Growing Learning Understanding Everyone (GLUE)

GLUE is a curriculum developed by the teaching and learning specialists at Purdue University's CILMAR: Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research in order to provide content and mentorship to Purdue students as they engage across cultural difference--on study abroad, in international research teams and virtual exchanges, and here on our diverse campus. GLUE features experiential learning, dialogue and reflection built on a solid theoretical basis.

Annual institutional licensing will soon be available 

The GLUE curriculum will soon be available to those not affiliated with the Purdue University West Lafayette or Indianapolis campuses through cost-effective and scalable institutional licensing, which allows our partners to use the curriculum with an unlimited number of learners for one annual fee.

With its easy-to-adapt modular organization and capacity for co-branding, GLUE is a turn-key solution for intercultural development without the hassle and cost of per-administration purchasing.

Through this course, learners will be able to:

  • Identify more about themselves as cultural beings.
  • Unravel their own biases.
  • Consider new or more nuanced perspectives.
  • Form better connections with peers and communities.
  • Build a more inclusive and just world together with others.

GLUE Content

The GLUE curriculum was created through backward design and content mapping processes by a team of intercultural learning, global learning, and diversity-equity-inclusion-belonging experts at Purdue University from CILMAR, Study Abroad, the Center for Instructional Excellence, and various STEM colleges. Version options include a "one-credit" course with 15 contact hours and a "three-credit" course with 45 contact hours. Both versions are a combination of asynchronous self-directed modules and live sessions with peers and a mentor, organized into 8 units. GLUE is copyrighted, licensed, and will soon be distributed by the Purdue Research Foundation.

Units and Modules

Unit 1: Gearing Up
  • 1.1--Taking a look at the journey ahead
  • 1.2--Exploring your motivations
  • 1.3--Connecting to your discipline
  • 1.4--Interacting across difference
Unit 2: Self-Discovery
Unit 3: Cultural Discovery Skills
  • 3.1--Cultivating mindfulness
  • 3.2--Checking your assumptions
  • 3.3--Testing hypotheses through interaction
Unit 4: Cultural Savvy
  • 4.1--Defining culture
  • 4.2--Exploring ways of viewing the world
  • 4.3--Working through the Praxis Cycle
Unit 5: Empathy
  • 5.1--Finding common ground
  • 5.2--Empathizing across difference
  • 5.3--Examining what shapes us
Unit 6: Different Lenses
  • 6.1--Taking different perspectives
  • 6.2--Applying the Platinum Rule
Unit 7: Adaptive Communication
  • 7.1--Getting comfortable with discomfort
  • 7.2--Shifting communication styles
  • 7.3--Working through the Praxis Cycle
Unit 8: Lifelong Learning
  • 8.1--Checking in on goals
  • 8.2--Exploring your profession
  • 8.3--Measuring your growth
  • 8.4--Planning for continued learning

Pricing Information

As a land grant institution, Purdue is invested in providing accessible high quality learning resources. Pricing for GLUE will be based on a cost recovery model, designed simply to pay for CILMAR's labor in creating the curriculum. 

We welcome your inquiries at cilmar@purdue.edu.
Updated December 12, 2024