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Pedagogy 
and 
Program 
Design 
for 
Developing 
Globally 
Competent 
Graduates 
Pedagogy 
and 
Program 
Design 
for 
Developing 
Globally 
Competent 
Graduates: 
A 
Badge 
System 
Pilot 
Proposal 
for 
the 
University 
of 
Wisconsin-­‐Madison 
Michelle Mazzeo 
University of Wisconsin- Madison 
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, ELPA 940 
December 9, 2013
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System 
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Developing 
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Graduates 
Table 
of 
Contents 
Abstract 
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Introduction: 
The 
Demand 
for 
Globally 
Competent 
Graduates 
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Addressing 
Global 
Competence 
in 
Real 
Time 
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Literature 
Review 
Conclusions 
and 
Implications 
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A 
Proposal 
for 
Public 
Universities: 
Applying 
Best 
Practices 
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The 
Global 
Competence 
Badge 
System: 
A 
Pilot 
for 
the 
University 
of 
Wisconsin 
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Abstract 
This paper reviews and analyses trends in programming for the development of global 
competence within higher education systems, and emphasizes the critical role that 
pedagogy and program design play. Especially in the context of a public higher education 
institution such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose mission is to provide 
equal access to all, but whose barrier is limited resources and a decentralized campus 
structure, the role of pedagogy and program design takes on unique form. An exploration 
of the science of learning in a foreign context, a theoretical shift in popular pedagogy, 
and an understanding of current economic demand sheds light on the current overarching 
context within higher education and the need to place emphasis on the critical role that 
pedagogy and program design must play in order for higher education institutions to meet 
goals related to developing globally competent graduates. The implications from the 
literature review, as they pertain to the University of Wisconsin- Madison, will inform a 
proposal suggesting a general strategy to address the main barriers to making pedagogy 
and design central components in efforts to develop globally competent graduates. 
Though the University of Wisconsin provides bountiful opportunity for students to 
develop global competence, there is no consistent mandate for prioritizing pedagogy and 
design. Moreover, the decentralized approach to internationalization pushes pedagogy 
and design to a secondary role in the conversation. Bringing clarity to messaging takes 
the primary role, especially as the University of Wisconsin has prioritized the restructure 
of the Division of International Studies since 2012. It is critical, both to the individual 
and society, that we place a high importance on the role of pedagogy and program design 
when considering how we will best prepare our graduates to enter the global workforce. 
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Introduction: 
The 
Demand 
for 
Globally 
Competent 
Graduates 
Certain understandings underlie the demand for teaching global competence through 
higher education institutions: it is a skillset that is necessary for competing in the national 
economy, in the global economy, and it is necessary to the progress and development for 
our planet that people become global citizens both in and out of the workplace. To 
compete in a global economy consisting of 7 billion people and where, of the top 100 
wealthiest economies, nearly half are corporations, President Obama recently suggested 
that a “world-class education is the single most important factor in determining not just 
whether our kids can compete for the best jobs, but whether America can out-compete 
other countries around the world.” (Green, 2012) As former Communications Director to 
the Division of International Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison wrote, “trade, 
migration, pandemics, global warming, and a radical shift in wealth from the West to the 
East — all of these factors and more indicate that we’re living in a world of global 
challenges that will require global solutions. Our graduates need a mindset to match the 
world around them. But how exactly do we teach and assess these skills?” (Van Eyck, 
2012) 
Indeed, after acknowledging basic understandings about the need to teach global 
competence, the real question becomes ‘how’? Up until recently, the question of teaching 
intercultural competence has largely been left to chance. In fact, Higher Education 
institutions have been placing substantial responsibility on students to adapt to the needs 
of the global economy, without adapting their own models of education and instruction. 
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(Mansilla, 2013) Students commonly returned from learning abroad experiences 
“transformed,” but there had been no explicit link to their ability to compete in the global 
economy, much less offer effective contributions to global issues. New research, however, 
delves deeper into the necessary teaching practices that ensure student learning within 
higher education, and even through informal learning environments such as study abroad 
or international internships. Assessment of certain high-impact and long-standing 
programs laid the groundwork for a national shift in the discussion of ‘how’ to design and 
implement programs targeted at teaching intercultural competence (Kuh, 2009). However, 
at large public universities, where policies are built to reward research and scholarly 
contribution rather than student learning, and where learning goals are often established 
by individual departments, the type of investment necessary in programming for the “key 
skill of the 21st century- intercultural competence” is debatable and unequal across 
disciplines (Bertlesman, 2013) (UW Global Competence Task Force Report, 2008). 
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A 
Shift 
to 
Meet 
Demand 
Employers indicate that certain skills are equally as desirable as a degree. A 2013 study 
undertaken by the British Council, Booz Allen Hamilton and Ipsos Public Affairs 
conducted a survey of HR managers at 367 large employers in nine countries: Brazil, 
China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, the UAE, the United States and the United 
Kingdom. The research revealed that employers favor the following intercultural skills in 
future employees: an ability to understand different cultural contexts and viewpoints, 
demonstrating respect for others and knowledge of a foreign language (pg. 3). To even 
the playing field so that everyone has equal opportunity, public education institutions in
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particular must take the lead in making access to global competence development a 
priority. 
Educators at all levels are moving away from teacher-directed learning, and toward 
meeting students where they are. Like a stationary weather front, as the preference for 
learner-centered education meets an economic demand for globally competent workers, 
the world of higher education is pushed to transform. A strong economic demand for 
globally competent workers calls for increased attention on the quality of pre-professional 
training programs. The next section will further address what a high quality 
program should look like. 
Addressing 
Global 
Competence 
in 
Real 
Time 
Human evolution has brought about incredible advancements in technology, which have 
subsequently trickled into the field of education and in particular, teaching and learning. 
Because knowledge is now accessible at the drop of a pin, education systems are 
beginning to recognize that adopting constructivism paradigms such as the Experiential 
Learning Theory (ELT) is the most sensible means to creating ‘high impact education’ 
(Kuh, 2009); the process of learning is emphasized, rather than the accumulation and 
proof of knowledge. 
Research continues to prove that more intervention—programs that are based on 
experiential learning methodology and offer direct supervision of skill development or 
faculty-led programming, rather than random exposure to culture or language regardless
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of setting— is directly related to the development of globally competent graduates. 
Proficiency in a foreign language does not guarantee intercultural competence (Jackson, 
2008; Hemming Lou, 2008). Those who are proficient in a foreign language may still be 
unaware or uncomfortable with values and behaviors that are different from their own. 
The frequency of international experience, therefore, is not as important as the quality of 
experiences (Chang, Yuan, & Chuang, 2013). In other words, cultural adaptability is not 
guaranteed by simply sending people overseas. Rather, positive outcomes occur through 
deeper engagement and reflection within the new culture (Chang, Yuan, & Chuang 2013) 
Furthermore, an international work experience, such as an internship, can enable students 
to see their future careers with an international perspective. This is an example of deeper 
learning, as it enables a wider array of connections to be made. As a result, students have 
a more holistic foundation before entering the world of work (Hannigan, 2008). Thanks 
to a sixteen year study from UC San Diego, “solid evidence supports the contention that 
students with an experiential international education compete more successfully than 
their peers in today’s global workforce” (Adler, 2013). ‘Work Integrated Learning’ 
(WIL) in an international setting is also becoming an important element of tertiary 
educational experience where students learn in the workplace through a range of 
mechanisms (Meehan, 2009). In alignment with other case study results, physical therapy 
students who participated in a service-learning trip reported positive effects, such as 
improved critical thinking and problem solving, greater cultural sensitivity, and an 
expanded worldview when dealing with patients (Pechak & Thompson, 2009). Applying 
skills in a new context adds an element of complication and difficulty that requires 
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creativity and higher order thinking and application skills. It requires students to apply 
the content knowledge while monitoring their intercultural and interpersonal 
communication skills. 
Meehan, Klak and Martin (2003) concluded their study with an assertion that global 
citizens are largely developed outside the scope of on-campus education (as cited in 
Lumkes, Hallet, & Vallade, 2012). The implications of this last finding call into question 
both access and quality. If higher education institutions are called upon to provide equal 
access to opportunity, they must make “outside the scope of on-campus education” 
accessible to all students. This implies that learning abroad gives students an advantage in 
developing these essential skills. However, regardless of access to learning abroad, the 
quality of the program determines whether a student will gain essential global 
competencies. (Hemming Lou, 2012). Therefore, more emphasis should be placed on 
designing quality programs and increasing effective educator participation, rather than 
prioritizing the sending of more students abroad. 
Literature 
Review 
Conclusions 
and 
Implications 
Administrators may benefit from adopting a general, campus-wide approach to 
programming in alignment with best practices. Based on the current literature, assessing a 
program’s ability to develop globally competent graduates lies mainly in testing for 
individual students’ gains with one of many assessment tools developed over the last few 
decades. Assessment tools, however, only measure the gains made to the student and do 
not explicitly link gains to the specific elements of the program’s design. This
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individualized approach is also not realistic at large public institutions of over 30,000 
students, and where campus units generally have the freedom to test their students 
according to their own standards. Though global competence skills do differ by field and 
industry (British Council, 2013) prioritizing a departments’ freedom over general 
outcomes to the individual may prove to be a disservice to some students, and therefore 
the University’s general efforts to provide equal access to high impact activities that lead 
to global competence (Kuh, 2009). 
Learning abroad is most effective when integrated into the curriculum, facilitated by a 
professor and cultural mentor, and is delivered either as a part of the Intentional and 
Targeted Online Intervention [ITI] model, or through on-site mentor programs. Gains 
made in IDI are significantly higher when these conditions apply. Though on-site mentor 
interventions are more meaningful, the ITI model— which involves intervention before, 
during and after the international experience— also proves to add significant value to the 
learning that takes place abroad. By contrast, students who directly enrolled in University 
courses abroad alone, showed the least gain in intercultural competence (Hammer, 2012). 
This conclusion lends itself to clarifying the common misconception that the self-reliance 
and independence involved in study abroad is linked to the claimed “transformation” of 
students. It may be that the combination of experiential learning theory, which 
emphasizes reflection, and increasing educators’ role in developing global competence 
simply enables students to articulate their experiences more clearly. It is important to note 
that the ability to articulate global competence may have led researchers to believe that 
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students make more impressive gains with these conditions- a key validity threat to these 
studies. 
One meta-analysis of 50 years of research on transformational learning revealed that the 
‘sink or swim’, non-interventionist approach to learning abroad shows only a small to 
medium significance in reduction of prejudice- a critical element of intercultural 
competence. A high (90%) intervention rate from international educators before during 
and after is recommended. International educators must be able to provide a balance 
between providing opportunity for use of skill and providing challenge for optimal 
growth outcomes (Hemming Lou, 2012). 
Finally, results from testing the constructivism paradigm within learning abroad 
education programs shows that experience itself does not lead to new knowledge. Rather, 
the learner must make meaning out of the experience. Without a paradigm for 
approaching the process of meaning-making, students gain less from their experiences 
abroad and are largely unable to prove global competence in terms of employers’ 
demands. Neuroscience and psychology research supports the constructivist theory, and 
proposes roles and strategies for successful interaction between educators and students so 
that students extract more meaning from their experiences abroad and successfully 
transfer it to new situations thereafter (Zull, 2012). Previously left to chance, Savicki 
(2012) concludes that student learning can be maximized through intentional program 
design. Just as curriculum is designed sequentially, to enable clear and coherent learning, 
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learning abroad programs can be designed in alignment with the appropriate pedagogy to 
enable maximum transfer of global competencies. 
Especially today, in a world where countless bits of information are competing for our 
attention, the practice of making information personally relevant is essential for gaining 
the “tools needed to operate effectively” (Elspeth, 2013). A program’s design, and the 
educator’s role therefore become central to the conversation. If higher education 
institutions desire to develop globally competent graduates, administrators must prioritize 
the delivery of programs aimed at global competence. 
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Proposal 
for 
Public 
Universities: 
Applying 
Best 
Practices 
How can America’s public universities of 30,000 students or more make the most of the 
more recent developments in best practices, given the barriers that are unique to large and 
often research-focused institutions? Aggressive intervention programs allow for the 
extraction of more meaning and value from the “transformative” experiences that 
students are having abroad. Perhaps down the line, when the crux of learning abroad is 
more closely linked to the development of intercultural competence skills, we will be able 
to improve efforts to internationalize the curriculum on campuses at home. Until then, a 
continued focus on learning abroad is necessary to gather more informative results. Large 
public institutions, especially, have more barriers to success on this path. 
This proposal profiles the University of Wisconsin- Madison, a leading global institution 
that holds bountiful opportunities for its students to gain global competence skills. As the 
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University of Wisconsin- Madison undergoes a review and restructuring of its Division of 
International Studies, it opens itself up to new opportunity to increase both quality of 
student learning and quantitative data on its contribution to developing globally 
competent graduates. 
The 
Global 
Competence 
Badge 
System: 
A 
Pilot 
for 
the 
University 
of 
Wisconsin 
Two critical documents were published in 2008 and 2013 by faculty members at the 
University of Wisconsin Madison: the Global Competence Task Force Report to the 
Division of International Studies (2008) and the Advisory Board Recommendations 
Report to the Division of International Studies (2013). After defining and recommending 
how the UW-Madison can best “Develop Globally Competent Graduates” in 2008, the 
conversations have been focused on a bigger picture discussion on restructuring of the 
Division of International Studies. These conversations continue. 
The development of a “Global Competence Badge System” will help the Advisory Board 
members envision a clear path for moving forward immediately after formalizing and 
implementing the restructure. Before the proposed reorganization, programs and 
opportunities for developing global competence were bountiful, but decentralized and 
buried. As a response, the reorganization of the Division includes four 
administrative/functional sub-units or “pillars”, under the supervision of associate and 
assistant deans. As found in the Report (2013): 
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• “Research: Led by an Associate Dean (faculty) this pillar would house research 
and graduate training, incorporating oversight of existing centers, programs and 
initiatives currently included in the International Institute (which would cease 
to exist in its current form), in addition to the coordination of programs and 
initiatives across campus that are not currently part of the International 
Institute. 
• Global Student Engagement: Also headed by an Associate Dean (faculty), this 
pillar would oversee undergraduate exchanges, study programs, degree 
programs, and vocational activities involving international or global study. 
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• Finance and Operations: As its title states, this pillar would manage 
administration, budget, human resources, IT, and support activities, under the 
supervision of an Assistant Dean (staff). 
• External Communications, Advancement and Outreach, under an 
Assistant/Associate Dean responsible for coordinating and integrating all 
Division activities in these areas.” 
On such a large campus, a comprehensive approach aims to bring clarity to the many 
paths to achieving global competence on both the individual and institutional level. It is 
necessary to establish an end goal that to work backwards from producing globally 
competent graduates. As previously mentioned, research shows that not all ‘international’
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experiences are created equal and that intervention from faculty and staff is essential. As 
we consider how to create clear pathways, we must also consider how to ensure quality 
through our programs’ design and faculty’s expertise. As the Division of International 
Studies restructures for clarity, it must not lose sight of an opportunity to ensure quality 
so that it might more effectively achieve its goal to produce globally competent 
graduates. 
The Global Competence Badge System will hold each of the many components of the 
DIS restructure accountable to its mission by offering a clear method for tracking student 
development outcomes. 
Goal 1: Profile the University of California-Davis and the Asia Society Badge Systems as 
a starting point for visualizing how this system could work at the University of 
Wisconsin. Badges are indicators of skills and knowledge gained outside of the 
classroom and jumpstart a commitment to lifelong learning- one of the missions that DIS 
adopted from Kuh’s [2009] Essential Learning Outcomes. 
Goal 2: Visualizing the outcomes for University of Wisconsin will help the DIS 
understand the potential value in this comprehensive approach to assessing global 
competence. The badge would go on the transcript in the “certificates section” with 
designation of mastered skills relating to global competence. The students would also be 
invited to put the badge on their LinkedIn profile next to their degree. This would allow 
employers to read more about the skill the student developed and to what extent it was 
mastered. One of the biggest reasons the DIS should consider this idea is that beyond 
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incentivizing students, staff and departments to put more attention and energy forth on 
quality of the many pathways to global competence, it also gives them an ‘easy-in’ for 
tracking their students after graduation, to see how the global competence skills may have 
‘transferred’ into their careers. Not to mention, this system will get all recent graduates 
on LinkedIn, a proven tool for facilitating global networking and employment. 
Goal 3: How does a badge system fit into the context of the DIS restructure? The Board 
feels that part of a UW ‘branding’ would be the visible, interdisciplinary, fully integrated 
nature of global studies at UW. It is reflective of the University’s goals to ensure that 
students become world citizens. The Badge System is a clear deliverable and it gives “the 
visible, interdisciplinary, fully integrated nature of global studies” a tangible form of 
measurement at the program, educator and student level. 
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How will badges be awarded? 
“By graduation, UW Madison students should be able to: 
• Communicate effectively across linguistic and cultural boundaries 
• See and understand the world from a perspective other than one’s own 
• Understand and appreciate the diversity of societies and cultures 
It will ultimately be left up to each unit (department) to decide how they will interpret the 
proposed essential learning outcomes as aligned with global competencies looks like to 
their department’s goals. To ensure that all is equal in rigor and quality, the Student 
Global Engagement (SGE) Pillar of the Division of International Studies will “approve”
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and “accredit” each unit/department’s assessment strategy. The Student Global 
Engagement Pillar will be responsible for providing suggestions and recommendations 
for designing and assessing each program. Lists of possible assessment tools are readily 
available for each department. 
The SGE will “accredit” all existing programs that already meet these standards and grant 
permission to respective units to award a badge in global competence. Students can earn 
badges from other accredited programs not within their department. The Research 
division will implement an ELT training for all programs, faculty, units that still need to 
be approved for offering a “global competence” badge, and they will pull from the 
already-accredited programs as examples- both as a reward to those who are already 
moving the UW in the right direction, and also to maintain consistency in approach and 
caliber as much as possible. Though the UW is well equipped to design a course in house, 
there are online courses being offered for professional development in the field. 
By the end of a two-year accrediting and training process, the UW will offer multiple, 
clear pathways for students (regardless of major, college etc.) to earn the “global 
competence” badge before graduating. Each of the units under the new DIS that serve 
students will be responsible for approving the GC badge for each graduate. Graduates 
will get a badge on their transcript and a chord at graduation. The first three years it will 
not be mandatory, so the University can gather data on the number of students who earn 
the badge and those who do not. Ideally, students could earn a global competence badge 
as part of the movement toward creating “portfolios” “capstones” “thesis” or other 
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campus efforts to help them articulate their experience and skill outside the classroom. 
Departments would be held accountable for creating pathways for their students to gain 
these skills while still graduating on time. The ethnic studies requirement could be 
changed out for approved global competence experiences to enable students to earn the 
badge. By bridging an educational innovation with the need to hold global competence-focused 
programming to a higher level of quality, the Global Competence Badge system 
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may deliver a comprehensive intervention that is appropriately implemented with the 
launch of a new Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin- 
Madison.
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Program design proposal for developing globally competent graduates

  • 1. Pedagogy and Program Design for Developing Globally Competent Graduates Pedagogy and Program Design for Developing Globally Competent Graduates: A Badge System Pilot Proposal for the University of Wisconsin-­‐Madison Michelle Mazzeo University of Wisconsin- Madison Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, ELPA 940 December 9, 2013
  • 2. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates Table of Contents Abstract ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction: The Demand for Globally Competent Graduates ............................... 4 Addressing Global Competence in Real Time ................................................................ 6 Literature Review Conclusions and Implications ......................................................... 8 A Proposal for Public Universities: Applying Best Practices ................................. 11 The Global Competence Badge System: A Pilot for the University of Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 2
  • 3. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates Abstract This paper reviews and analyses trends in programming for the development of global competence within higher education systems, and emphasizes the critical role that pedagogy and program design play. Especially in the context of a public higher education institution such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose mission is to provide equal access to all, but whose barrier is limited resources and a decentralized campus structure, the role of pedagogy and program design takes on unique form. An exploration of the science of learning in a foreign context, a theoretical shift in popular pedagogy, and an understanding of current economic demand sheds light on the current overarching context within higher education and the need to place emphasis on the critical role that pedagogy and program design must play in order for higher education institutions to meet goals related to developing globally competent graduates. The implications from the literature review, as they pertain to the University of Wisconsin- Madison, will inform a proposal suggesting a general strategy to address the main barriers to making pedagogy and design central components in efforts to develop globally competent graduates. Though the University of Wisconsin provides bountiful opportunity for students to develop global competence, there is no consistent mandate for prioritizing pedagogy and design. Moreover, the decentralized approach to internationalization pushes pedagogy and design to a secondary role in the conversation. Bringing clarity to messaging takes the primary role, especially as the University of Wisconsin has prioritized the restructure of the Division of International Studies since 2012. It is critical, both to the individual and society, that we place a high importance on the role of pedagogy and program design when considering how we will best prepare our graduates to enter the global workforce. 3
  • 4. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates Introduction: The Demand for Globally Competent Graduates Certain understandings underlie the demand for teaching global competence through higher education institutions: it is a skillset that is necessary for competing in the national economy, in the global economy, and it is necessary to the progress and development for our planet that people become global citizens both in and out of the workplace. To compete in a global economy consisting of 7 billion people and where, of the top 100 wealthiest economies, nearly half are corporations, President Obama recently suggested that a “world-class education is the single most important factor in determining not just whether our kids can compete for the best jobs, but whether America can out-compete other countries around the world.” (Green, 2012) As former Communications Director to the Division of International Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison wrote, “trade, migration, pandemics, global warming, and a radical shift in wealth from the West to the East — all of these factors and more indicate that we’re living in a world of global challenges that will require global solutions. Our graduates need a mindset to match the world around them. But how exactly do we teach and assess these skills?” (Van Eyck, 2012) Indeed, after acknowledging basic understandings about the need to teach global competence, the real question becomes ‘how’? Up until recently, the question of teaching intercultural competence has largely been left to chance. In fact, Higher Education institutions have been placing substantial responsibility on students to adapt to the needs of the global economy, without adapting their own models of education and instruction. 4
  • 5. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates (Mansilla, 2013) Students commonly returned from learning abroad experiences “transformed,” but there had been no explicit link to their ability to compete in the global economy, much less offer effective contributions to global issues. New research, however, delves deeper into the necessary teaching practices that ensure student learning within higher education, and even through informal learning environments such as study abroad or international internships. Assessment of certain high-impact and long-standing programs laid the groundwork for a national shift in the discussion of ‘how’ to design and implement programs targeted at teaching intercultural competence (Kuh, 2009). However, at large public universities, where policies are built to reward research and scholarly contribution rather than student learning, and where learning goals are often established by individual departments, the type of investment necessary in programming for the “key skill of the 21st century- intercultural competence” is debatable and unequal across disciplines (Bertlesman, 2013) (UW Global Competence Task Force Report, 2008). 5 A Shift to Meet Demand Employers indicate that certain skills are equally as desirable as a degree. A 2013 study undertaken by the British Council, Booz Allen Hamilton and Ipsos Public Affairs conducted a survey of HR managers at 367 large employers in nine countries: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, the UAE, the United States and the United Kingdom. The research revealed that employers favor the following intercultural skills in future employees: an ability to understand different cultural contexts and viewpoints, demonstrating respect for others and knowledge of a foreign language (pg. 3). To even the playing field so that everyone has equal opportunity, public education institutions in
  • 6. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates 6 particular must take the lead in making access to global competence development a priority. Educators at all levels are moving away from teacher-directed learning, and toward meeting students where they are. Like a stationary weather front, as the preference for learner-centered education meets an economic demand for globally competent workers, the world of higher education is pushed to transform. A strong economic demand for globally competent workers calls for increased attention on the quality of pre-professional training programs. The next section will further address what a high quality program should look like. Addressing Global Competence in Real Time Human evolution has brought about incredible advancements in technology, which have subsequently trickled into the field of education and in particular, teaching and learning. Because knowledge is now accessible at the drop of a pin, education systems are beginning to recognize that adopting constructivism paradigms such as the Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) is the most sensible means to creating ‘high impact education’ (Kuh, 2009); the process of learning is emphasized, rather than the accumulation and proof of knowledge. Research continues to prove that more intervention—programs that are based on experiential learning methodology and offer direct supervision of skill development or faculty-led programming, rather than random exposure to culture or language regardless
  • 7. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates of setting— is directly related to the development of globally competent graduates. Proficiency in a foreign language does not guarantee intercultural competence (Jackson, 2008; Hemming Lou, 2008). Those who are proficient in a foreign language may still be unaware or uncomfortable with values and behaviors that are different from their own. The frequency of international experience, therefore, is not as important as the quality of experiences (Chang, Yuan, & Chuang, 2013). In other words, cultural adaptability is not guaranteed by simply sending people overseas. Rather, positive outcomes occur through deeper engagement and reflection within the new culture (Chang, Yuan, & Chuang 2013) Furthermore, an international work experience, such as an internship, can enable students to see their future careers with an international perspective. This is an example of deeper learning, as it enables a wider array of connections to be made. As a result, students have a more holistic foundation before entering the world of work (Hannigan, 2008). Thanks to a sixteen year study from UC San Diego, “solid evidence supports the contention that students with an experiential international education compete more successfully than their peers in today’s global workforce” (Adler, 2013). ‘Work Integrated Learning’ (WIL) in an international setting is also becoming an important element of tertiary educational experience where students learn in the workplace through a range of mechanisms (Meehan, 2009). In alignment with other case study results, physical therapy students who participated in a service-learning trip reported positive effects, such as improved critical thinking and problem solving, greater cultural sensitivity, and an expanded worldview when dealing with patients (Pechak & Thompson, 2009). Applying skills in a new context adds an element of complication and difficulty that requires 7
  • 8. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates 8 creativity and higher order thinking and application skills. It requires students to apply the content knowledge while monitoring their intercultural and interpersonal communication skills. Meehan, Klak and Martin (2003) concluded their study with an assertion that global citizens are largely developed outside the scope of on-campus education (as cited in Lumkes, Hallet, & Vallade, 2012). The implications of this last finding call into question both access and quality. If higher education institutions are called upon to provide equal access to opportunity, they must make “outside the scope of on-campus education” accessible to all students. This implies that learning abroad gives students an advantage in developing these essential skills. However, regardless of access to learning abroad, the quality of the program determines whether a student will gain essential global competencies. (Hemming Lou, 2012). Therefore, more emphasis should be placed on designing quality programs and increasing effective educator participation, rather than prioritizing the sending of more students abroad. Literature Review Conclusions and Implications Administrators may benefit from adopting a general, campus-wide approach to programming in alignment with best practices. Based on the current literature, assessing a program’s ability to develop globally competent graduates lies mainly in testing for individual students’ gains with one of many assessment tools developed over the last few decades. Assessment tools, however, only measure the gains made to the student and do not explicitly link gains to the specific elements of the program’s design. This
  • 9. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates individualized approach is also not realistic at large public institutions of over 30,000 students, and where campus units generally have the freedom to test their students according to their own standards. Though global competence skills do differ by field and industry (British Council, 2013) prioritizing a departments’ freedom over general outcomes to the individual may prove to be a disservice to some students, and therefore the University’s general efforts to provide equal access to high impact activities that lead to global competence (Kuh, 2009). Learning abroad is most effective when integrated into the curriculum, facilitated by a professor and cultural mentor, and is delivered either as a part of the Intentional and Targeted Online Intervention [ITI] model, or through on-site mentor programs. Gains made in IDI are significantly higher when these conditions apply. Though on-site mentor interventions are more meaningful, the ITI model— which involves intervention before, during and after the international experience— also proves to add significant value to the learning that takes place abroad. By contrast, students who directly enrolled in University courses abroad alone, showed the least gain in intercultural competence (Hammer, 2012). This conclusion lends itself to clarifying the common misconception that the self-reliance and independence involved in study abroad is linked to the claimed “transformation” of students. It may be that the combination of experiential learning theory, which emphasizes reflection, and increasing educators’ role in developing global competence simply enables students to articulate their experiences more clearly. It is important to note that the ability to articulate global competence may have led researchers to believe that 9
  • 10. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates students make more impressive gains with these conditions- a key validity threat to these studies. One meta-analysis of 50 years of research on transformational learning revealed that the ‘sink or swim’, non-interventionist approach to learning abroad shows only a small to medium significance in reduction of prejudice- a critical element of intercultural competence. A high (90%) intervention rate from international educators before during and after is recommended. International educators must be able to provide a balance between providing opportunity for use of skill and providing challenge for optimal growth outcomes (Hemming Lou, 2012). Finally, results from testing the constructivism paradigm within learning abroad education programs shows that experience itself does not lead to new knowledge. Rather, the learner must make meaning out of the experience. Without a paradigm for approaching the process of meaning-making, students gain less from their experiences abroad and are largely unable to prove global competence in terms of employers’ demands. Neuroscience and psychology research supports the constructivist theory, and proposes roles and strategies for successful interaction between educators and students so that students extract more meaning from their experiences abroad and successfully transfer it to new situations thereafter (Zull, 2012). Previously left to chance, Savicki (2012) concludes that student learning can be maximized through intentional program design. Just as curriculum is designed sequentially, to enable clear and coherent learning, 10
  • 11. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates learning abroad programs can be designed in alignment with the appropriate pedagogy to enable maximum transfer of global competencies. Especially today, in a world where countless bits of information are competing for our attention, the practice of making information personally relevant is essential for gaining the “tools needed to operate effectively” (Elspeth, 2013). A program’s design, and the educator’s role therefore become central to the conversation. If higher education institutions desire to develop globally competent graduates, administrators must prioritize the delivery of programs aimed at global competence. A Proposal for Public Universities: Applying Best Practices How can America’s public universities of 30,000 students or more make the most of the more recent developments in best practices, given the barriers that are unique to large and often research-focused institutions? Aggressive intervention programs allow for the extraction of more meaning and value from the “transformative” experiences that students are having abroad. Perhaps down the line, when the crux of learning abroad is more closely linked to the development of intercultural competence skills, we will be able to improve efforts to internationalize the curriculum on campuses at home. Until then, a continued focus on learning abroad is necessary to gather more informative results. Large public institutions, especially, have more barriers to success on this path. This proposal profiles the University of Wisconsin- Madison, a leading global institution that holds bountiful opportunities for its students to gain global competence skills. As the 11
  • 12. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates University of Wisconsin- Madison undergoes a review and restructuring of its Division of International Studies, it opens itself up to new opportunity to increase both quality of student learning and quantitative data on its contribution to developing globally competent graduates. The Global Competence Badge System: A Pilot for the University of Wisconsin Two critical documents were published in 2008 and 2013 by faculty members at the University of Wisconsin Madison: the Global Competence Task Force Report to the Division of International Studies (2008) and the Advisory Board Recommendations Report to the Division of International Studies (2013). After defining and recommending how the UW-Madison can best “Develop Globally Competent Graduates” in 2008, the conversations have been focused on a bigger picture discussion on restructuring of the Division of International Studies. These conversations continue. The development of a “Global Competence Badge System” will help the Advisory Board members envision a clear path for moving forward immediately after formalizing and implementing the restructure. Before the proposed reorganization, programs and opportunities for developing global competence were bountiful, but decentralized and buried. As a response, the reorganization of the Division includes four administrative/functional sub-units or “pillars”, under the supervision of associate and assistant deans. As found in the Report (2013): 12
  • 13. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates • “Research: Led by an Associate Dean (faculty) this pillar would house research and graduate training, incorporating oversight of existing centers, programs and initiatives currently included in the International Institute (which would cease to exist in its current form), in addition to the coordination of programs and initiatives across campus that are not currently part of the International Institute. • Global Student Engagement: Also headed by an Associate Dean (faculty), this pillar would oversee undergraduate exchanges, study programs, degree programs, and vocational activities involving international or global study. 13 • Finance and Operations: As its title states, this pillar would manage administration, budget, human resources, IT, and support activities, under the supervision of an Assistant Dean (staff). • External Communications, Advancement and Outreach, under an Assistant/Associate Dean responsible for coordinating and integrating all Division activities in these areas.” On such a large campus, a comprehensive approach aims to bring clarity to the many paths to achieving global competence on both the individual and institutional level. It is necessary to establish an end goal that to work backwards from producing globally competent graduates. As previously mentioned, research shows that not all ‘international’
  • 14. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates experiences are created equal and that intervention from faculty and staff is essential. As we consider how to create clear pathways, we must also consider how to ensure quality through our programs’ design and faculty’s expertise. As the Division of International Studies restructures for clarity, it must not lose sight of an opportunity to ensure quality so that it might more effectively achieve its goal to produce globally competent graduates. The Global Competence Badge System will hold each of the many components of the DIS restructure accountable to its mission by offering a clear method for tracking student development outcomes. Goal 1: Profile the University of California-Davis and the Asia Society Badge Systems as a starting point for visualizing how this system could work at the University of Wisconsin. Badges are indicators of skills and knowledge gained outside of the classroom and jumpstart a commitment to lifelong learning- one of the missions that DIS adopted from Kuh’s [2009] Essential Learning Outcomes. Goal 2: Visualizing the outcomes for University of Wisconsin will help the DIS understand the potential value in this comprehensive approach to assessing global competence. The badge would go on the transcript in the “certificates section” with designation of mastered skills relating to global competence. The students would also be invited to put the badge on their LinkedIn profile next to their degree. This would allow employers to read more about the skill the student developed and to what extent it was mastered. One of the biggest reasons the DIS should consider this idea is that beyond 14
  • 15. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates incentivizing students, staff and departments to put more attention and energy forth on quality of the many pathways to global competence, it also gives them an ‘easy-in’ for tracking their students after graduation, to see how the global competence skills may have ‘transferred’ into their careers. Not to mention, this system will get all recent graduates on LinkedIn, a proven tool for facilitating global networking and employment. Goal 3: How does a badge system fit into the context of the DIS restructure? The Board feels that part of a UW ‘branding’ would be the visible, interdisciplinary, fully integrated nature of global studies at UW. It is reflective of the University’s goals to ensure that students become world citizens. The Badge System is a clear deliverable and it gives “the visible, interdisciplinary, fully integrated nature of global studies” a tangible form of measurement at the program, educator and student level. 15 How will badges be awarded? “By graduation, UW Madison students should be able to: • Communicate effectively across linguistic and cultural boundaries • See and understand the world from a perspective other than one’s own • Understand and appreciate the diversity of societies and cultures It will ultimately be left up to each unit (department) to decide how they will interpret the proposed essential learning outcomes as aligned with global competencies looks like to their department’s goals. To ensure that all is equal in rigor and quality, the Student Global Engagement (SGE) Pillar of the Division of International Studies will “approve”
  • 16. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates and “accredit” each unit/department’s assessment strategy. The Student Global Engagement Pillar will be responsible for providing suggestions and recommendations for designing and assessing each program. Lists of possible assessment tools are readily available for each department. The SGE will “accredit” all existing programs that already meet these standards and grant permission to respective units to award a badge in global competence. Students can earn badges from other accredited programs not within their department. The Research division will implement an ELT training for all programs, faculty, units that still need to be approved for offering a “global competence” badge, and they will pull from the already-accredited programs as examples- both as a reward to those who are already moving the UW in the right direction, and also to maintain consistency in approach and caliber as much as possible. Though the UW is well equipped to design a course in house, there are online courses being offered for professional development in the field. By the end of a two-year accrediting and training process, the UW will offer multiple, clear pathways for students (regardless of major, college etc.) to earn the “global competence” badge before graduating. Each of the units under the new DIS that serve students will be responsible for approving the GC badge for each graduate. Graduates will get a badge on their transcript and a chord at graduation. The first three years it will not be mandatory, so the University can gather data on the number of students who earn the badge and those who do not. Ideally, students could earn a global competence badge as part of the movement toward creating “portfolios” “capstones” “thesis” or other 16
  • 17. A Badge System for Developing Globally Competent Graduates campus efforts to help them articulate their experience and skill outside the classroom. Departments would be held accountable for creating pathways for their students to gain these skills while still graduating on time. The ethnic studies requirement could be changed out for approved global competence experiences to enable students to earn the badge. By bridging an educational innovation with the need to hold global competence-focused programming to a higher level of quality, the Global Competence Badge system 17 may deliver a comprehensive intervention that is appropriately implemented with the launch of a new Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
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