This course is scheduled to be introduced in the academic year 2022-23 and aims to broaden students’ knowledge of global issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, including exploring globalisation through the analysis of specific topics such as cultural diversity, migration or technology.
EUNICE partners had a meeting in Santander at the University of Cantabria, where we had the chance to discuss the preparation of a transnational MOOC, a Massive Open Online Course. It was an extremely fruitful and exciting meeting, in which we have exchanged our views and ideas. We have focussed on the main approach, which is the global studies approach. So what we are going to do is to analyse how globalisation may have an impact on different areas of study and how this may also have an impact on the education of students.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Daniela Irrera is associate professor of International Relations at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, where she serves as Institutional Erasmus Coordinator. She researches on non-state actors’ influence on global politics, both positive (civil society movements and NGOs) and negative (organised crime groups and terrorists). Her teaching philosophy is based on the use of active learning tools and interactions, her simulation model, Game of Peace, has been awarded in a competition on European teaching practices that enhance learning for international students (IMPACT Project).
She enjoys travelling, reading, studying foreign languages and playing yoga.
