What is COIL?
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is an innovative pedagogical approach that enables teachers and students from different countries and cultural backgrounds to engage in collaborative teaching and learning through online technology. It aims to increase students’ intercultural awareness and provide a transformative and transnational learning experience.
COIL has numerous benefits to students, teachers and universities including, but not limited to:
- Developing students’ intercultural competence, collaboration and communication skills
- Improving students’ team building capacity and digital literacy
- Fostering the development of global citizenship
- Internationalising the curriculum in a cost-effective manner
- Expanding teachers’ professional networks through virtual exchanges and collaborations
- Encouraging academic collaboration with other universities
Application Deadline
Applications should be submitted online, with endorsement, on or before October 25, 2024.
Explore Topics
Framework of COIL
Four Phases of COIL Implementation
Guidelines and Templates
HKU’s recent COIL courses and key takeaways
HKU’s recent COIL courses and key takeaways
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