There are three important areas of focus for professional learning for IoC include (i) Knowledge and understanding; (ii) Skills; and (iii) Values.

Knowledge and understanding

• Knowledge across and within disciplines
• Knowledge about teaching, learning and assessment
• Knowledge about emerging paradigms of IoC, teaching and learning
• Understanding of students diverse backgrounds and learning needs, etc.
• Understanding of different layers of context of IoC (global, regional, national, institutional)
• Understanding of professional standards and practices in the national and foreign context and in different organizational/institutional settings (e.g. contexts of performance in professions, emerging practices)

Skills 

• Designing international, intercultural, global learning outcomes
• Ability to employ a range of different pedagogies that will facilitate the development of intended learning outcomes.
• Assessing students’ achievement of international, intercultural and global learning outcomes
• Facilitating active intercultural learning
• Collaborating and negotiating with diverse others, including colleagues, communities and students.

Knowledge and understanding

• Knowledge across and within disciplines
• Knowledge about teaching, learning and assessment
• Knowledge about emerging paradigms of IoC, teaching and learning
• Understanding of students diverse backgrounds and learning needs, etc.
• Understanding of different layers of context of IoC (global, regional, national, institutional)
• Understanding of professional standards and practices in the national and foreign context and in different organizational/institutional settings (e.g. contexts of performance in professions, emerging practices).

Values

• Appreciation of the importance of inclusivity and diversity in the process of IoC
• Positive mindset towards curriculum review and change
• Openness to innovation and new ways of approaching education and/including IoC
• Commitment to creating inclusive learning environments
• Collegiality, solidarity, democracy (e.g. supporting negotiation, mutual respect, reciprocity)