This activity can be done as either a discussion (see Lesson Plan) or a simulation (see Downloads). It may be particularly useful in generating discussions of cultural humility when learners desire to help or aid cultural groups different from their own. 

The scenarios in this activity can be re-imagined to target different audiences. 

These resources from Aperian Global will help participants to gain insight and information on over 50 topics related to doing business and interacting effectively with people from almost 100 different cultures. 

In this activity, participants reflect on the positive and negative effects of tourism and study abroad programs. Then, they will create their own personal ethics for global learning to prepare for their own study abroad experiences. 

Please enjoy a recap of the webinar by accessing the video link 

Global Learning Short Scales take statements from the VALUE rubric, from the benchmark and capstone level, and have students self-reflect and self-evaluate. The construct key includes the other GL dimensions as well. This is also open access so you don’t have to pay to use them. This tool can be extremely useful as a formative assessment to encourage reflection on the part of the learners.

You can download the VALUE rubrics free from the AAC&U site.

The quinoa case study was designed as a pilot by Dr Landorf and 3 colleagues and challenges learners to consider cultural differences when it comes to agriculture or farming and the ethical dilemmas of commercialization and globalization.

Helps learners reflect on themselves as cultural beings and compare and contrast the cultural influences in their lives.

Danger of a Single Story is a discussion-based activity based on the popular TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichi and helps learners understand the challenges of singular narratives in perpetuating stereotypes and biases. Gets beyond essentialized or dominant perspectives.

Please access the slides from our webinar using the link above. 

This post contains the PowerPoint slides and other materials used during the Purdue InterCultural Learning Community of Practice (PICLCoP) meeting on "Critical Reflection for Personal and Professional Growth," facilitated by Melinda White.

This post contains the video-recording, PowerPoint slides, and other materials used during the Purdue InterCultural Learning Community of Practice (PICLCoP) meeting on "Lifelong Intercultural Learning: What is is & Why Would You Want to Measure It?" facilitated by Cindi Koh-Knox Sharp and Katherine Yngve. 

This conversation with Alicia Grandey, an award-winning researcher in Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology on the topics of emotional labor, mistreatment, workplace diversity, and more, covers trending topics in the field of I-O Psychology. 

This article, written by Alicia Grandey and Allison Gabriel, provides a review of emotional labor theory, and direction for moving forward in emotion labor research.

• Barnga (1 hour 15 minutes)
  In this simulation activity, students play a card game, with each player assigned a different interpretation and set of rules (unbeknownst to them). 
• Surprising Sentence (15 minutes)
  In this activity, participants pair up and take turns adding words to collaboratively create a long sentence.
• The Form (30 minutes)
  In this mini simulation, participants are given a unique form to fill out and later debrief. 
• Strange Situations (45 minutes)
  In this activity, participant teams are given a challenging situation to navigate. 

• Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale (15 minutes)
  This assessment measures ability to value diverse others, capacity to appreciate change or novelty, tolerance for challenging perspectives, and capacity for comfort with unfamiliarity. 
• Creative Thinking Rubric (AAC&U) (20 minutes)
  This assessment measures tolerance of ambiguity and ability to shift perspectives.

Thanks for all the suggestions for openness activities contributed by participants of the webinar. This was fruitful crowdsourcing! See the links above for:

-More than one story

-How does a behavior mean?

-Yes/No

-The Great Game of Power, aka Chair Power

-Two truths and a lie (see Annette's collection Icebreakers for more like this)

-Scenery, machinery, people

-Sandra Lo'pez-Rocha suggested: Start a dialogue by saying, “I’ve heard x as a stereotype about people in my group, but that doesn’t apply to all, because…” It is often more effective to bring a photo showing a stereotype and deconstruct it together.

-Tracey Laird also noted:

With first-years, I have had good experiences early on with collage-making as a means of introducing themselves to one another — seems to open up students who may otherwise be more reserved, and also makes clear the “situatedness” of identity for each individual…

We have a “maker’s space” on campus that includes magazines, paper, scissors, glue/tape, and so it’s very old-school.  They seem excited about the hands-on, and also eager to share.  (I had a student this past year who used Canva to create a digital collage due to accessibility issues, so she was able to participate as well…)

As requested by participants, here are some resources for agreements to create safe dialogue spaces.

In the link to Crossing Borders Education's site, scroll down through the slide deck list to Dialogue Agreements. This is a great resource for walking groups through constructing their won agreement.

The list from Intergroup Dialogues also contains some of my favorite agreement phrasings, such "Take space and make space"

If you would like to review any part of the webinar video, you can access it here.

For review purposes, you can access the slides from our webinar here.

This webinar series promotes backward design of learning experiences - starting with the end result of your desired outcomes and working backward from there. Find out more at this site from MIT's Teaching + Learning Lab.

A classic intercultural activity with new twists. Great for getting learners to see the cultural lenses through which they interpret new experiences. See the HubICL toolbox for more info.

Other similar tools with analysis of experience frameworks include:

• DAE hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/30/objectives 
• DIVE hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/498/objectives 
• I DIVE hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/688/objectives

This is an icebreaker that teaches - a great tool for getting people to open up and talk more deeply about who they are as cultural beings. See the HubICL toolbox for more details.

Other similar activities include:

• 25 Questions hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/1/objectives   
• Question Jar hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/360/objectives