Event Highlight: 2025-26 Global Education Forum - Excellence in Teaching & Learning

Date: May 22, 2026
Subject: Event Highlight and Reflections from the Global Education Forum
Location: Chang Yung-Fa Foundation, Taipei City
Focus Areas: EMI Program, Overseas Training, Teaching Excellence, Global Competence

Executive Summary

On May 22, 2026, I had the privilege of attending the 2025-26 Global Education Forum - Excellence in Teaching & Learning, organized by Fulbright Taiwan. Held at the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation in Taipei, this forum brought together top scholars, educators, and students to discuss the future of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in Taiwan.

Building on my own professional training at Arizona State University (ASU) earlier this year, this event was a powerful reminder of our shared mission. Approaching this as the “Minister of Education” of my own intellectual world, attending this forum reinforced my commitment to advancing educational equity and bridging complex scientific domains with accessible bilingual instruction.

Core Pedagogical Reflections & Forum Highlights

The forum was packed with actionable insights, split into rigorous academic presentations and vibrant cross-disciplinary exchanges:

• EMI Support Team Presentations: We witnessed outstanding presentations from the EMI Support Teams of leading universities, including our own National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), alongside NTU, NTUST, NTUT, NCU, NCKU, and NSYSU. It was inspiring to see how different campuses are tailoring bilingual education to their unique academic cultures.
• Overseas Training Synergies: A major highlight for me was listening to the overseas training sharing from student and teacher representatives. Hearing firsthand accounts from cohorts returning from ASU, UMD, UCSD, and TC brought back a rush of memories from my own intensive weeks in Phoenix. Their reflections on outcome-driven pedagogy perfectly aligned with the backward design strategies I am actively deploying in my Weight Training Instruction Methodology course.
• The Art Gallery Exchange: The networking session in the exchange area (Art Gallery) facilitated deep, cross-institutional dialogues. Exchanging ideas over tea with other EMI practitioners reinforced the idea that translanguaging is not just a classroom strategy—it is a collaborative bridge.

“The Global Education Forum highlighted that EMI is a collective movement. Whether in an ASU classroom or a Taipei conference hall, we are all striving to equip emerging scholars with the linguistic and academic agility to thrive internationally.”

Vlog / V-log Reflection

Take a quick 1-minute visual tour of the forum highlights, featuring my on-site reflections as “運科竹” regarding the NTNU EMI initiatives and the ASU overseas training experience!

Bridging the Global Experience with Local Practice

The insights gathered from this forum will directly inform my ongoing syllabus design and active learning pedagogies (such as Think-Pair-Share and the Jigsaw method). The continuous dialogue between Taiwanese institutions and international partners ensures that we are not just teaching content—we are cultivating global scientific competence for the next generation of scholars.