Ace Internationalization Collaborative Regional Meeting

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Ace Internationalization Collaborative Regional
Meeting

• November 14,
  2008
• Dr. Zinta Konrad
• konrad_at_cod.edu
• 630-942-3079

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The International Negotiation Modules Project

• An exciting curricular initiative
• also a co-curricular activity
• Designed by Dr. Joyce Kaufman as a FIPSE
• project for community college students
• Currently used by Illinois Consortium colleges
• INMP

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What is the INMP?

• An online simulation of global contemporary
  issues.
• Faculty select the country/NGO their students
  will represent.
• Faculty select the issues (economic, human
  rights, environment, etc).

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Why Is the INMP Necessary?

• World is complex and changing.
• Our students lack a global perspective.
• U.S. tends to be ethnocentric.

• Todays students are tomorrows leaders and may
  even grow up to President!

• There are alternative solutions to global
  problems.
• War is the last resort.

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Schedule

• January - research begins
• March produce position papers
• April summits
• Three 90 minute sessions
• Real time
• May banquet

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What classes are best suited?

• Political Science/International Relations
• History/Geography/Sociology
• Economics
• English
• Environment/Conservation/Biology
• Business

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Co-curricular activity

• Student clubs
• Model UN
• Extra credit outside class

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What will students learn?

• Increase their understanding of global issues.
• Exercise critical thinking.
• Improve written and oral communication skills.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
• Practice diplomacy in intercultural settings.

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Students also learn

• To frame issues and negotiate positions from
  their chosen countrys unique
  perspective.
• To learn about negotiation/conflict resolution.
• To integrate technology into the learning
  process.

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• What the Students Said

• Negotiation is not easy! It was a lot of work
  and we had to learn to work together. But it
  was worth it!

• The world changed since 9/11 and changed us as
  well.

• Its hard to think like the Chinese.

• As the U.S., we were criticized by everyone.
  We were attacked from all sides. Its not
  easy to be the U.S.

• I now understand why there is conflict and war.

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What the faculty said

• Group work can actually be successful! It
  required a lot of my time and energy but the
  results amazed me.
• Students need to learn what their country is
  willing to give up to negotiate successfully.
• The simulation was a fairly accurate reflection
  of the real world.

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This years simulation

• Topics are
• Economics Trading goods produced by child labor
• Environment Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  and the transfer of technology
• Health preparing for global pandemics

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Countries/Ngos

• Russia
• China
• Mexico
• Israel
• Iran
• Human Rights Watch

• India
• U.S.
• Nigeria
• U.K.
• France

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Last year

• Issues
• Cross-border pollution (air, water, sulfur
  dioxide)
• Workers right (child labor, womens rights)
• Immigration (border control/sovereignty)
• Countries
• Mexico
• Haiti
• USA
• South Africa
• China
• Indonesia

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What can go wrong?

• I didnt expect name calling and people to be so
  unprofessional.
• I didnt expect to be caught up in it!
• Role of SIMCON

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Students insights

• I was surprised the way others see us.
• The U.S. can be very arrogant and demanding.
• Different types of government work in different
  parts of the world.
• In negotiations everyone starts out protecting
  their own self interests.

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And

• The U.N. needs to be reformed and MNCs need to
  be regulated.
• Stay on top of world affairs. Most of what was
  discussed in the simulation cannot to be
  found in textbooks.
• Take your role in the simulation seriously and
  you will get much more out of it.

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And finally,

• This was hard work but it was FUN. I learned so
  much.
• I think I want to join the diplomatic corps.

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