Welcome to this course! Together we will explore how to build global competency and dialogue by using films. Throughout the course, you will engage in different activities including reflecting in the forum on current practices, goals, and aspirations. We will explore ways to use film to create social emotional learning opportunities and self-reflection, as well as to facilitate dialogue around the student experience of documentary film. In addition, we will develop methods for investigating film background and exploring essential questions. And finally, we will explore ways that film can inspire positive social change through action, advocacy and awareness. This learning experience will guide you to create and share a lesson plan and get feedback from your peers. You will also have an opportunity to share your experiences teaching your lesson in a short reflection paper.     Along with the following five sessions, three live sessions with the instructor will be made for the course participants!              

Storytelling is fast becoming a crucial skill for framing issues in a way that inspires positive change. In this course, participants will be introduced to some key concepts, and explore the potential storytelling holds to create empathy and understanding, as well as how it can be used to assert identity. Participants will also get an introduction to story building.    Title Creative Storytelling for Changemakers   Course Duration Run throughout the year Target Educators & general public   Course Details Module 1 The power of stories Module 2 What is a story? Module 3 Story and identity Module 4 Shaping stories for impact  Module 5 Building a story         

By the end of this course, you will unlock the power of film to take your students beyond school walls, inspiring them to be media and information-literate global citizens and active contributors to a more equitable and sustainable world.  We'll be taking a closer look at documentary films to explore the impact of visual storytelling to communicate ideas and inspire change. And, we’ll be guiding you through activities that will make it seamless to integrate film into your lessons.   Session 1 Documentary Film For Media and Information Literacy Session 2 Curate a collection of Social Impact Films and Resources Session 3  Implement The SIMA Challenge: 2030 Impact Campaign Session 4 Report your Impact  Deadline: You need to submit your impact by November 8, 2024 

APCEIU launched the Korea-Japan Teachers’ Training Workshop on GCED in 2021, targeting 30 teachers from Korea and Japan, offering various sessions to enhance the participants’ GCED competencies as well as to foster global citizenship. Since then, they have engaged in varied activities, including collaborative lesson plan development, online seminars, joint classroom projects and student exchanges.   APCEIU is convinced of the necessity for continuing the Korea-Japan Teachers’ Network on GCED so that the created platform can further reinforce its role and meaning in encouraging the participants to truly understand the values of GCED and putting them in practice. In 2024, a new batch of teachers from the two countries will be invited to join the Network along with the existing members. To reach out to new teachers, APCEIU collaborates with the Japan Association of International Education (JAIE), Okayama University and Sophia University. Korea-Japan Teachers’ Network on GCED provides a training workshop for the participating teachers, which will be followed by the continued learning and interactive activities among the participants such as online seminars and case studies. In particular, teacher-centered learning communities within the Network are strongly encouraged for their mutual learning and interaction. The support for these teachers’ communities aims to provide a space for teachers to learn together, to broaden the perspective on GCED both as a teacher and a global citizen, and to reflect and grow together. Continuing the effort of enhancing mutual understanding among teachers and expanding their GCED practices, the Network aspires to contribute to building a culture of peace between Korea and Japan. 

What can be done when online hate speeches spread into the physical world? This closed course is designed for educators who want to teach about Media and Information Literacy. It will focus on the spreading of prejudice and stereotypes online and their consequences offline. The workshop will explain the role played by the Internet and the mechanisms of their diffusion on social networks (trends and patterns of online extremism). Using material found online, this course will allow the participants to experiment hands-on the functioning of Internet, define their own posture, and will give them the tools and recommendations to teach about it. In particular, students who want to apply for this course should complete the prerequisite course “Critical Media Literacy” in advance. Module No Title 1 The Challenges of Privacy Online 2 Consequences of Fake News and Conspiracy Theories 3 Online Discrimination and Hate Speech by Extremist Groups 4 The Role of Education  

From  the 60s onwards,   an awareness grew among governments  and citizens globally of an “environmental crisis”  due to a wide range of human activities and problems impacting on the environment.  There is now  universal consensus that “climate change” is one of the most serious and urgent threats facing the survival of humanity. Given GCED’s vision to promote  education and action to build a holistic culture of peace that includes human and planetary “development” based on values, principles and strategies of sustainability, the “climate crisis” is hence an indispensable theme in  GCED programs. This APCEIU online course seeks to initially provide a critical understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change resulting in the climate crisis that disastrously affects the well-being of humanity and our planet.  It also clarifies the alternative paradigms of “sustainable development” that underpins proposed and implemented strategies to address the climate crisis. The role of international policy and administrative institutions  to undertake climate action, such as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to implement the UNFCCC, will be highlighted.  Drawing on critical perspectives and social movements led especially by grassroots civil society organizations , NGOs and communities, the course also seeks catalyze personal and social action for climate justice in GCED.   PRE- or CO-REQUISITE COURSE: GCED101: Introduction to GCED