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He was also on hand as the conference officiator, a keynote speaker and president of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC).
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| On behalf of CONAHEC, Dave Marshall signed a bi-lateral agreement with the African and Arabian post-secondary associations to enhance collaboration between the associations this past December. |
While GHEF takes place every two years, Marshall and his Arabic and African counterparts inked a collaborative agreement that will enhance future opportunities for students by increasing access to the African and Arabian Associations.
Prior to arriving in Malaysia Marshall also made a quick stopover in South Korea where he visited Sung Kyun Kwan University. SKKU is excited to open more doors for its students to enjoy the international education experience. SKKU and Mount Royal have agreed to enhance collaboration in the future to the benefit of students from both schools.
Marshall says South Korea, China and Japan are all investing heavily in post-secondary education and will offer exciting opportunities for students of the western world as collaborative agreements, such as the one Mount Royal entered into with SKKU, emerge.
All in all it made for an exciting week.
“We feel that what we do as universities transcends national borders,” says Marshall of the memorandum agreement signed at GHEF.
While Marshall was excited to try some of the local Malaysian cuisine, which suits his spicy palate, he was more thrilled about what this implies for Mount Royal’s student body.
“The results of this trip will see our students continue to benefit from more opportunities than ever before,” says Marshall.
The agreement will continue to open doors for students around the world to study at institutions in foreign countries, benefiting from exposure to different cultures, politics and teaching styles.
“In nearly all cases our graduates are going to go on to work in a professional capacity somewhere and it will prove invaluable for them to have a better understanding of different cultures and how the global economy works. It can impact the local world of business when countries interact in this day and age.”
Marshall says that explicit output is one of the goals of Mount Royal University as it moves forward.
This trip also impressed upon Marshall the value of Mount Royal’s mission statement to become a premier undergraduate institution focused more on students than research.
“As I am more involved in more and more of these trips I become increasingly aware that the path MR is on is the right one … I’m convinced that it’s a worldwide trend and Mount Royal is at the leading edge of that trend.”
One trend he’s becoming more aware of around the world that enforces this observation is the increased focus on scholarship of teaching. That’s been an actively expanding area of focus among faculty members at Mount Royal for several years now.
“I think Mount Royal University is at the leading edge of publicly professing its interest in the instructional side of university culture.”
The paper Marshall presented at the conference is available on his website.
He spoke on the different opportunities that are going to emerge for students in the wake of the recent economic turbulence impacting the global community.
— Steven Noble, Jan 21, 2010
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The 2010 Teaching and Learning Scholars at Mount Royal Twelve outstanding Mount Royal University faculty members have been chosen as scholars for Mount Royal’s 2010 Teaching and Learning Scholars Program. The Teaching and Learning Scholars Program encourages and supports classroom research designed to help teachers teach and students learn more effectively at both the post-secondary and K to 12 levels. “The work of the 2010 Scholars will produce a deeper and more complete understanding of successful student learning, innovative university teaching, and effective educational practices at Mount Royal, throughout Canada, and beyond,” explains Richard A. Gale, PhD, director of the Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning These instructors were selected for their interest in and commitment to scholarly investigation of teaching and learning, and will spend the 2010-2011 academic year researching important aspects of how students learn. The program, the first of its kind in Canada, will build on Mount Royal’s history and dedication to teaching excellence, as well as an institutional commitment to student success and the improvement of teaching and learning through scholarship and innovation. It has also influenced similar initiatives at other institutions including Royal Roads University and the University of British Columbia. The 2010 Teaching and Learning Scholars are:
— Fred Cheney, Jan. 21, 2010 |
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