Solution Snapshot
Need
Columbus Council on World Affairs, CCWA, had a need to incorporate e-learning to support their mission to increase global awareness in the Columbus area and a vision “to be the leading nonpartisan, globally-focused organization in the Columbus Region,”
Solution
CCW partnered with Franklin University to design and develop e-learning courses and videos that support CCWA and their partner organizations in the central Ohio area.
Results
The following courses were developed:
- A self-paced e-Learning course, Global Fluency: Building Self and Cross-Cultural Understanding.
- A self-paced online course, Global Agriculture Trade.
- Two career videos that focuses on soybeans and their economic impact across the world.
Solution Details
Based on global competencies endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education, CCWA leveraged the instructional design capabilities of Franklin University the following were developed:
Global Fluency: Building Self and Cross-Cultural Understanding
This course focuses on raising and engaging global competence from the perspective of a person in the U.S. interacting with others abroad, either from the view of a professional already working or seeking to work in an organization with a global footprint, or from the view of a student seeking to engage with the international community located inside or outside of the US. The course places an emphasis on real-world scenarios and cross-culturalism, as depicted through static content as well as video.
Global Agriculture Trade
The course focuses on raising and engaging soybean competence from the perspective of a middle or high school student seeking to learn more about the global trade focus of soybeans outside of the United States.
Franklin University also created two career videos that focus on soybeans and their economic impact across the world. Specifically, professionals in the field offered their insights to develop a career in the soybean industry.