EDGE Journey Resource Map
Organized into learning paths, the resource map provides educators with practical tools and reflective prompts to support faculty wherever they are on their EDGE journey.
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Student, MGMT 425: New Venture Creation
EDGE Provost Endorsement program empowers faculty with development, recognition
Tiffany MacQuarrie is spearheading the Foundations of EDGE Provost Endorsement, a new avenue for PSU faculty to gain recognition for their innovative teaching and professional development efforts.
EDGE Faculty Hartle publication in Acta Educationis Generalis Journal
Title: "Developing Global Citizenship through Interdisciplinary Conversations: Virtual Exchange on the UN SDGs"
Scranton professor conducts virtual exchange with Egyptian university
Melissa LaBuda, assistant professor of human development and family studies, also completed a HIVER (Harnessing Innovation through Virtual Exchange for Enhanced Results) competition as a part of the program.
Penn State Ag Sciences professor conducts virtual exchange with Latvian University
Noel Habashy, assistant teaching professor of international agriculture and development at Penn State University Park, recently completed an Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) project with students from his course, INTAG 100N: Everyone Eats: Hunger, Food Security and Global Agriculture, and partners from Riga Stradiņš University, Latvia.
Penn State Global unveils new tool to assist faculty developing EDGE projects
Penn State has taken a significant step to advance global learning opportunities with the development of the EDGE Journey Resource Map, an innovative digital space designed to build capacity for Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) projects.
EDGE Faculty LaBuda publication in the Journal of Virtual Exchange (JVE)
Title: "Leveraging intercultural dialogue and collaborative learning to promote interpersonal and patient care competencies"
EDGE Faculty Hartle publication in the Journal of Virtual Exchange (JVE)
Title: "Teacher education in a virtual exchange between Brazil and the U.S.: Balancing preservice teachers’ guidance and affording autonomy"
AAC&U Norway Panorama VE/COIL Partnerships Initiative
In Fall 2023, a six-week VE/COIL collaboration connected ten master’s students from the University of Southeastern Norway (USN) enrolled in the Cross-Cultural Management course at Campus Ringerike with ten third-year undergraduate students from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the International Business Operations course.
EDGE publication in Diversity Aboard & Stevens Initiative Summer 2024 Edition of "Global Impact Exchange"
Title: Macro-principles for virtual exchange: Pedagogical intentionality, criticality, and plurality"
Center For Global Studies announces new awards
EDGE has announced new awards in partnership with the Center for Global Studies (CGS) for Penn State faculty, University-wide.
In Memoriam: Penn State Beaver professor Chapin remembered
Chapin completed five EDGE projects with Université Paris Nanterre partner, the most projects on record.
Penn State Brandywine EDGE project with Brazil
Lynn Hartle, professor of education at Penn State Brandywine, recently completed an EDGE program with a partner in Brazil.
Lehigh Valley professor Kaur leads program
Andjela Kaur recently completed an EDGE project with students and partners from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Faculty-student research team present in Brazil
Jessica Divens and Tammy Divens presented at the International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
