OPPORTUNITIES
The Forum on Education Abroad has the opportunity
■ GOING VIRTUAL:
“But I think also, one thing I’ve seen happen in some organizations in the field right now is an increase in just webinars on particular topics that are open and accessible for free and just really some incredibly powerful speakers. So, it gives you access to conversations from very interesting people that relate directly to our field and at no cost. I was thinking about that as a potential opportunity for the field.” – Mary
• Explore Forum’s role in virtual global experiences (workshops, webinars, events, etc.) • Virtual exchange/mobility • Explore “What is global education in a virtual world?” • Opportunity for Forum to help the field to better leverage technology via resources and professional development
“I think another potential opportunity, given how slow higher ed has been to embrace technology relative to other industries, would be the forum kind of stepping in and providing more resources and professional development opportunities for us to think as a field about how we can leverage technology. I think within higher ed, we probably have been some of the better stakeholders to use technology, just because we’ve been forced to because of the nature of our work, but I think it could go so much further, and that’s what we’re beginning to see now, are some really innovative ideas of how do you bring technology into the work that we do. That could be another space the forum might want to dive a little bit deeper in.” - Kyle
“I think that is something that we have real potential, to lead, and to show the power of virtual exchange, and to still show the power of education abroad.” – Dawn
■ EXPAND BEYOND US CENTRIC APPROACH: • Expand US centric approach • Include non-US perspectives • Go beyond focus on US and Europe • Extend our outreach and services for our international members • International Membership • International conference needs to evolve to serve students of non-US based institutions who have a global imperative
“I also think that international membership is an opportunity. The Forum does excellent work but it’s still a very U.S. centered Organization. So I think to outreach the non-U.S. members is important.” – Thomas
“It’s a big world out there, and I still think that, expanding beyond again, US institutions is something that, needs to be still highlighted as far as, the forum’s work moving forward.” - Mark
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