Online-Panel: “Beyond Interculturality: Rethinking Cultural Encounters in COIL” – 04 December 2025
We are pleased to announce our upcoming panel on cultural encounters in COIL teaching! COIL practitioners from 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐮 will discuss:▪ Power dynamics in postcolonial and Global North–South collaborations▪ The dominance of English and Western knowledge systems▪ Gender and other structural inequalities in COIL▪ Rethinking “intercultural exchange” and “intercultural competence” The panel […]
Successful completion of the BeCOIL Project
Three years of virtual collaboration for greater Internationalisation@Home: Nine Berlin universities have joined forces to expand virtual exchange formats and open up new pathways for cooperation. Virtual exchange formats, known as COILs (Collaborative Online International Learning), are a central component of the Internationalisation@Home strategies at Berlin universities. Since the project was launched in 2023, nine […]
Berlin – São Paulo: Internationalize your teaching with COIL – Info Session & Workshop (March 13 & 14, 2025)
Discover how Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) can transform your teaching! Join our COIL Info Session & Workshop, which brings together educators from the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) to explore new opportunities for international digital collaboration in higher education. The session will include a brief introduction to COIL […]
Virtual BeCOIL Meetup on December 5
Prof. Dr. Daniel Michelis (Hochschule Anhalt, University of Applied Sciences, Germany) will kick off this 60-minute discussion session by sharing his COIL experiences with South Africa and Ghana. Seasoned COIL practitioners as well as COIL enthusiasts from Berlin and around the world will join the meetup. The event is moderated by BeCOIL project coordinators from nine […]
How to COIL – Design Collaborative Online Courses with International Colleagues on November 28
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 COIL concept we have invited Reinout Klamer from the The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS), who will discuss how you can build capacity for COIL […]