Global Classroom

Partner(s): Jeffrey Sachs Earth Institute Released: TBA In development.

The Global Classroom project organizes and delivers lectures and readings for a master's level, sustainable development course simultaneously taught at a dozen universities around the world during spring 2008. Conceived as a new distributed learning curriculum by a sub-committee of the Commission on Education for International Development Professionals, the course engages diverse bodies of students in a live discussion with a Commissioner lector about some of the world's foremost issues in sustainable development.

Throughout the semester, local course facilitators and instructors will draw on common syllabi and videotaped lectures, reading assignments, and other resources available through a "super site" course management system developed by CCNMTL. To enhance collaboration and information sharing, students will listen to videotaped lectures outside of class, and use class time to engage with lectors in an online seminar. Students and instructors will also be provided with a Web-based environment, including an online forum, to encourage cross-institutional discussion and collaborative assignments.

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