{"id":2303,"date":"2026-03-24T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/?page_id=2303"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:09:15","slug":"coil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/coil\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is COIL?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103\" style=\"width: 163px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1103\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/01\/06205848\/Paz-Pintane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"185\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Paz Pintane, COIL Coordinator (<a href=\"mailto:maria.p.pintane@vanderbilt.edu\">email<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>These &#8220;COILs&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p>(Jon Rubin, Networker (IIEB) &#8211; Fall 2023 &#8211; Who is Leading Whom and How?)<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coilconnect.org\">Learn more about COIL Virtual Exchange at COIL Connect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Available to borrow from the Center for Languages:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2353 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/03\/COIL-Guidebook-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/03\/COIL-Guidebook-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/03\/COIL-Guidebook.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><em>The Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange: Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning<br \/>\n<\/em>Edited by Jon Rubin and Sarah Guth<br \/>\nThis is the authoritative guide to implementing COIL Virtual Exchange, conceived, and<br \/>\nco-edited by one of the originators of this innovative approach to internationalization,<br \/>\nJon Rubin. COIL, the acronym for Collaborative Online International Learning, is a<br \/>\ncentral modality of what has come to be known as virtual exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;COILs&#8221; run from four to eight weeks and are embedded in existing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2355,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}