BeCOIL International Staff Training Week: Exchange, Inspiration, and Networking
Freie Universität Berlin proudly hosted its 13th International Staff Training Week— one of this year’s tracks had been jointly organized by member universities of the Berlin BeCOIL project with the title “Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Creating an International Impact at Home”. A total of 29 participants from 22 different countries joined this dynamic week-long […]
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 […]
Launch of Our Serious Game “Geometria”
We are excited to announce the launch of our cultural training for students preparing for COIL or other forms of international exchanges. The BeCOIL team aimed to develop a sustainable, flexible, and easily integrable format for the training. Recognizing the potential of interactive learning tools, we decided that a serious game would be the ideal […]
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 […]
Intercultural Differences in Corporate Culture, Innovation Management, E-Commerce, Corporate Communications and PR
HWR Berlin & University of Central Florida Students involved: 44 from Berlin & 13 from the US Professors involved: Prof. Dr. Birgit Felden & Kirsten Kohlhaw (HWR Berlin) / Dr. Renata Kolodziej-Smith & Dr. Michelle Dusseau (University of Central Florida) Synchronous units: 1) 30.10.2023 17:00-19:00 Berlin-time: Get to know each other/introduction to the Miro board/group […]
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 […]