GlobalCollaborative Online International Learning is an innovative way for your students to engage in dialogue with their peers around the world. In these trainings, faculty work together with an international partner to co-create a learning module, in which their students then collaborate with their partner's students to pursue a common learning goal.
Cohort Outcomes
- Articulation of course goals that will help efficiently target benefits of COIL work, if possible co-developed with an international partner
- Integration of opportunities for successful intercultural online interaction to achieve those course goals
- An articulated plan that will prepare students for those interactions
- Identification of skills necessary for successful project co-development
- Identification of strategies for developing awareness of partner institution, academic context, societal context, and expectations of students at partner institution
- Example activities that enhance opportunities for cross-cultural learning
Certificate Program
In the fall, we will launch the COIL Certificate Program, with additional partnerships and training opportunities. If you are interested in future programs, please fill out this interest form and we'll contact you with more information.
Cohort Program Details
Working with International Partners
COIL Cohorts are designed to accommodate both faculty who are looking for a partner and faculty who already have a collaborator. During each cohort we’ll work with cohort members to establish and/or strengthen an international partnership to support a COIL project. Interested faculty will have opportunities to explore partnerships with members joining the cohort from the Aurora Alliance and other groups and networks such as the Climate Smart Municipalities exchange as well as established partner institutions from the COIL Connect network. If you are interested in getting started with the partnership development process, please consider emailing Dan Nolan (dnolan (at) umn.edu) to set up a meeting.
Want to begin looking for an international partner now? Consider visiting the COIL Connect website (coilconnect.org) for a list of active faculty and universities pursuing COIL development:
Requirements and Expectations
- Three synchronous meeting, with parallel self-paced modules on Canvas
- Dates TBD, based on cohort participant availability, 20 hours total
- Regular feedback
- Elective sessions on COIL topics and Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus
- And optional training sessions on focus areas, such as sustainability education in an international context
Materials
The Canvas course that accompanies this cohort follows the structure of the COIL Workbook, which was developed by the College of Education and Human Development. During the cohort, faculty compile their notes and work with collaborators using a Google Doc version of this workbook, which is distributed during the cohort.
Application
To apply for the next cohort, complete the COIL Cohort Application Form. Check back here for updates over the next few weeks. We will be running info session throughout the spring semester. The next cohort will take place in the summer. This cohort will be available to both UMN and international faculty.
If you might be interested in cohorts in the fall or next year, please fill out this online form and we'll contact you with more information as those programs are announced.
Funding
Systemwide UMN faculty participants are eligible to receive $500 per faculty (PD funds) upon successful completion of a COIL Cohort.
For Questions
Contact COIL Coordinator Dan Nolan at dnolan (at) umn.edu.