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 […]
BeCOIL Online Panel: “Digital Internationalization: COIL as an Opportunity for Study Programs with Fewer Mobilities”
News On 21 May 2025, we hosted an online panel on how COIL can strengthen internationalization in study programs where physical mobility is often limited. The event was a great success and brought together 42 participants from various countries. Our distinguished speakers — Heike Müller, Mohamed Okasha, Richard Saward, Peter Wotschke, and Jef Geuens— shared […]