Publications

codebook for global student learning outcomes: companion to successfully educating tomorrow’s global citizens (2023)

The Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes is a tool for evaluators and teachers interested in determining how well students are demonstrating global learning in any program or classroom. It also assists teachers in understanding how students are learning and what aspects of their curricula are sparking student learning. Teachers can use the Codebook to assess progress in learning by coding and analyzing student writing. Educators and researchers can use the Codebook to design, evaluate or implement global competency curricula and programs.

The Codebook and its accompanying video guide are currently available in 5 languages: Catalan, English, Kazakh, Russian, and Spanish.

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successfully educating tomorrow’s global citizens: teaching and evaluating global competency in e-classrooms (2022)

This report details our original methodology to assess global learning based on student exchanges on digital discussion boards and shares critical findings about what and how students are learning through the Global Scholars program. It is based on research conducted by Global Cities, Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Out of Eden Learn (OOEL), a digital exchange provider and active research project at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero.

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Far From Remote: Survey Evidence of Student Learning in Digital Classrooms (2020)

This in-depth analysis of survey responses from more than 8,500 students in 47 cities shows the impact of the Global Scholars program on selected global and general learning outcomes. By students’ own accounts, over the course of the program year, they made noticeable gains in the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors they need to become globally competent adults.

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global competency begins here: student learning outcomes brochure (2018)

This at-a-glance brochure examines nine student learning outcomes and precise indicators for each, allowing teachers to identify key knowledge, skill, attitudinal and behavioral indicators as they develop in the classroom.

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The Future of International Digital Learning K-12 (2016)

The expansion of technology has created new opportunities for students from every community, regardless of income, to explore the world. This report presents findings from the implementation of Global Scholars, a program of Global Cities, Inc. that can be used to expand international digital learning for K-12 students.

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Top Ten Questions to Ask About Global Digital Exchange (2016)

This companion to The Future of International Digital Learning K-12 is adapted from a 2016 presentation. It answers common questions for those new to the field of global digital exchange, based on the expertise of Global Cities, Inc. in implementing its Global Scholars program.

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