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Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

Category:
Resources
Pilot domain:
Other
Type:
Document
Target group:
Task team name:
Internationalisation at Home
Contact person:
Marina Vives
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Introduction

COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) is a teaching and learning methodology that involves an intentional design to promote intercultural and online 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.

COIL projects can be challenge-based and combine interdisciplinary approaches. They also facilitate the use of innovative pedagogical models, digital technologies and teamwork and leadership skills.