Program & Schedule

This track will provide a strong foundation for internationalizing teaching and learning. By considering the importance of not just what our students know, but what we ask them to do with that knowledge, participants will think deeply about how they can engage their students and teach more deliberately toward globally responsible citizenship. Participants will be introduced to pedagogies, instructional methods, best practices, and innovative means of teaching and assessing international/global learning goals. They will work collaboratively to develop learning experiences for students that achieve specific international learning outcomes. Participants will learn how to design or revise a course such that it is intentionally international in scope. Ultimately, by the end of the institute, participants will have the skills, resources, and knowledge to teach more critically, effectively, and internationally.

This track explores the ways in which global learning both contributes to and is advanced by overall programs of internationalization at departmental, school, campus, and university levels. It uses presentations, break-out sessions, and the collective building of hypothetical internationalization plans to examine the following issues: 1) making the case for internationalization; 2) planning for internationalization; and 3) implementing internationalization.

Participants will be able to:

1. Articulate the importance and meaning of internationalization to appropriate stakeholders
2. Identify the internationalization continuum and their institution's current position
3. Apply the Five Phase Planning Process to creating an Internationalization Plan
   • Phase One - Setting the Stage by Identifying Key Indicators and Stakeholders for Success
   • Phase Two – Data Gathering through Internationalization Asset Mapping
   • Phase Three – Vision Setting / Connecting Institutional Missions and International Vision
   • Phase Four – Establishing Internationalization Goals, Strategies, and Metrics
   • Phase Five – Implementation and Assessment
4. Identify individual and organizational responses to change and develop skills for productively managing those responses
5. Learn and share best practices

Internationalization means different things to different people. Within higher education, it is a term in motion, with new meanings continually emerging as institutions engage with the broader world. This workshop will enable participants to sort out the wide range of definitions and goals now encompassed by the term - as essential context for guiding their own institutions in developing innovative and institutionally-relevant international strategies. To this end, we will examine the origins of the concept; its multiple and evolving definitions; the many, sometimes competing, goals that now drive it; the pros and cons of different approaches; the seismic shifts of the last two years; and what is gained by viewing internationalization as a globally collaborative process.

This year ICCI is offering an online Pre-Institute session for 2026 registrants, ICCI alumni, and non-registrants interested in learning more about internationalization and the reach of our yearly institute. Open to faculty and administrators in higher education across the world, this session will run two hours, beginning at 11:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time ) on Friday, May 15th. Register specifically for this Zoom meeting and join us to engage with the important topics of internationalization, global learning, and cross-cultural understanding.

Registration Link

This virtual workshop will be led by Susan Sutton and feature ICCI alumni guest speakers who will share how their experiences with ICCI have shaped and advanced internationalization efforts at both the campus and curricular levels. Don’t miss this dynamic and inspiring opportunity to learn from peers and build momentum before the Institute begins!

Email icci@iu.edu with any questions regarding this event.

Monday, May 18th, 10:00am-11:45am

This interactive session on will provide an in-depth exploration of internationalization through the lens of African Studies. Participants will evaluate their ideas of "Africa" and how we need to break generational cycles of misinformation and U.S. neglect in teaching of Africa. In our students' lifetime, Africans will make up the largest continental population on Earth, as well as the youngest world population with the greatest global potential. For example, according to the UN, 60% are under age 25; by 2050 Africans will be 85% of the global working age population and 25% of the global population; African nations are developing faster than China did over the past 30 years. Are your students and institutions prepared for this new reality? 

Participants will learn of best practices and resources to take back to their home institutions for project implementation. Learn more about Dr. Tavy Aherne on our Speakers Page.