3rd European Conference
October 3, 2016
Athens, Greece
OVERVIEW OF THE STANDARDS OF GOOD PRACTICE | 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Natalie Mello (The Forum on Education Abroad)
The Forum’s Standards provide a means to assess and ensure quality in all areas of education abroad programming – academic programming, student conduct, resources and personnel and policies and procedures. Using the Standards as a guide, participants will examine practices at their universities or organizations. This workshop will be highly interactive, drawing on case studies and issues of interest to participants. This qualifies as a Forum Certification Workshop.
STUDENT LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT & THE ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK (STANDARDS 2 & 3) | 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
David Shallenberger (School for International Training)
Wrestling with how to bring into line the best academic intentions with a meaningful education abroad experience? This workshop focuses on Student Learning, Development and the Academic Framework for Education Abroad and will help you to identify the resources and design programming to assist in this effort. Through simulations involving specific examples, participants will address critical issues often introduced by colleagues in higher education who are unfamiliar with the importance of tying these two areas together in education abroad. This qualifies as a Forum Certification Workshop.
