The official start of institutionalizing VE at UF began in 2018 through a small grant from the UF Creative Campus Initiative entitled Collaborating Across Undersea Cables: Creating a Collaborative International Teaching Network (CITN). Learn more about the project!
Not long after, the Office for Global Learning (OGL) at the UF International Center began to offer VE training for UF faculty during the Fall and Spring semesters. This training program helps faculty design and incorporate virtual international content and communication activities into existing courses. Through virtual exchange, faculty can connect their UF classes with students and faculty abroad to collaborate on assignments, acquire global perspectives on a given discipline, and develop intercultural competence skills. Information on the training and how to sign up is here: https://internationalcenter.ufl.edu/global-teaching/virtual-exchange/professional-development
In Spring of 2021, the Center’s Outreach program collaborated with Unicollaboration to offer a VE training for state college administrators that were members of the Florida Consortium of International Education (FCIE). Learn more here!
In Summer of 2021, in collaboration with the UFIC Office of Global Learning, the Center began to offer a Summer VE training opportunity for non-UF faculty working at Florida state colleges and K-12 schools. The Center’s training has been supported by USDOE Title VI National Resource Center funding and by the Longview Foundation.
To learn about past projects developed by Summer VE participants, click here.
For any questions on virtual exchange training and partner seeking for Latin America content, please contact Mary Risner at mrisner@latam.ufl.edu.
Featured Virtual Exchange Projects at UF
Training Opportunities at the University of Florida
Virtual Exchange Training: This training program helps faculty design and incorporate virtual international content and communication activities into existing courses. Through virtual exchange, faculty can connect their UF classes with students and faculty abroad to collaborate on assignments, acquire global perspectives on a given discipline, and develop intercultural competence skills.