鈥擝eyond Study Abroad:
- Mikk, B. K., & Steglitz, I. E. (2017). Learning Across Cultures: Locally and Globally. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
- Killick, D. (2007). Cross-cultural capability and global perspectives: Guidelines for curriculum review. Internationalising Higher Education. Leeds Metropolitan University. Retrieved from
- Augustus, C. (2015). Knowledge Liaisons: Negotiating Multiple Pedagogies in Global Indigenous Studies Courses. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 45(4), 1鈥18.
- Dryer, D. B. (2016). Appraising translingualism. College English, 78(3), 274鈥283.
- Andrade, M. S. (2016). Global Expansion and English Language Learning. New Directions for Higher Education, (173), 75鈥85.
- Young, A. L. (2016). Innovation and Global eLearning: A Case Study at Brigham Young University 鈥 Idaho. New Directions for Higher Education, (173), 87鈥96.
- European Higher Education in the World. A report from European Commission. Retreat at:
- Song, X. (2016). 鈥淐ritical Thinking鈥 and Pedagogical Implications for Higher Education. East Asia, 33, 25鈥40.
- Seifert, T. A., Gillig, B., Hanson, J. M., Pascarella, E. T., & Blaich, C. F. (2014). The Conditional Nature of High Impact/Good Practices on Student Learning Outcomes. The Journal of Higher Education, 85(4), 531鈥564.
- Barber, J. P. (2012). Integration of Learning: A Grounded Theory Analysis of College Students鈥 Learning. American Educational Research Journal, 49(3), 590鈥617.
- Yemini, M., Yardeni-Kuperberg, O., & Natur, N. (2015). The global 鈥 local nexus: Desired history curriculum components from the perspective of future teachers in a conflict-ridden society. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 47(1), 37-41.
- Niehaus, E., & Williams, L. (2016). Faculty Transformation in Curriculum Transformation: The Role of Faculty Development in Campus Internationalization. Innovative Higher Education,41, 59鈥74.
- Hart Research Associates. (2016). Recent Trends in General Education Design, Learning Outcomes, and Teaching Approaches: Key Findings from a Survey among Administrators at AAC&U Member Institutions, (January). Retrieved from
- University of Daytona 鈥 Teaching a Global Student Community:
- :
- Curriculum Resources:
Internationalization:
- ACE鈥檚 Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement:
- ACE鈥檚 Internationalization in Action Series: http://
- ACE鈥檚 Internationalization Toolkit:
- NAFSA resource
- Seeber, M., Cattaneo, M., Huisman, J., & Paleari, S. (2016).
- , winner of the CIES Higher Education SIG Best Book Award 2015.
- NAFSA: Trends & Insights: Dr. Roopa Desai Trilokekar, "Strategic Internationalization: At what cost?"
- Knight-Grofe, J., & Deacon, L. (2016). International Journal: Canada鈥檚 Journal of Global Policy Analysis, 1鈥15.
- Kim, S. K. (2016). Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 46(1), 116鈥135.
- David, M. (2016). British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(1), 169-189.
- Global citizenship and national (re)formations: Analysis of citizenship education reform in Spain. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 9(3), 239鈥254.
- UNESCO. 2015. R
- Jaschik, S., & Lederman, D. (2016). Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from
- Dirks, Nicholas B, and Nils Gilman. 2015. 鈥溾 Research and Occasional Paper Series: CSHE 12.15 (December)
- Lumby, J., and N. Foskett. 2015. 鈥溾 Educational Management Administration & Leadership: 1鈥17. doi:10.1177/1741143214549978.
- Moon, R. J. (2016). Internationalisation without cultural diversity? Higher education in Korea. Comparative Education, 0068(January), 1鈥18.
- Portnoi, Laura M. and Sylvia S. Bagley. 2016. Welcome to the Era of "Global Competition 2.0": The AAUP's Role in a Globalized, Competitive Higher Education Landscape. NAFSA Trends and Insights (January).
- Portnoi, L. M., & Bagley, S. S. (2016). In service to the globe? Universities鈥 changing sense of community. Trends & Insights: NAFSA, (January), 1鈥6.
- Hot topics for Senior International Officer (from a NAFSA Survey):
- Do political events in a host country affect international education engagement? (AIEC 2017 Report):
- NAFSA Global Studies Literature Review:
- Cross-border Education Research Team (SUNY Albany) (IBCs):
- International partnerships:
- Higher Education Academy Knowledge Hub:
- EAIE Barometer report:
- British Council's global landscape:
- Global University Network for Innovation:
- IoC in Action (Internationalizing the Curriculum):
- Center for Curriculum Internationalisation:
- Teaching and Learning with International Students:
- International Student Lifecycle:
- Arkoudis, S., Yu, X., Baik, C., Borland, H., Chang, S., Lang, I., 鈥 Watty, K. (2010). Finding Common Ground: enhancing interaction between domestic and international 91视频. Australian Learning & Teaching Council.
- Forbes-Mewett, H., & McCulloch, J. (2016). International Students and Gender-Based Violence. Violence against Women, 22(3), 344鈥365.
- Botha, W. (2016). English and international 91视频 in China today: A sociolinguistic study of English-medium degree programs at a major Chinese university. English Today, 32(01), 41鈥47.
- Arkoudis, S., & Kelly, D. P. (2016). Shifting the Narrative: International Students and Communication Skills in Higher Education. IEAA Research Digest 8, 8(February), 1鈥12. Retrieved from
- Barnhardt, C. L., Phillips, C. W., Young, R. L., & Sheets, J. E. (2016). The Administration of Diversity and Equity on Campuses and its Relationships to Serving Undocumented Immigrant Students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, (Advance online publication). Retrieved from
- Zhang, Han. (2016) Leave China, Study in America, Find Jesus: Why a growing number of Chinese 91视频 at U.S. universities are coming home with Christian beliefs. Foreign Policy. February 11, 2016.
- Li, J., Marbley, A. F., Bradley, L. J., & Lan, W. (2016). Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Counseling Services among Chinese International Students: Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and English Proficiency. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 44(1), 65-76.
- Hansen, A. S., & Th酶gersen, S. (2015). Introduction: Chinese transnational 91视频 and the global education hierarchy. Learning and Teaching, 8(3), 1鈥12.
- Tran, Ly Thi, and Thao Thi Phuong Vu. 2016. 鈥溾業鈥檓 Not like That, Why Treat Me the Same Way?鈥 The Impact of Stereotyping International Students on Their Learning, Employability and Connectedness with the Workplace.鈥 The Australian Educational Researcher. doi:10.1007/s13384-015-0198-8.
- Icebreaker for international 91视频:
- International student survey:
- The International Educator 2014:
- This compiled by the, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- University of Washington's
- True North Intercultural: