Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through Critical Virtual Exchange, Role-Playing Games and Conflict Transformation

Join our online training and explore new avenues of online collaboration with teachers from other universities. Plan activities related to your own course content and experience role-playing methods for yourself. You will learn to recognise conflict styles as key drivers in everyday interactions and gain tools on how to make your classroom more inclusive.

This course is aimed at

Teacher

Topic

Pedagogy
Personal development
Work environment

About the course

ROCKET is an innovative project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships program. It seeks to develop a working concept for Critical Virtual Exchange which implements Role-Playing Games and Conflict Transformation. These novel modes of online interaction can aid participants to take on new perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of issues relating to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. For more information on the ROCKET core concepts, check out our website.

When

February 3 - March 10, 2025 including 4 online sessions:

Feb 7 at 11-12:00,
Feb 14 at 10-12:00,
March 3 at 11-12:00,
March 10 at 11-12:00.

Where

Online synchronous and asynchronous sessions in the ROCKET training environment.

Registration

Clicke here for more information and registration.

For questions about the training, please contact rocket@uni-goettingen.de.

Registration details needed:

Name
Email address
Discipline/field
Role
Institution

We will only register your details for organising the training. If you want to be informed about ROCKET activities and outputs, you may subscribe to our mailing list.

Format

This Virtual Exchange course corresponds to the equivalent of 16 hours of work. This time includes asynchronous learning and discussion with colleagues from three universities, as well as 4 synchronous sessions of 1-2 hours. Some synchronous sessions will include role-playing exercises. The course is in practice spread over a period of roughly 5.5 weeks from pre-course preparations to conclusion.

You will complete several assignments/tasks during the course, both individually and in groups. Active participation in course discussions is essential.