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 […]
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 […]
Virtual BeCOIL Meetup on April 10th
Prof. Dr. Bianka Lichtenberger (University of Applied Sciences UAS of the Grisons) will kick off this 60-minute discussion session by reflecting on her experience in Blended Learning International Collaboration (BLIC) as well as offer insights into research on the learning outcomes and effectiveness of international collaboration. The floor will then be opened for an exchange […]