Teaching

• Some people have quirky backgrounds; some are in the same room as friends and family, who appear occasionally on camera.
• The South African and Swedish students are running out of ambient light, since it’s just gone 5pm in their time zones.
• The idea was to bring students together to learn and interact around a shared set of issues.
• Our work with the Global Classroom highlights the importance of positioning students as collaborators and co-creators of knowledge rather than just receiving what they are told.

Design thinking and wicked problems

• We use a design thinking framework.
• Design thinking is a process moving from forming an idea to delivering a project.
• At the start of the design process, students draw on their experiences and ways of thinking, existing and acting.

Students as facilitators and co-creators

• So, rather than having academics lead the programme, fellow students with experience in design facilitation did so.
• We assisted largely with troubleshooting and helped student facilitators when needed.
• When presenting on this project, students pointed out the similarities and differences between water use and water access across the different institutions.

Student feedback

• Kaixiangong Village, also known as "Jiangcun", is famous for the in-depth research conducted by Fei Xiaotong.
• The construction of the project is not only an inheritance of Fei's exploratory spirit but also a positive response to the rural revitalization.
• The academy is positioned to create a nationally significant social survey base, a social science laboratory, and a training demonstration base for rural revitalization with international influence.
• The academy will conduct teaching and research on urban and rural integration, rural revitalization, social governance, and cultural heritage, committed to producing influential and replicable theoretical results.

• The supplemental and enrichment education center has been awarded a state grant to address COVID-19 learning loss by providing tutoring for at-risk students in three Des Moines high schools.
• DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sylvan Learning of Johnston & Des Moines is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $450,000 grant funded by the State of Iowa to provide accelerated after-school tutoring to students in Des Moines Public Schools.
• The grant, part of Iowa's Beyond the Bell initiative, will focus on addressing the significant learning loss experienced by students due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The grant funds have been allocated to three Des Moines high schools: East High School, Roosevelt High School and Hoover High School.

• The USC Shoah Foundation seeks an inaugural director for the Countering Antisemitism Laboratory, which will work with scholars, journalists, policymakers, and other leadership groups to address all forms of antisemitism.
• Focusing on leadership outreach, education, and training, and amplifying contemporary survivors' voices, the Countering Antisemitism Laboratory will advance research in antisemitism and hate, enabling deeper understanding of what happens when antisemitism is allowed to grow in societies.
• "There's never been a more important time to fund these efforts," said Dr. Robert J. Williams, the Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation and UNESCO Chair on Antisemitism and Holocaust Research.
• Ceci Chan, a member of the USC Shoah Foundation's Board of Councilors' executive committee, supports the Countering Antisemitism Laboratory.