This group serves as a web collaborative for faculty interested in using the Global Challenges materials in their classrooms. This project is intended to help educate globally competent citizens.
Global Challenges is an exciting national blended learning course and upcoming eBook made possible by the collaborative efforts of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) American Democracy Project (ADP) and the AASCU Global Engagement Scholars (teaching faculty from 10 AASCU campuses). Global Challenges is an AASCU Red Balloon Project. The Global Engagement Scholars are one of the AASCU Civic Engagement in Action Series initiatives. The project enjoys support from the New York Times digital content repository. Fort Hays State University provides administrative support for this project.
To learn more about our blended learning course and the seven global challenges, open the power point presentation link below.
The Global Challenges curriculum takes inspiration from the work of one of Washington's leading nonpartisan think tanks, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://csis.org/program/seven-revolutions). CSIS's Seven Revolutions Project identifies seven important trends that have the potential to transform the way we live and interact with others. Those seven key challenges are:
population
resources
technology
information
economic integration
security, and
governance.
Global Challenges Course and eBook
In addition to the collaborative resources available in this website, faculty interested in teaching Global Challenges may make use of the national blended learning course or the eBook.
The Global Challenges blended learning course is delivered through the Epsilen eLearning Environment, a powerful resource for sharing course content and networking. It is a web-based application that allows students to access course materials, the New York Times digital content reporistory and more. The course can be used as a turn-key course or in a fully customizable adopt-and-adapt format. The Epsilen course shell comes complete with:
sample syllabus
learning objectives
lesson modules
quizzes/exams
assignments
discussion forums
assessment tools
fact sheets
student guide
current and archived New York Times resources
content videos
teaching toolkit
Access to the course is free for faculty who assign it for their students. The cost for students is $50/student. It is not necessary to have an Epsilen site-license in order to use the Global Challenges Epsilen-based course.
Coming soon, the Global Challenges eBook is an exciting interactive eBook with much of the course content from the Epsilen-based course but without the accompanying blended learning features such as quizzes, exams, assignments, and forums. The eBook is an excellent choice for faculty who wish to cover some or all of the Global Challenges content in the context of a course that includes additional content or has overall learning objectives that differ from the Epsilen-based blended learning course.
