Collaborative Online International Learning
A COIL project involves two or more faculty members from different universities that collaboratively develop project to be completed by students in both their classes. Students work together virtually to explore driving questions related to the course material and gain valuable teamwork skills and interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on the issues facing our world.
UFV will run a COIL training program to support 10 faculty members to redesign a course, across any discipline to incorporate a collaborative, virtual global learning experience. With a faculty member from a partner institution, they will participate in 5 workshops between January and March 2025. Afterwards, each faculty pair will implement two COIL courses together within two years. The training program is led and fully funded by UFV and will be implemented by Going Global U, led by Greg Tuke and Karim Ashour, who together have taught more than 30 COIL courses and trained over 200 faculty members in more than 20 countries.
How does it work?
- Nov. 2024: Submit your form to be matched with an international faculty member.
- Jan-Mar. 2025: Attend workshops and explore resources and templates to design your COIL project.
- Sept. 2025: Teach your COILed course and access ongoing educational technology support.
- Share your COIL story with the UFV Community.
Interested? Complete a faculty matching form today!
Contact: victoria.surtees@ufv.ca and/or Daryl.smith@ufv.ca