Networked Governance - John F. Kennedy School of Government - Research

i⁴- Promoting Interdisciplinary, Interuniversity and International education via ICT: Networks and Behavior

Project ID: i⁴ - Promoting Interdisciplinary, Interuniversity and International education via ICT: Networks and Behavior
Funding: Digital University Netherlands
Researchers: Ines Mergel (Harvard University)
Collaborator: Elenna Dugundji (PI - University of Amerdam), Koen Veermans (University of Turku), Yanwei Chai (Peking University)
Review Board: David Lazer (Harvard University), Steve Borgatti (Boston College), Tom Snijders (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
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Mission:
The project i4 -- Promoting Interdisciplinary, Interuniversity and International education via ICT: Networks and Behavior has a dual nature, direct and indirect.

Directly, the project aims to inventory and learn from existing “Internationalization at Home” (I@H) best practices; to identify critical design dimensions (technological, educational, administrative, financial and cultural) for an I@H program; and to develop an IaH course format that might be used across different domains. Indirectly, through the actual implementation of the developed I@H course format in the new interdisciplinary domain “Network Science,” the project aims to lay a stepping stone toward the development a worldwide top curriculum in this interdisciplinary domain, bridging cutting-edge research and education, and stimulating global team work.

Project Goals:
The goals of the project are:

to promote interdisciplinary education in Network Science in general and in the emerging field of ‘networks and behavior’ in particular;
to promote interuniversity flow of ideas and uptake of innovative research output and research methods, techniques and tools in education;
to promote international and intercultural learning and collaboration in higher education, among students, researchers, teaching and technical staff and administrators.

We propose a two-track approach: first, building on existing experience, the institutionalizing of a videoconferenced public colloquia series and reading group at several focal points in the Netherlands and in international collaboration with Harvard University, University of Turku and Peking University; second, the development of a semester-length student course with careful attention to format and considerations of synchronous versus asynchronous e-learning.

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