Global Course Connections “connects” a course offered on an Alliance campus in one country to a course offered on an Alliance campus in another country. The instructors collaborate on the design of the course (common readings, viewings, and assignments; co-created lectures, and students and instructors collaborate on its execution (shared lectures, guest lectures, joint student projects, joint student presentations).
Courses need not be the same course or even from the same discipline.
Courses can be tightly coupled, working from a common syllabus with common readings and assignments, or they can be loosely coupled, connecting at a set of strategic points where the courses overlap.
Courses can be new or adaptations of an existing course.
Courses can use synchronous communication (e.g., shared class sessions, student-student videoconference sessions) and/or asynchronous communication (e.g., through email, forums in a learning management system, Dropbox, Google Drive, blogs, or Facebook Group sites).
Explore the links below to see past global course connections and for information on how to submit a GCC.