Two2Tango, tandems for teaching in the glocal classroom

Registration is now closed for 2024-2025.

What is the course about?

The aim of this course is to enhance the pedagogical, cultural and linguistic competences of university educators and supervisors for teaching in the glocal classroom.  You will be encouraged to adopt a reflective approach to teaching and learning through discussing issues related to teaching multilingual and multicultural learning spaces, while exchanging your reflections within an international community of practice.

Learning with an online tandem will provide you with a variety of opportunities to improve your oral communication skills alongside the teaching skills and cultural skills needed for the glocal classroom.

After completing the course, participants should be able to:

• Implement a reflective approach to their teaching practice in the glocal classroom
• Reflect on the international classroom and on harnessing its cultural diversity
• Receive and respond to feedback on own reflections from both a facilitator and your peers 
• Identify methodologies for the glocal classroom 
• Use an evidence-based approach for developing best practice in the glocal classroom.

How does the course unfold?

The course will run over seven months (equivalent to two weeks of full-time study), with short activities planned once a month. It will be conducted via the Canvas learning platform, through individual studies of videos and articles based on issues to do with English-Medium Education (EME), as well as group discussions and peer feedback.

The course will be conducted in English, which means that the course information, study tasks, and literature will be available only in English.

This course is a continuation course and it is recommended that KI educators and supervisors have previously followed the course GHP or have had basic training in higher education pedagogy.

How is the course structured?

The course consists of six modules:

• English as a lingua franca (ELF)
• Constructive alignment
• Cultures of teaching and learning
• Global engagement
• Managing and assessing group work
• Assessment for learning

Each module lasts around four weeks (except the first module which is spread over December and January due to the Christmas break).

Each module consists of:

• Pre-task: reading articles and watching videos;
• Task: online discussions about the pre-task with your tandem partner via Zoom;
• Post-task: summarising ideas about the topic in writing and commenting on 2 other contributions, as well as reflecting on own learning

At the end of the course, participants will be expected to use all their expertise to interview a student and reflect on issues related to each of the six modules.

What do participants need?

Participants need to have access to a computer with an Internet connection (with Zoom) and need to be able to attend the fourth week in the asynchronous group discussion through the learning platform Canvas. Access to online tools will be explained once participants join.

The course is free to the employees at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden). The course is free to partner institutions who provide a facilitator per tandem (equivalent to 20 hours of facilitation work per tandem).

Course literature is available online and provided via Canvas.

When and where does the course take place?

The course opens on Monday, 16th December 2024. The course will start by having all participants take an English placement test to get their CEFR scales results, then participants will answer a self-awareness questionnaire about their language skills. Once they have completed this questionnaire, they will be able to start the first module. Each module will be available during the dates specified in the timeline, allowing online discussions to be synchronised.

All theory and individual assignments need to be concluded by the end of the course Friday, 20th June 2024. In the final month, the participants will need to interview students and reflect on the challenges and opportunities they face in the glocal classroom.

Course 2024-2025

Course dates

16 Dec 2024- 20 June 2025 (equivalent to 2-weeks full-time study).
Save the date of the online kick-off meeting: 13 Jan 2025, 13h-14h30 CET.

Location

Online

Language: English

Certificate

Participants will be sent a certificate of completion equivalent to 2 weeks of full-time study (3 credits points for docentur) after completing the course.