WILLIAM Erasmus+ Initiative held a symposium on Collaborative Online International Courses. We welcomed lecturers who were piloting or are interested in piloting this method to join us for peer-to-peer learning and gathering of best practices.

The event took place virtually on January 12 from 9:00-11:30.

For the Symposium Schedule click HERE

Links to assessment tools for pilot courses available HERE

Links to the presentation slides

Introduction by Dr. Yael Israel-Cohen and breakout room discussions available HERE

Case Studies:

            Dr. Elena Mizrahi – available HERE

            Dr. Ido Baum – available HERE

            Dr. Lina Nikou & Dr. Kim Wunschmann – available HERE

Video Recording of the Event

AGENDA

• 10:00-10:30 – Management overview
• 10:30-11:00 –  Divide into two breakout rooms for planning upcoming events:
  • 1: ESN planning event (discussion led by ESN)
  • 2: Dissemination safety and security planning event (discussion led by HU)
• 11:00-11:40 – The following workpackages share where things stand on their workplan:
  • WP2 – Tel Hai shares module & ESN shared training plan
  • WP3 – Gordon leads discussion on virtual international classrooms plan
  • WP4 – GII/Gordon/COLMAN lead discussion on QA for each workpackage
  • WP5 – HU shares dissemination event plan & discuss one on one institutional dissemination.
• 11:40-11:50 – Future of Erasmus+ (Dina, Director of Erasmus office)
• 11:50-12:00 – Summary of next steps

Click HERE for Safety and Security (WP2) presentation

WILLIAM invites you to take part in a zoominar dedicated to best practices in building an emergency plan to support international students’ safety and security.

Creating a solid support system for international students for their safety and security is an important foundation of internationalization. While we hope to never need it, it must be in place. This past year has shown us just how important such an infrastructure is.

Registration and zoom link in the invitation

In 2019, three trainers from Erasmus Student Network (ESN) held a series of trainings in Israel, which led to the creation of action plans at the participating institutions. The planned follow-up trainings, planned for 2020, were cancelled due to the Covid-19 restrictions, and will now be held online instead. The focus of this training will be “buddy systems”, including recruitment, training of buddies and volunteer engagement. By the end of the training, the participants will have learned more about how to create a welcoming environment for international students.

Further information and registration link in the invitation below

Below is the zoom recording of the event

Samara Segal, co-cordinator of WILLIAM, participated in a round-table discussion of the SEEEPHI project, an Erasmus+ capacity building project with Schools and Programmes of Public Health in Israel. WILLIAM representatives were invited to present and share experiences, insights and best practices in managing an Erasmus+ capacity building project.

• Where we stand and what we have left to plan for WILLIAM
• What’s new with IaH on your campus? Institutional progress and sharing of ideas
• Updates on virtual international classrooms – Requirements and evaluation
• Sharing of social integration ideas – accomplishments over the past year and planned future implementtion
• Institutional promotional videos discussion
• Dissemination of the project
• Fine-tuning our timeline
• Reporting requirements and deadlines
• Summary and next steps

The full detailed meeting agenda can be found HERE

The Powerpoint presentation from the meeting can be found HERE

Dr. Uwe Brandenburg, WILLIAM partner and head of the Global Impact Institute, and Dr. Yael Israel-Cohen, Coordinator of WILLIAM, will be leading a session on Internationalization at Home at the EAIE virtual conference. The session is entitled “Internationalizing Students, academics and the public in a COVID-hit world: the power of Internationalization at Home.”

CLICK HERE for conference details

WILLIAM was selected to participate in the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education virtual fair. The project presented a 1 hour training session on safety and security for international students as well as best practices in collaborative online international courses.

The slides from the presentation are available HERE