In the afternoon of April 3, the Sino-German School of Design and Communication of Wanli College hosted this important conference with the participation of experts and scholars from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), University of Durham (UK), University of Bologna (Italy), University of Nottingham Ningbo (Ningbo), Zhejiang Wanli College, Harbin Institute of Technology, Jilin University and Hangzhou University of Electronic Science and Technology, a total of eight universities from four countries. Professor Prue Holmes of Durham University, Professor Jin Lixian, Head of the English Department of the University of Nottingham Ningbo and other authoritative experts in the field of intercultural education in China and Europe participated in the conference. Many famous scholars and research institutions in the field of intercultural communication at home and abroad participated in the research work of the project. Mr. Luo Jun, head of the Intercultural Competence Development Program at Sino-German Institute of Design and Communication, was responsible for the organization of this international seminar.
In recent years, the rapid development of foreign exchange and cooperation in Chinese higher education and the accelerated promotion of "One Belt, One Road" have led to an increasing number of teachers and students participating in various Sino-foreign cooperation programs and overseas exchange activities, and a large number of foreign students coming to China to study, but there is almost no training and curriculum specifically developed for teachers, administrative staff and students engaged in intercultural teaching in higher education, The China-EU RICH-Ed project aims to develop relevant training courses, teaching methods and materials to enhance the intercultural awareness of university students and other people from different backgrounds in the workplace, so as to improve the mutual understanding and tolerance between Chinese and foreign students and teachers in higher education cooperation. The aim is to develop training courses, teaching methods and materials to enhance the intercultural awareness of university students and people from different backgrounds in their interactions with other workplaces, so as to enhance the mutual understanding and tolerance between Chinese and foreign students and faculty in higher education cooperation and to cross the cultural gap.
President Ying Min pointed out at the opening ceremony of the international symposium that under the initiative of "building a community of human destiny", one of the focal points of internationalization of higher education is how to cultivate professionals with strong intercultural communication skills, who are competent for various foreign-related positions under the "One Belt, One Road" strategy. The project will be of great benefit to many participants in the project. The project will have a positive impact on the intercultural learning and teaching of many students, teachers and administrators involved in higher education cooperation between China and abroad. Zhang Yiping, Vice President of Sino-German College of Design and Communication, said that Sino-German College adheres to the concept of "coupling and co-progress" and takes intercultural competence development as the core of basic teaching and learning.
During the conference, Prof. Weim of KU Leuven, Belgium, conducted a lecture on the topic of teaching and learning with big data. After the lecture, the scholars discussed the teaching design using the ADDIE model taught by Prof. Weim. In addition, the project team members discussed and discussed the training contents and methods of the upcoming intercultural competency training program for university teachers, and made a preliminary training plan, and the RICH-Ed project publicity action team reported and demonstrated the project's website construction, information publication and dissemination, and discussed related issues. During the meeting, teachers from KU Leuven, Belgium and KU Bologna, Italy participated in part of the meeting via web video, and communicated with the participants on site about the financial management, quality monitoring and evaluation of the project.
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