GLE Process

Step 1: Attend a GLE info session (for DePaul faculty)

If you are new to the idea of virtual exchange and want to know more about it, we invite you to attend one of the upcoming virtual information sessions, in which details about the program will be presented, including the overall process, timelines, funding, and resources for establishing faculty partnerships. During the session there will also be ample time for Q&A. 

Registration for DePaul attendees: please email gleprogram@depaul.edu by the respective deadline listed in the table below to reserve your spot and receive instructions to access the virtual meeting. 

GLE info sessions are also available by appointment (please email Rosi Leon, director of virtua​l exchange and online learning, at rleon1@depaul.edu). 

Registration for non-DePaul attendees: if you are a faculty/staff member from a domestic or international partner institution and are interested in an information session about virtual exchange, please contact gleprogram@depaul.edu to schedule a session.  DePaul's GLE team would be happy to help you get started with virtual exchange.

Step 2: Find a partner

Successful GLE collaborations are built on solid partnership between faculty members. If you do not already have an established international partner for your GLE project, the steps below are intended to help you in this process.

1. Make an inventory of your existing international contacts and reach out. Often faculty members have international research and/or professional collaborations but have never thought about engaging their collaborators in classroom projects. Planning a GLE with a colleague with whom you have already interacted and whose working style is familiar to you increases your chances of success. 
2. Leverage the existing network of DePaul’s international partners through the office of Global Engagement: ​

• Visit  COILConnect for Virtual Exc​hange (of which DePaul is a partner organization), to see which institutions are currently engaged in VE/COIL. If interested in connecting with a potential partner school, contact Rosi Leon, director of virtual exchange & online Learning, at rleon1@depaul.edu. You could also become an individual general member of the site and search for specific courses that may be of interest.
• Reference the list of available DePaul Memoranda of Understanding which shows the institutional partnerships that have already been cultivated at DePaul. Although it is not required to partner with an institution with which DePaul already has an established relationship, these institutions can be an excellent place to start.
• Contact DePaul's Associate Directors of Regional Initiatives who can assist you in finding partners from institutions in their respective regions of competence: 
  
• China: Ning Du at ndu1@depaul.edu​​, 
• India: Zafar Iqbal at ziqbal@depaul.edu, and 
• ​​Latin America: Martha Martinez-Firestone at mmarti75@depaul.e​du​
• ​Contact Rosi Leon (at rleon1@depaul.edu), director of virtual exchange & online Learning, who can help you connect with potential partners through a variety of other networks.
  

Step 3: Complete a professional development workshop

If you already know what GLE is about and you are ready to start thinking seriously about a project in one of your classes,  the next step is to complete DePaul's GLE faculty development workshop, which includes three weeks of asynchronous online work and three synchronous meetings. The workshop is offered twice a year and leads you through GLE examples, faculty presentations, intercultural considerations, language and technology resources, and other essential pedagogical and technological aspects of virtual exchange. Although not required, you are strongly encouraged to participate in the workshop once you have already found a faculty partner with whom to work.

If your faculty partner is interested in attending DePaul's virtual exchange workshop with you, free of charge, please email gleprogram@depaul.edu to obtain more information on how they can register.

Step 4: Submit a proposal for GLE approval and obtain possible funding

After you complete the faculty development workshop, you are eligible to submit a formal proposal to get your GLE project formally approved. The Comprehensive Internationalization Committee (CIC), a faculty committee with representation from all 10 colleges and schools, will evaluate proposals, based on specific criteria listed below, and award financial support, where needed. Deadlines for the yearly cycles of proposal review are listed in the table below. Completed GLE proposals should be submitted to gleprogram@depaul.edu by the respective deadline.

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