An interdisciplinary course on energy and society with virtual exchange.

Energy & Society is a course introduced at UF in 2020 that examines the historical and current use of energy derived from natural resources through a multidisciplinary lens. The course is one of the univeristy offerings to satisfy the Quest 2 requirement, the hallmark general education component, which tasks courses to focus on a centralized question that focuses on the human condition. In 2024, the authors developed a virtual exchange component in collaboration with colleagues from the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique in Algiers, Algeria. A virtual exchange connects students from different institutions and tasks them to work collaboratively on a product that reflects the exchange of experiences and the relationship formed across a period of a few weeks. This poster will explore the course themes, student outcomes, and present the results of the virtual exchange experience.