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COIL Seminar Series 2025

COIL Seminar Series 2024

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Book and Book Chapters

  • Potter, T., & Bragadóttir, H. (2020). Collaborative online international learning (COIL): A new model of global education. In S. Dyson, & M. McAllister (eds.), International Handbook of Nurse Education (pp.103-114). New York: Routledge.
  • Rubin, J., & Guth, S. (eds.). (2023). The Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange: Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning. New York: Routledge.
  • Wimpenny, K., & Orsini-Jones, M. (2020). Innovation in collaborative online international learning: A holistic blend. In D. Burgos (ed.), Radical Solutions and eLearning: Practical Innovations and Online Educational Technology (pp.1-25). Singapore: Springer.

Articles

  • Appiah-Kubi, P., & Annan, E. (2020). A review of a collaborative online international learning. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 10(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v10i1.11678.
  • Asojo, A. O., Kartoshkina, Y., Jaiyeoba, B., & Amole, D. (2019). Multicultural learning and experiences in design through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) framework. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 8(1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.14434/jotlt.v8i1.26748.
  • Borger, J. G. (2022). Getting to the CoRe of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Frontiers in Education, 7, 987289. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.987289.
  • Chan, L. K., Ganotice, F., Jr., Wong, F. K. Y., Lau, C. S., Bridges, S. M., Chan, C. H. Y., Chan, N., Chan, P. W. L., Chen, H. Y., Chen, J. Y., Chu, J. K. P., Ho, C. C., Ho, J. M. C., Lam, T. P., Lam, V. S. F., Li, Q., Shen, J. G., Tanner, J. A., Tso, W. W. Y., Wong, A. K. C., Wong, G. T. C., Wong, J. Y. H., Wong, N. S., Worsley, A., Yu, L. K., & Yum, T. P. (2017). Implementation of an interprofessional team-based learning program involving seven undergraduate health and social care programs from two universities, and students’ evaluation of their readiness for interprofessional learning. BMC Medical Education, 17(1), 221. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-017-1046-5
  • Hackett, S., Janssen, J., Beach, P., Perreault, M., Beelen, J., & van Tartwijk, J. (2023). The effectiveness of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) on intercultural competence development in higher education. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 20(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-022-00373-3.
  • Ho, L. Y., Wong, A. K., Ganotice Jr, F. A., & Tipoe, G. L. (2025). Effects of a cross-university interprofessional education programme on nursing students: A concurrent nested study. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.04.005
  • Huang, Y., & Lanford, M. (2024). Framing the barriers to collaborative online international learning implementation: The impact of political, infrastructural, temporal, and experiential factors. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2024.2302821.
  • Marcillo-Gómez, M., & Desilus, B. (2016). Collaborative online international learning experience in practice opportunities and challenges. Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, 11(1), 30-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242016000100005.
  • Naicker, A., Singh, E., & van Genugten, T. (2022). Collaborative online international learning (COIL): Preparedness and experiences of South African students. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 59(5), 499-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2021.1895867.
  • Rubin, J. (2017). Embedding collaborative online international learning (COIL) at higher education institutions. Internationalisation of Higher Education, 2, 27-44. https://studyabroad.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/256/2020/08/Rubin-Embedding-Collaborative-Online-International-Learning-at-Higher-Education-Institutions.pdf.
  • Tsao, J., Alhadad, S., Heinrichs, D., Abdul Hameed, S., & McLay, K. (2025). The digital-intercultural-transdisciplinary nexus: Online international exchanges for transdisciplinary education. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 41(1), 27-41. https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.9620
  • Zou, T. X., & Timmermans, J. A. (2025). What is in a name? Unpacking internationalisation of the curriculum using a threshold concepts lens. Higher Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-025-01427-x

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