Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

What is COIL?

COIL pedagogy is based upon linking two or more classrooms, based in different settings and cultures, so students share a learning experience through collaborative projects, usually by working in small groups to explore a topic or develop a project.

These “COILs” run from four to eight weeks and are embedded in existing classes, often bringing together different disciplines. The individual classes may be online or face-to-face, but the joint COIL activity always is online.

(Jon Rubin, Networker (IIEB) – Fall 2023 – Who is Leading Whom and How?)

Resources

Learn more about COIL Virtual Exchange at COIL Connect

Available to borrow from the Center for Languages:

The Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange: Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning
Edited by Jon Rubin and Sarah Guth
This is the authoritative guide to implementing COIL Virtual Exchange, conceived, and
co-edited by one of the originators of this innovative approach to internationalization,
Jon Rubin. COIL, the acronym for Collaborative Online International Learning, is a
central modality of what has come to be known as virtual exchange.