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Strategies to Internationalize Teaching and Learning Lessons Learned from InnovATE Armenia http ://www.oired.vt.edu/innovate/ Angela Neilan, Keith M. Moore, Johanna Cricenti, Kurt Richter, Tom Hammett February 6, 2015 7th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy Virginia Tech,
Strategies to Internationalize Teaching and Learning Lessons Learned from InnovATE Armenia Angela Neilan, Keith M. Moore,
Strategies to Internationalize Teaching and Learning Lessons
Learned from InnovATE Armenia http://www.oired.vt.edu/innovate/
Angela Neilan, Keith M. Moore, Johanna Cricenti, Kurt Richter, Tom
Hammett February 6, 2015 7th Annual Conference on Higher Education
Pedagogy Virginia Tech, CIDER
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Consortium Virginia Tech partnering with: Tuskegee University
Penn State University University of Florida
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Strengthen agricultural teaching and education systems to
improve performance of agricultural sector Strengthen the full
range of institutions that train and educate agricultural
professionals in Higher Education Institutions Build capacity and
increase food security
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Link innovATE partner universities with International Center
for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) and their
Agribusiness Teaching Center (ATC) which is a department of the
Agrarian National Armenian University (ANAU) Assist ICARE/ATC in
building its human, financial and institutional capacities to
become sustainable as a modern center of excellence for teaching,
research and outreach for Armenia and the Caucasus Region Mobilize
faculty to engage in curriculum development and institutional
strengthening in Armenia
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Armenia
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Agribusiness Teaching Center Students
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Working with Agribusiness Teaching Center Faculty
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White Wall of Progress! Some Additional InnovATE Countries
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InnovATE Armenia Challenges INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY: Public
institutions with agricultural programming are often weak leading
to overproduction of underqualified students ( curricula, course
syllabi, infrastructure, administrative capacity, policies ) HUMAN
CAPACITY: Agricultural sectors in developing and emerging
economies, including public and private institutions, need skilled
faculty and staff ( appropriate skillsets, degree programs,
research and extension training )
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Increase international content Update teaching methods Help
students be more self directed learners Increase number of faculty
and students involved Engage faculty effectively over extended time
InnovATE Armenia Goals
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Discuss Constraints and Opportunities to Effective Engagement
of Faculty and Students from YOUR perspective Whats going well?
Whats not going well? What might be done differently?
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Focused Questions: How do we Engage Faculty, Staff and Students
with Diverse Experience and Education? Do faculty need people
skills in addition to credentials? How do we find the right person
for the assignment? What issues arise when we include student
interns? Language skills-are they needed? How do we include women
faculty, students, farmers, processors and the broader
community?
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How can you connect to innovATE? AET Community of Practice
www.innovate-community.oired.vt.edu Online network of agricultural
development professionals Collaborative discussion spaces for AET
and agriculture Gender increasingly addressed Global training
events database French and Spanish discussion pages Discussion
space for extension
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Angela Neilan, InnovATE Armenia Virginia Tech [email protected]
540-231-3893 InnovATE is supported by a grant from USAID and
managed by Virginia Techs Office of International Research,
Education, and Development (OIRED). This project was made possible
by the United States Agency for International Development and the
generous support of the American people through USAID Cooperative
Agreement No. AID- OAA-L-12-00002 Thank you the VT Center for
Instructional Development and Educational Research for allowing us
to facilitate this discussion and to our sponsors and University
partners. Visit our website at: www.oired.vt.edu/innovate For More
Information
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Discuss Constraints and Opportunities to Effective Engagement
of Faculty and Students from YOUR perspective Whats going well?
Whats not going well? What might be done differently ?