Scoring a Goal! Incorporating SDGs into learning, design, & assessment

Monday, October 14, 2024

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

Location: 207-208

Chair and Presenter(s)

Mav M. Henningsen, B.S. (they/them/theirs)

Global Programs Coordinator
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Presenter(s)

H-

Heilwig -Jones

Director
Kaya Responsible Travel
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Meg Ramey, PhD

Executive Director
WorldKind
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
PJ Shoulders (she/her/hers)

Vice President of Institutional Partnerships
Study Abroad Association
Raleigh, North Carolina

Presentation Description: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a meaningful and unitive lens for helping students recognize global challenges encountered abroad, such as poverty, inequality, and sustainability. This session explores ways to incorporate the SDGs into programming and training. Through case studies, we’ll discuss leveraging the SDGs in programming to increase retention for at-risk student groups and using the goals to build and assess global competency skills. We’ll also share gamified and virtual tools that educators can use to introduce and raise awareness of the SDGs.
Learning Objectives:
Articulate the importance of and develop strategies to incorporate the SDGs into their own program and training needs
Use gamified tools to introduce the SDGs to students
Analyze and assess the effectiveness of the SDGs on student cultural and global competency skills