GlobalThe Curriculum Internationalization team provides a range of professional development opportunities that enable educators to facilitate transformative international, intercultural and global learning experiences for all students. Our offerings engage participants in active learning experiences they can apply when designing their own inclusive, internationalized learning environments.
Explore Your Options
Start small or go big! Whether you want to connect with peers in a collegial conversation, try out a new teaching strategy, or fundamentally redesign an undergraduate or graduate course, we have something for everyone. The University of Minnesota’s Curriculum Internationalization team is committed to student and faculty success. Our professional development programs connect participants to a variety of other internationalized career advancement opportunities, including travel grants, publications, conferences, and more.
Teaching in Globally Diverse Classes (TiGDC)
The Teaching in Globally Diverse Classes (TiGDC) program develops and deepens knowledge, confidence, and skills to effectively engage all students and fully realize the learning potential of our globally diverse classrooms. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a micro-credential demonstrating their acquired competencies.
Internationalizing Course Design
The Internationalizing Course Design Programs (formerly Internationalizing Teaching and Learning) engage faculty in significant course design or redesign to infuse global, international, and intercultural learning into their course design and delivery.
Fostering International and Multilingual Student Success
In this semester-long Fostering International and Multilingual Student Success program, a small multidisciplinary group of instructors will come together to learn and support one another in efforts to better engage international and multilingual students in class and on campus.
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is an innovative way for your students to engage in dialogue with their peers around the world. By developing a COIL module for your course, you can help students extend their perspective on challenges that reach beyond our borders.
Conversations Centering International and Multilingual Students
This series of workshops on Conversations Centering International and Multilingual Students are offered as a collaboration between the Office of Curriculum Internationalization and the Minnesota English Language Program (MELP).