Part of the United Nations compound in Geneva

Over the course of the degree program, Global Program participants will create technology-mediated projects that engage learners with real-world knowledge and issues.  Our partners in Geneva allow participants access to international work at the highest level.

Through the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and the Federation of International Institutions in Geneva (FIIG), Global Cohort participants will work with a partner from an NGO or other organization on a topic of mutual interest.  Participants will meet with partners during each Geneva residency, and keep in contact electronically as project designs develop.

Geneva is home to well over one hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs), representing nearly every category of human activity, from human rights and environmental issues to science, culture, and the law.

A limited number of Global Program participants may choose to work with CERN, the international high-energy physics laboratory located just outside Geneva.  As a rule, participants wishing to work with CERN must have completed one of CERN's teacher programs before the first Geneva residency.

All participants will have access to the human and technical resources of the Interactive Communications & Simulations Group at the University of Michigan, which has supported the development and enactment of networked educational projects for over twenty years.