Fully revised and updated, the book tackles the vital issues involved in English language testing. Computer-based and other alternative testing methods, ethical considerations, and the challenges of assessing test validity are among the topics covered.

Engaged international experience is a critical element in building current and preservice teachers’ global competency and cross-cultural skills. However, not all teacher education programs leave room for international experiential learning opportunities.

Faculty and students in the sciences, technology, engineering, art, math, and design disciplines (STEAM'D) are expected to possess global competencies that will prepare them to succeed in their increasingly globalized fields as well. Explore models of integrating global learning into the curriculum and co-curricular activities of the STEAM'D fields to address world problems and learning goals.

This is the third session in Series III of Architecture for Global Learning and is part of the Fall Group:Global Learning Theory at Work. Learn about our other Series III Fall Group sessions: Designing Curriculum for Global Learning and Relating Research to Global Learning.

This AGL session provides examples of the new ways international educators and employers are identifying and developing students' global competencies; those that 21st century graduates are expected to have as they transition into career paths in an evolving, global marketplace. Presenters focus on examples from different settings. Faculty, career center advisors, and administrators from any discipline concerned with the development of global learning that addresses these labor market requirements will benefit from this session.Student/Retiree members should login to see special pricing.

Foreign language proficiency and cross-cultural understanding should, ideally, go hand in hand. However, foreign language programs do not always successfully incorporate global learning practices into curriculum and miss the opportunity to help students develop global perspectives. Presenters will discuss their research and practice into the deep learning relationship between foreign language instruction and intercultural competencies.

A Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) learning environment uses innovative technology to integrate global learning into the curricula of students who may be place or time-bound in a cost-effective and potentially measurable way. COIL courses can be launched in all disciplines and facilitate interdisciplinary connections that allow students to make unique insights. Join NAFSA for the fourth session in our six-part Architecture for Global Learning - Series II. Participants will hear from presenters working at the system, campus, or classroom level for the SUNY system, a leader in the COIL field. Explore 'global learning' in the context of COIL and learn how to engage students in "big" problem solving with their international peers. Discounted pricing of $39.00 for student and retiree members will appear after logged in user has placed the item in the cart.

Join NAFSA for the fifth session in our six-part Architecture for Global Learning - Series II. Participants are given the opportunity to learn about global learning and innovations derived from presenters' models of personal and institutional international/interdisciplinary research collaboration. This is ideal for those wanting to learn ways that global learning can broaden and build innovative collaboration in undergraduate, graduate, or faculty research.Discounted pricing of $39.00 for student and retiree members will appear after logged in user has placed the item in the cart.

Through high-impact learning approaches, students can become more effective communicators, more engaged citizens, and learn to think critically about the relationships between local and global issues. These skills are all vital to building peace in a world full of conflict. As part of its 2015 International Education Week activities, NAFSA partnered with the Alliance for Peacebuilding and the United States Institute of Peace to present a Global Learning Faculty Conversation celebrating the peacebuilding capacity of international education.

Based on the NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies, this set of sample behavioral interview questions is a helpful tool for supervisors when hiring direct service employees and managers in the areas of education abroad, international enrollment management, and international student and scholar services.