Create a COIL (Collaborative online international learning)

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    Category of recipe: Internationalisation through pedagogical activities and development of international skills.

    Objective: Inclusion and reaching students who cannot travel on a long mobility: by enabling new and more flexible mobility formats, COILs aim at reaching all types of students from all backgrounds, study fields and cycles. COILs allow teachers to develop international skills and networks.

    Short description: COIL is a virtual exchange in reference to online teaching centred on interuniversity collaboration, both between teachers and between students, and enriched by the approaches and experiences of each, including an intercultural dimension. Different teaching models are possible. Courses can be entirely online or, more commonly, they can be organised face-to-face at each of the partner institutions, with an online dimension to the teaching. The duration of the COILs varies from a block module to a full-semester course.

    Academic recognition: ECTS.

    Level of difficulty: Medium

    Calendar and time needed:
    Square red.png Ideally, start building your COIL 1 year before the training delivery.

    • At HES-SO, a call is launched every year in order to support the development of COILs. A grant is given to support the organisation of a COIL.


    Cost summary: €

    Language and level required: Language level required to follow the course, depending on the pedagogical contents.

    Roles and Responsibilities:
    Square red.png Co-Partner University (at least 2): develop the pedagogical aspects of the COIL.
    Square red.png Professor(s) who teach in the COIL.
    Square red.png Students who participate in the COIL.
    Square red.png International Relations Office: to help for the administrative tasks and to allow grants if available.
    Square red.png IT support: to help students with technical aspects before and during the COIL.
    Square red.png Advisor in internationalisation (if this resource is available in your university): can give you more information on how to start designing a COIL.

    Ingredients:
    Square red.png The COIL is identified in the university's basic education programme (Bachelor's/Master's) or in the framework study plan.
    Square red.png ECTS credits are allocated based on an assessment of performance.
    Square red.png The COIL is a synchronous or partially asynchronous online course/module/project.
    Square red.png The COIL is organised in partnership with at least one foreign higher education institution.

    Steps:
    Square red.png Step 1: Identify the need of a COIL / Develop the concept of your COIL
    Square red.png Step 2: Look for a partner university and a tandem of teachers who are willing to work together
    Square red.png Step 3: Ensure that the COIL is part of the learning content of the study plan.
    Square red.png Step 4: Define the learning objectives with the partner university.
    Square red.png Step 5: Develop the teaching material in collaboration with the partner university
    Square red.png Step 6: Set the teaching dates.
    Square red.png Step 7: Set the evaluation method(s).
    Square red.png Step 8: Apply for a possible grant at your university (Erasmus or else).
    Square red.png Step 9: Teach the COIL
    Square red.png Step 10: Evaluate the COIL

    Budget description: Grant available at the HES-SO, for example CHF 4400.-/COIL. Contact your International Relations Office for more information.

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