UF Faculty Department College
Tara Mathien Early Childhood Education College of Education
Partner Faculty Department Partner Institution
, , , Luciana Cabrini Simões Calvo
Lynn Hartle
Benameur Nehar
Jorge Ernesto Matamoros Canales 		Modern Languages Department
Department of Agronomy and Forest Sciences
Language Center		 State University of Maringá
Penn State University, Brandywine
University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán
Title:
Developing Global Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Conversations
Project Description:

This Virtual Exchange (VE) project focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and connected students across five universities in the USA, Brazil, Honduras, and Algeria. The four-week program included synchronous and asynchronous activities that fostered global awareness and collaborative dialogue. Through these interactions, students shared solutions to address some of the Sustainable Development Goals that were specific to their country contexts and interests. At the end of the project, students submitted a short reflection in the form of a one-paragraph written assignment and accompanying image to illustrate the aspect of the VE project that was the most meaningful for them. 

An in depth explanation of this project is available through the publication below:

Calvo, L. C. S., Mathien, T., Nehar, B., Matamoros, J. E. & Hartle, L. (2025). Developing global citizenship through interdisciplinary conversations: Virtual exchange on the UN SDGs. Acta Educationis Generalis, 15(2), 129-142. https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2025-0026

Learning Outcomes:

  • Demonstrate increased awareness of global issues, including sustainability and world citizenship

  • Demonstrate increased awareness of the relationship between actions and outcomes on global and local stages

Participating Countries:
Brazil, Honduras
Number of Participants:
9 UF students; 100 international partner students
Discipline:
Education
UF Course Code & Name:
Extracurricular -
Project Duration:
4 weeks
Activity Type(s):
Student-to-Student Dialogue
Virtual Guest Speaker
Time allotted to each activity:
Synchronous Activities: 1 hour every other week
Asynchronous Activities: 1 hour every other week
Technology Tools:
Zoom
Padlet
Google products
YouTube
Sequence of Activities:

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