Two currently enrolled students in the Graduate Education and Professional Studies (GEPS) program of RSU were chosen by the Osaka City University (Japan) and they successfully completed the 10th Socially Innovative Global Classroom (SIGLOC) virtual program from March 10 to March 25, 2022. Mr. Mhel Ryan F. Flores and Ms. Anica Angela Nicole G. Modena were among the selected participants from the Philippines, and they joined with other international students from Brazil, USA, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China and Japan. The Socially Innovative Global Classroom (SIGLOC) started in February 2019 as a joined training (face-to-face) program between Osaka City University (Japan) and Andrews University (USA). By year 2020, Osaka City University implemented the SIGLOC program virtually/online to provide a “fee-free” international education during the COVID-19 pandemic which utilizes a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) framework. The main purpose of the program is to cultivate social innovators who will identify pressing social problems and who will provide solutions through new products, services and systems. Thus, the program will cultivate participants to discover issues and the ability to find solutions and train them to implement the identified solutions through collaborations among the participating international students. The program also requires participating students to study about 30 hours per week, including both synchronous and asynchronous pair/group work. Part of the program is also cultural activities organized by the participating students that are grouped into teams. The culminating output from the participating students is an individual report presentation on their chosen topics in lined with the program theme: “SDGs: Social Innovation in your Local Community toward Solving Global Issues.” Mr. Flores submitted a report entitled: “The Urbanizing Environment and the Decline of Green Spaces: The Case of the City of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines” and while Ms. Modena’s report is entitled: “Romblon, Romblon resilience: The circumstances and security on the island.” The report of Mr. Flores mainly focused on how local communities participate in sustaining biodiversity through restoration of green spaces. Specifically, he identified projects that will help the LGU incorporates doable measures and policies towards safe, resilient, and sustainable community – aligned to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #11. On the other hand, Ms. Modena’s report provided specific strategies in the promotion of sustainable tourism in the Romblon, Romblon particularly on maximizing the use of alternative renewal energy for local transport and marble production which consequently will alleviate poverty in the island communities of Romblon, and in support to the UN’s SDG#1 and SDG#13. Dr. Reynaldo Perez-Ramos, Director of the International Linkages and External Affairs Office (ILAO) served as the adviser of Mhel and Anica, and he was allowed to join the orientation and closing events of SIGLOC. Dr. Ramos was also requested to give short remarks during these events. For enquiries and additional information about this free SIGLOC Program for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, please email the RSU’s International Linkages and External Affairs Office at [email protected] or visit its website: https://rsuinternational.weebly.com/ or the Osaka Metropolitan University’s COIL Program link: http://www.coil.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en/blog/11th_sigloc_online/. The 11th SIGLOC Program will be held online from 11-29 July 2022.
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