Human Rights and Children’s Rights

ASH Berlin, California State University Long Beach (CSULB), HAW Hamburg Students involved: Berlin: 20, HAW Hamburg 20, CSULB 40 Professors involved: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Bergs-Winkels, Prof. Dr. Nancy Meyer-Adams, Prof. Dr. Daniela Ulber Synchronous units: 3 (2 hybrid, 1 online) Asynchronous units: Groupwork in preparation for online seminars Tools used: Zoom, Moodle, Padlet In the […]

Case studies for Queer-Feminist Climate Politics

Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland), Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Ecuador), RWTH Aachen (Germany), TU Berlin (Germany) Students involved: 11 from Berlin, 123 from abroad and 10 from other German universities Professors involved: Professors from Poland, Spain, Mexico, Ecuador and Germany  […]

Intercultural SDG Game

HTW Berlin (Deutschland), University CEU San Pablo (Spanien), HOGENT University of Applied Sciences (Belgien) & Inholland University of Applied Sciences (Niederlande) This online project assignment provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in a practical setting while contributing to global awareness and understanding of Sustainable Development Goals and intercultural communication. In […]

Combustion Heat – Biochar Dye Removal

BHT – University Lakehead, Thunder Bay, Canada Students involved: 4x from Berlin & 5x from Canada Professors involved: Prof. Sudip Rakshit (UL), Prof. Oliver Krüger (BHT) Synchronous units: Two online zoom meetings of approx. 90-120 min each). 1: Getting to know the university/course of study/city/country; group allocation; distribution of tasks 2: Final event; presentations and […]

Sustainability Communication on Campus – A Bilingual COIL Project

Freie Universität Berlin & University of Minnesota Duluth Students involved: 15 from Berlin and 10 from abroad Professors involved: Antje Wilton & Daniel Nolan  Synchronous units: 2 sessions at the beginning and end of the project via Zoom Asynchronous units: Supervised group work phases during the project. Each previously organised groups received a task.  Tools […]

Teaching The Teacher: A COIL Workshop Series

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and University of Nairobi Dept. of Public and Global Health “Be brave and simply do it! Learning by doing!” Students involved: Teachers (and students): 3 and 0 Charité; 5 and 10 UoN and 2 others Professors involved: Dr. med. Marwa Schumann Tools used:  Zoom In this series, teachers from the Charité […]

The Multilogue on Fashion Education: On grief, exnovation and the power of mutual learning

Universität der Künste Berlin & The American University of Paris Franziska Schreiber is a fashion designer and currently holds a professorship for „fashion I body I digitality“ at the Berlin University of the Arts. Dr. Renate Stauss is Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies at The American University of Paris in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture. […]

Virtual BeCOIL Meetup on June 10th

During this 60-minute discussion session Dr. Mia Cirkveni (Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Osijek, UNIOS, Croatia) will share her and her students’ enriching experiences from participating in COIL projects and organizing a telecollaboration within the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Seasoned COIL practitioners as well as COIL enthusiasts […]

Innovative Learning Exchange: Insights from the First Hybrid COIL Bar Camp

Participants from around the world gathered in Mainz, both in-person and online, to explore diverse topics in virtual learning and share valuable insights at the first COIL Bar Camp. On March 4, 2024, the first hybrid Bar Camp on the topic of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) took place. The event brought together nearly 50 […]

How to COIL – How to Design Collaborative Online Courses with International Colleagues

This 90-minute online course provides an introduction to the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) approach and outlines how you can incorporate digital and international elements into your teaching. To illustrate the concept of COIL we have invited Martín Hernán Castro from the HWR Berlin who will tell us about „Challenges for Management and interculturality: Findings from COILing […]