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My trip design process [Word, 74k]
Quiz: How high is your cognitive load? [Word, 75k]
Quiz: Should I hire a language school? [Word, 75k]
What kind of support is available at your college? [PDF, 190k]
Sample completed PESLEQ application [PDF, 1,3M]
The positive learning contract: an agreement between each student and the facilitators [Word, 74k]
Alternatives to facilitated study abroad [PDF, 123k]
Resources for organizing superficial and in-depth interactions with locals [PDF, 165k]
Steps in pitching your trip [PDF, 209k]
The trip design process
What is the design process?
Step #1: Connect the dots between teaching philosophy, objectives, and student needs
Step #2a: Recognize gravity problems and problems that can be worked around
Step #2b: Is study abroad still the right choice for you?
Step #3: Brainstorm possible trip ideas
Step #4: Build some prototypes
Step #5: Choose well
Design Process: The takeaway, and What’s next?
Collaborating and delegating
Collaborating and delegating: Developing trust, finding resources and allies
Objectives and Highlights
A few things to know about cognitive load
Why does this matter for short-term language study abroad (STLSA)?
Reducing irrelevant cognitive load
The takeaway and What’s next?
Why does institutional trust matter?
What are the needs of your stakeholders?
Working with a trip co-facilitator
What kind of support is available at your college?
What’s next?
Considering alternatives
What if study abroad isn’t the right choice for you?
The takeaway/What’s next
Curricular integration
Why integrate study abroad into your curriculum?
What are the levels of curricular integration?
How can you begin integrating study abroad into a college curriculum?
The takeaway/What’s next?
Involving locals
Issues surrounding interactions with locals
Reciprocity and the ethics of involving locals
Examples of interactions with locals
Which types of interaction are best?
Lessening the disadvantages of in-depth interactions
The takeaway/What’s next?
Gaining buy-in using convincing statistics
What are the benefits of study abroad?
Educational benefits of study abroad
Economic benefits of study abroad
Global benefits of study abroad
How can I apply study abroad benefits in the context of the CEGEP system?
The takeaway/What’s next?
Pitching your trip idea
Objectives and Highlights
The takeaway/What’s next?
Trip progression
What is trip progression?
Build up slowly
What’s next?
Objectives
Learn a simple five-step approach to pitching your trip and securing buy-in
Highlights
Know who you’re pitching to
Consider how you’re presenting yourself
Tell a story
Cover the details
Show the road map
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Steps in pitching your trip [PDF, 216k]
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Pitching your trip idea
The takeaway/What's Next?