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Making Intercultural Connections
The document presents a project by the University of Southampton aimed at enhancing intercultural connections through an Intercultural Impact Award scheme. It outlines the project's phases, activities such as student-led events, and the implementation of digital badges to recognize students' competencies in intercultural communication. The initiative aims to reward student engagement in cultural activities while promoting staff development and community collaboration.
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- 1. Making an Intercultural Impact AlisonDickens, University of Southampton AULC Conference 12-13 January 2017
- 2. 2 Overview • How itall started (Intercultural Connections and Southampton Language Opportunity) • The Intercultural Impact Award Scheme • What we have done so far • Creating an awards scheme: digital or open badges • What next?
- 3. 3 • Two-year projectfunded by UoS • Two strands: staff development and network & student-led projects and events – Two surveys: students and staff – CPD for staff (teaching and support staff workshops) – Staff network inc. intercultural cafe – Intercultural event: WOW festival – Intercultural workshop: Culture Game – Intercultural impact award scheme Intercultural Connections Southampton
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- 8. 8 • Free languagecourses for students across the University since 2014 • Introduced Intercultural Communication 2015 • High demand, especially among international students, but – Non-credit bearing – High student drop-out – Little reward (attendance certificate), hence • Intercultural Impact Awards 2016 (in progress) Southampton Language Opportunity
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- 10. 10 • Builds onICS project • Integrated within SLO scheme • Student-led (currently managed by two student interns) • Linked to Students Union Culture Week • Links to City of Southampton • Can generate income – some scoping of the potential for a social enterprise has been undertaken (also by students) • Rewarded with digtial badge(s) – at least that is the plan Intercultural Impact Awards
- 11. 11 Planning Christmas Holidays January Exams 4 weeks4 weeks 8 weeks Summer Exams PHASE I PHASE II Culture Festival• The Plan Intercultural Impact Awards
- 12. 12 Phase I: •Recruit students(21 applications) •Intercultural training and group bonding •Small groups projects – design an activity for Culture Week •Presented to panel •Panel selection of ideas to take forward to Phase II Intercultural Impact Awards: so far
- 13. 13 Phase I ideas: •Photocompetition •Cultural treasure hunt •Interactive Map activity •World Ball •Food swap Student presentations Intercultural Impact Awards: so far
- 14. 14 Phase II : Allstudents working together on: 1.World Ball 2.Interactive map stall 3.#Humans of Southampton Photo competition Intercultural Impact Awards
- 15. 15 • A “digitalbadge” is an online, web-enabled signifier of an accomplishment, competence, skill, quality, or interest. • Collections of digital open badges can serve as living transcripts or virtual resumés of competencies and qualities that communicate to key stakeholders such as peers, schools, higher education institutions, or employers. • In higher education they can be used to create incentives for students to engage a range of learning and social behaviours – they may have a particular impact where extra-curricular or non-accredited activities are concerned • open badges enable the warranting of capabilities including those that are difficult to measure (such as teamwork and intercultural competence). Extracts from: Harvey, F. (2016). Framework for Open Badges Report. University of Southampton Digital Open Badges
- 16. 16Open Badge Factorywebsite FAQ Digital/open Badges
- 17. 17 Digital Badges Universityof Southampton
- 18. 18 Digital Badge: interculturalimpact (draft)
- 19. 19 • Student events(semester 2) • Development and award of open badges for intercultural impact and Southampton Language Opportunity • Evaluation of pilot • Plans (and funding) for 2017/18 • ??? What next
- 20. 20 • Twitter: @ImpactAwardSot •Blog: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/interculturalawards/ Or contact us: • intercultural@soton.ac.uk Thank you for listening Follow us
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