{"id":14652,"date":"2020-01-29T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacs.edu.mk\/home\/?p=14652"},"modified":"2020-01-29T09:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:07:18","slug":"10-years-of-membership-in-the-international-organization-of-global-partners-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/10-years-of-membership-in-the-international-organization-of-global-partners-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years of membership in the international organization of Global Partners in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This February American University\nCollege Skopje will complete ten years of membership in the international\norganization of Global Partners in Education. For over fifteen years, this\norganization founded by the University of East Carolina (USA) has been actively\nworking to provide students worldwide with the opportunity to meaningfully\nconnect, collaborate and practically develop intercultural communication skills\nand competencies through global virtual exchange. There are currently 43\nuniversities from 23 countries on all continents which take part in this\ninitiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University American College Skopje is the only Macedonian higher education institution that is part of this organization. Since 2010, students from\u00a0 several schools at UACS (Faculty of Business Economics and Organizational Sciences, Faculty of Foreign Languages \u200b\u200band Faculty of Political Sciences) have had the opportunity to choose the course Global Understanding through which, besides\u00a0 gaining knowledge of the discipline Intercultural Communication and the basic concepts it deals with such as stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, positive discrimination, etc., UACS students have had the opportunity to make a video conference links and chat sessions twice a week with university students around the world. During video conferencing, students discuss different topics, exchange experiences, learn about different cultures, their customs, cultural traits, current events, and even better understand their own culture. Students with their peers from foreign universities also develop collaborative projects through chat sessions, electronic correspondence and social media, thus acquiring and further developing intercultural collaboration and communication skills. During these ten years more than 400 students have taken this course and have had the opportunity to make contact, collaborate, gain friendships and opportunities for future collaborations with students from 30 different universities located in the United States, Peru, Colombia, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80225460_10156546321746571_4202209269560377344_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80225460_10156546321746571_4202209269560377344_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80225460_10156546321746571_4202209269560377344_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80225460_10156546321746571_4202209269560377344_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80225460_10156546321746571_4202209269560377344_n-255x191.jpg 255w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80225460_10156546321746571_4202209269560377344_n-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This innovative program enables\nstudents not only to become a part of, but also to actively participate in\nbuilding a global community that promotes peace and understanding, tolerance,\nbreaking stereotypes and prejudices.&nbsp; The\nprogram makes possible for young people to face and be an active part of the\ndiversity around the world. The program prepares students to find their place\nin the world, provides them with meaningful global experience, with an opportunity\nto develop and enhance intercultural communication and collaboration skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assist. Prof. Dr. Ivana\nTrajanoska has been conducting this project almost from the beginning,\ninitially in collaboration with Dr. Maria Todorova who has also developed her\nown teaching manual&nbsp; &#8211; A Global\nUnderstanding Reader, and then independently. The program also provides a range\nof trainings, webinars, seminars and conferences for the teaching staff\ninvolved in the program, as well as networking, collaboration and collaborative\nresearch projects with professors around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This February American University College Skopje will complete ten years of membership in the international organization of Global Partners in Education. 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