Teaching, Learning, and Facilitation

A Guide to Practitioner Research in International Education

September 28, 2020 A new resource has been developed for international education practitioners (and scholar-practitioners) interested in conducting research— A Guide to Practitioner Research in International Education. NAFSA has been pleased to collaborate with the International Education

Post-COVID Higher Education Internationalization

Download the September 2020 Report By John K. Hudzik, PhD As the world struggles through global disruption—of lives, jobs, education, health, safety, economies—we witness again the powerful influence of globalization. Winston Churchill advised, “If you’re going through hell, keep going!” Considering

Global Learning and Unconscious Bias

How can global and intercultural learning opportunities identify unconscious biases and address prejudices? This Collegial Conversation explored how developing global and intercultural competencies can help faculty, staff, administrators, and students discover their own unconscious biases, and how

2020: Innovation as the New Global Education

Download the July 2020 Report Read the Spanish version By Nadia Mireles, EdD During the past 20 years, the world witnessed many important changes and transformations, from the globalization and information era, to the knowledge and digital era. By 2020, the world was in the midst of the fourth

Intercultural Considerations in Developing Our Own Resilience

How can we employ self-compassion, self-care, and resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic so that we can better care for others? As educators, we care for others often at the sacrifice of our own needs. This Collegial Conversation is designed to help our community of supporters articulate their needs

Perspectives on Developing IEP Short-Term Programs

June 24, 2020

The Department of State defines short-term programs as programs that “last 12 months or less and include university exchange programs, professional non-degree programs, and internships.” The purpose of these programs is to “learn and enrich yourself in a diversity of cultural settings.” These

Assessment and Evaluation for International Educators

November 5 - 7, 2025 | 2:00 pm

Drive evidence-based success in your international education programs through this hands-on training in assessment strategies, including survey design, focus groups, and interview techniques that deliver actionable data for institutional decision-making. Find out more!

Teaching Interculturally in Virtual Environments

How do you facilitate intercultural communication and understanding in virtual environments? How can virtual learning opportunities develop intercultural competencies? This Collegial Conversation discussed strategies to enhance intercultural communication and explored ways to integrate intercultural

Best Practice in Community-Engaged Learning in Education Abroad

Download the July 2020 Report By Karen McBride, EdD, and Melissa Whatley, PhD “Learning is community based, applied, reflective, connected, visceral, integrated and engaged; it is locally contextualized, historically informed and theoretically grounded” (Hartman et al. 2018, 4). Community-engaged

Classroom and Virtual Meeting Room: Teaching and Learning Success

In this NAFSA e-Learning Seminar, we will explore how to effectively deliver engaging content online, how to employ learning reinforcement methodologies to ensure transfer of knowledge and participant engagement, and how IE professionals can apply model practices to program design and delivery.