UNESCO CHAIR
GloCo - Global Campus online
The Project
The “Global Campus Online” (GloCo) is an international teaching-learning hub for students, researchers, professionals, and stakeholders from different world regions, who are dedicated to tackling the pressing issues of the 21st century. At the core of the project are regular network meetings, during which the network members discuss global crises and challenges and their implications for global and transformative education from a broad professional and also from a personal perspective. The network consists of participants from different countries in the global south and the global north, who bring together their unique perspectives, professional backgrounds and experiences in the discussion of local perspectives on global problems and trans-disciplinary, transnational solution approaches. The network members are also encouraged to create local initiatives and projects in relation to the discussed topics. Implemented projects that meet the criteria will be recognized and financially supported by the GEPARD-award.
Overall, the Global Campus Online aims to foster a mutual learning process and exchange between its participants, who then in turn serve as multipliers in their respective communities. The project also inspires and supports the development of different learning opportunities and formats for transformative learning and Global Citizenship Education, best practice examples and local initiatives as well as related scientific contributions and publications.
Our Goals
Within the project, we aim to:
- Foster a mutual, multi-perspective learning process between the particpants through regular exchange, impulse lectures and sharing of ideas and projects
- Impart practice-oriented, creative and participatory methods for dealing with the topics, for example through photography (Photo-Voice)
- Explore possibilities of action for change and transformative practices
- Support related local projects initiated by the network members (through educational platform, exchange, network, support in planning and implementation, and the GEPARD-Award)
- Accompany and document the learning processes in the dialogue groups and disseminate the findings in form of a practical and accessible best practice handbook
- Contribute to the worldwide dissemination of Global Citizenship Education as an important educational perspective
- Foster a dialogue between different approaches to Global Citizenship Education and worldviews in general, in the hope of actively counteracting the domination of the westernized, neo-colonial perspective.
The Project Activities
- Regular network-meetings in a digital space, to
- discuss current issues of global interest and negotiate common goals
- discuss strategies for local action in relation to these objectives
- Broaden the knowledge and perspective of the participants through impulse lectures on different related topics by experts in their respective field
- 2 Transnational conferences with international guest speakers, panels and workshops
- An opportunity for the whole network and interested guests to come together, share their projects, listen to lectures and engage in exchange and discussion
- The support of the development of participatory local projects through the GEPARD-Award
- The continuous participatory involvement of stakeholders who are necessary for further steps
And further,
- The reflection, evaluation and documentation of the teaching-learning processes happening in the network
- The publication of a handbook with best practice examples from the Global Campus Online, theoretical reflections, and dossiers
- A digital learning platform as a place for discussion and exchange, not least of resources and best practices as a way to support a strong network of people from all over the world who are all dedicated to common goals
An example of the use of the participatory Photo-Voice method during one of the network meetings
Best Practice Projects and the GEPARD Award
One of the key activities of the Global Campus Online are the local best-practice projects that are being initiated and implemented by the network members.
These projects are an invaluable contribution to the sustainable practice of Global Citizenship (Education) and to the strengthening of local communities. The exchange and reflections during the GloCo network meetings serve as a basis for developing these best practice projects, in line with the goals of Global Citizenship Education and Sustainable Development.
Every member of the GloCo-network can present a project draft during one of the network meetings. This serves as a mutual learning opportunity: The presenter(s) will receive valuable multi-perspective feedback, and the other participant profit from the insight into a local community, their problems, solution approaches and contextual information.
Once the initiative has been presented and meets the necessary criteria, this best-practice project will be awarded the GEPARD – Global Education Project Award (funded bei GENE – Global Education Network). The price money from the award is to be used in the implementation of the project.
For more info, please contact us at gloco [at] aau [dot] at
Theoretical Framework and Background
Global Citizenship Education
Global Citizenship Education is an educational concept that aims to support young people in their development as self-determined, empathetic and responsible members of the global community. Thematically, various topics such as environmental and climate issues, sustainability, injustice, power relations, racism and gender are being approached from a critical perspective. Methodologically, GCED works with participatory, transformative and reflexive methods, taking into account the individual perspectives of each member in a learning community. The concepts pillars are approaches such as postcolonial theory, global justice, human rights, intersectionality, ecological and global responsibility and a pedagogy of empowerment.
We see Global Citizenship Education as crucial to tackling the major challenges of the globalized world, but it still needs to be sharpened in terms of content and didactics on one hand, and on the other hand, measures to anchor it in educational structures and educational offers. The GloCo project wants to contribute to deepening Global Citizenship Education theoretically and methodologically through the exchange of experiences in different countries, but at the same time to develop strategies for a stronger curricular anchoring. The concrete goal is to develop curricular modules for Global Citizenship Education that are flexible enough to consider different national and regional conditions and form the basis for a global curriculum for learning for global citizenship.
The SGD’s
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are the main point of „The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development“, adopted by all Member States of the United Nations on the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015.
The SDG’s are a follow up of the Agenda 21 and the Millennium Development Goals to end poverty and other deprivations [e1] [C2] as well as developing strategies to improve health and education, reduce inequality, spur economic growth, dealing with climate change and preserving oceans and forests.
There are 17 SDG’s:
| 1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger 3. Good health and well-being 4. Quality Education 5. Gender Equality 6. Clean water and sanitation |
7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work and economic growth 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure 10. Reduced inequalities 11. Sustainable cities and communities 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns |
13. Climate action
14. Life below water 15. Life on land 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions 17. Partnerships for the goals |
The project is particularly contributing to the achievement of SDG’s number 4, 10 and 17.
Source: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment
(The content of this publication has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of the United Nations or its officials or Member States)
Information for Potential Participants
The Global Campus Network
The the network is being organized and accompanied by the team of the UNESCO Chair of Klagenfurt University. It is the aim of the network to not only discuss topics with global relevance, but to develop, refine and discuss ideas for local or regional projects related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) and/or transformative, global education.
New members to the network are welcome at any point. They should be interested interested to actively participate in local transformation processes and to use the shared knowledge within the meetings to initialize projects of any kind. The overall goal of the network is to connect people from the global north and the global south with different professional backgrounds, such as scientists and experts from different fields, educators, students, activists and artists, so that they can learn and benefit from each other’s knowledge and perspectives.
The composition of the GloCo network can vary, but should reflect the diversity of society in terms of gender, minorities, social/economic status etc.
The Network Meetings
Within the global online campus network meetings, we aim to provide a creative space where the network members can inspire as well as support each other in various settings. Besides offering a shared space for discussion and exchange, we also introduce methods for collaborative online work that integrate visual, acoustic or even performative aspects to foster an inviting learning space.
Furthermore, each network meeting the participants have the opportunity to present projects and to listen to project presentations by other network members and impulse lectures in different topics by external experts, always followed by an in-debth discussion.
The network meetings normally last about two hours with a short break in between. The meetings start with a welcoming warm-up and the joint setting of the agenda, followed by presentations and lectures on relevant topics or projects. Afterwards there is the possibility to discuss and exchange ideas and opinions in plenary sessions or breakout groups. Where needed, there is time for collaborative work, collecting outcomes and learning points and discussing wishes for the next meetings.
Network members implementing a best-practice project
News and Activities
Elisabeth Rinne
Contact us: gloco [at] aau [dot] at
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Karl Peterlini
HansKarl [dot] Peterlini [at] aau [dot] at
Hans Karl Peterlini (Dr.) is Professor of General Pedogy and Intercultural Education at Klagenfurt University in Austria. His research focuses on ethnic and linguistic diversity in nation-state contexts, personal and social learning in schools and society, and inclusive processes in migrant societies. Since 2020 holder of the UNESCO Chair “Global Citizenship Education – Culture of Diversity and Peace”.
Johanna Elisabeth Rinne, B.Sc., MA
johanna [dot] rinne [at] aau [dot] at
Johanna Elisabeth Rinne is a teacher and a graduate of the renowned Master’s program “Global Citizenship Education” at the AAU Klagenfurt. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in environmental science and has experience working in different pedagogical contexts and institutions.
As a project associate, she supports the UNESCO Chair in various tasks of research, communication and outreach, and, together with her colleague Christiane Faymann, facilitates the Chair’s “Global Campus Online”
Christiane Faymann, BA
christiane.faymann.aau.at
Christiane Faymann has a diploma in theatre pedagogic and is currently finishing a bachelor’s degree in educational science at the university in Klagenfurt. Her interest lies on transformative learning and especially arts-based approaches in education.
With her colleague Elisabeth Rinne she is organising and hosting the dialogue-group-meetings of the global campus online project.
Tom Tuček, B.A., BSc, MA
tom.tucek.aau.at
Dr. Jasmin Donlic MA, BA, BSc
Jasmin [dot] Donlic [at] aau [dot] at
Jasmin Donlic (Dr.) is a postdoctoral assistant at the Department of General Education and Diversity Conscious Education at the Institute of Educational Science and Educational Research at Klagenfurt University (Austria). His research focuses on inter- and transcultural education in the context of migration and inclusion, multilingualism in schools, and adolescent identity formation in regional transnational spaces.
GEPARD – The Global Education Project Award, funded by GENE (Global Education Network Europe)
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