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Partnerships in Education and Practice: Curriculum Development and Technology Transfer.

Objective(s):
This workshop describes internationalization of US curriculum, research and outreach collaborative efforts in progress with Universities and research centers in India.
There is a national need for the US colleges to produce graduates who are globally competent which can be met by partnering with academic and research institutions outside the United States.  The USDA supports “research, extension, and teaching activities that will enhance the capabilities of American colleges and universities to conduct international collaborative research, extension and teaching” through the International Science and Education grants program.  Among nations interested in educational collaborations with the US, India has taken steps to forge collaborations with the US through the US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agricultural Education, Teaching, Research, Service, and Commercial Linkages (AKI) that was announced in 2005. This workshop describes internationalization of curriculum, research and outreach collaborative efforts in progress with Universities and research centers in India.
Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:00 PM
Desert Salon 1-3
Coordinator:
Usha Rani Palaniswamy, Faculty, Program, Director
1:00 PM
Archived Reusable Learning Objects From the International Crop Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Designing Online Teaching and Learning Activities
Usha Rani Palaniswamy, Faculty, Program, Director, Everglades University; V. Balaji, ICRISAT
1:35 PM
Promoting Resource Conservation Technologies in Northern India through Michigan State University's South Asia Partnership Program
Daniel C. Brainard, Michigan State University; Karim Maredia, Ph.D, Professor, Michigan State University
2:10 PM
Foods for Health: Efforts to Expand Programs India to Increase Consumption of Indigenous Vegetable and Fruits
Bhimanagouda S. Patil, Texas A&M University, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center
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