Boardroom Dialogue
Global Classrooms, Global Citizens: Rethinking Higher Education through Transnational Didactics
Date Friday, Dec 5 Time – Room: Charlottenburg I
In a world shaped by conflict, migration, climate change, and rapid technological shifts, higher education must evolve from knowledge transmission to intercultural collaboration and global action. This boardroom dialogue introduces the emerging framework of transnational didactics, drawing on a multi-country virtual exchange model where students from ten nations co-designed projects and developed intercultural competence. Explore how project-based learning and digital platforms foster empathy, teamwork, and global citizenship, while addressing the challenges of adapting internationalisation to diverse and underserved contexts.
Richard Powers
Professor & Faculty Trainer, University of Stuttgart (Professional School of Education)
A well-known and recognized e-Learning expert, Prof. Richard Powers is currently a Professor, Trainer and Learning Designer with the Professional School of Education Stuttgart Ludwigsburg in Germany, where he designs blended learning courses to develop competences in digitalization and diversity for pre-service teachers across five universities. He is a German eTwinning Ambassador, training other teacher trainers in Germany. He teaches Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Project-Based Learning with eTwinning & Erasmus+ for Interculturality, and Instructional Design for Digital Accessibility. Prof. Powers won the 2022 Teaching Award for Excellence at Stuttgart University, and the 2023 European Union Award for best Teacher Training Institute for eTwinning Virtual Exchanges. He routinely teaches and trains faculty in Stuttgart and remotely at City Colleges of Chicago how to teach online with Moodle, ILIAS and Brightspace in webinars via Webex and Zoom. In 2025, Prof. Powers co-facilitated UDL training with universities in Ukraine, Malta, Lebanon and Namibia.