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 […]

BeCOIL International Staff Training Week 2025 – June 23 to June 27, 2025

The BeCOIL project will be hosting a Staff Week on the topic of „Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Creating an international impact at home“ as part of the Freie Universität Berlin’s International Staff Training Week, which will take place from June 23 to June 27, 2025. The innovative teaching and learning format COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) […]

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 […]

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 […]

Virtual BeCOIL Meetup on May 13th

Dr. Mirjam Hauck (The Open University, England) will kick off this 60-minute discussion session by presenting her research on „VE through the social justice and inclusion lens“. The floor will then be opened for an exchange of ideas and questions. Seasoned COIL practitioners as well as COIL enthusiasts from Berlin and around the world will […]

COIL meets SDGs

Business Studies and Finance students from HTW Berlin and its partner universities Inholland (The Netherlands), HOGENT (Belgium) and CEU San Pablo (Spain) recently worked together for a COIL project. Over several weeks, the participants created their own online game around the global Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) while collaborating in internationally mixed groups with alternating coaches […]

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 online international collaboration into your courses. To illustrate this concept we have invited Dr. Ruth Tobias from the FU Berlin, who will tell us about her COIL on “What Do You Mean?”: Experiencing Culture […]