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COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) is an online teaching and learning methodology that involves an intentional design to foster collaboration between students and faculty members from different countries and cultural backgrounds.

A COIL module is embedded at a course level and it fosters cross-cultural understanding, intercultural competence, digital literacy, teamwork and leadership skills as well as global awareness among the participants.  Since a COIL project provides opportunities for international collaboration without the need for physical travel it is understood as a powerful tool for Internationalisation at home.

Based on the original COIL graphic developed by Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Adapted and redesigned for Aurora

Why COIL?

A flexible model with benefits for students, academics and institutions.

For students

  • Intercultural competence
  • Digital literacy
  • Teamwork and leadership
  • Global perspective
  • Enhanced employability skills

For academics

  • Pedagogical innovation
  • Professional development
  • Internationalisation of the curriculum

For institutions

  • Global citizenship
  • Inclusiveness & access
  • Builds and strengthens academic partnerships

COIL turns internationalisation into an experience that can be embedded directly in the curriculum.

Why COIL

Start your COIL collaboration

Guidance, opportunities and support to help you move from an idea to a partner collaboration.

Your COIL Coordinator can help you make the first connection and explore the collaboration further.

Start your COIL collaboration

Find your COIL Coordinator

Your home university coordinator can help you find a partner and take the next step in your COIL collaboration.

Universitat Rovira i Virgili
COIL Coordinator

Marina Vives & Sílvia Baget

✉ coil@urv.cat

University of Iceland
COIL Coordinator

Birta Björnsdóttir Kjerúlf

✉ aurora@hi.is

Université Paris-Est Créteil
COIL Coordinator

Bertille Baron & Chloé Bigeard

✉ aurora@u-pec.fr

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
COIL Coordinator

Insa Duvos & Dorien Boerrigter

✉ internationalrelations@vu.nl

Palacký University Olomouc
COIL Coordinator

Karolína Berousková

✉ karolina.berouskova@upol.cz

University of Duisburg-Essen
COIL Coordinator

Verena Heuking

✉ verena.heuking@uni-due.de

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
COIL Coordinator

Alessandro Ciasullo, Patricia Branco & Federica Esposito

✉ aurora.f2@unina.it

Copenhagen Business School
COIL Coordinator

Catherine Layolle

✉ aurora@cbs.dk

COIL Coordinators