Winter 2024 Breakouts: Global Competence

Breakouts is a collection of multimedia projects that capture the most engaging, inspiring, and insightful illustrations of the power of virtual exchange. Learn more about this edition’s topic and explore the projects below. 

The development of global competencies is often positioned as a value of virtual exchange. But what are global competencies? How can we communicate about them in a way that excites people to use virtual exchange to foster global competency development? For this Breakouts campaign, we invited contributions that illustrate global competencies in a way that is understandable and inspiring.

Published Content

Resource Roundup: Global Competence | Read 

Cultivating Empathy in Virtual Exchange Comic Strip | LinkedIn | Facebook

Contributed by Katja Riikonen

District of Columbia Public Schools Educator Testimonials | LinkedIn | Facebook

Contributed by Caroline Faircloth

William Davidson Institute Participant Testimonials | Read

Contributed by Amy Gillett

A Bill of Rights and Commitments of Global Learners | Read

Contributed by Luciana Lallaizon

Video Game Console Meets Virtual Exchange | Watch

Contributed by Jawhar Benslama