- peer assessment. Use a 'peer feedback form' (e.g. Google Forms or other tools) to gain insight into the contributions of each student to the group process.
Funding
Assessment
- assess the final product of the COIL collaboration, e.g. through a common presentation, paper, video clip... . Use a rubric and assess more than just the content;
- reflection. After the COIL experience, students write a final reflection, in which they explain how they applied their learning objectives during the group trajectory;
Intensity
Blend@UGent
Students work together to:
- build effective international/intercultural teams;
- discuss the assignments and contents of the COIL component;
- carry out a project-based activity;
- reflect on the academic contents and their international/intercultural dimension.
COIL usually lasts several weeks. It can either be a stand-alone course unit, or be part of a course unit. Students are assessed separately at each of the participating partners.
There are various digital tools and electronic learning environments available to facilitate COIL.
Internationalisation@Home
Lecturers work together to:
- define the learning outcomes;
- determine the duration of the interaction and to stimulate interaction;
- design comparative and collaborative activities;
- choose methodologies and online tools;
- monitor the students' learning and work.
Practical Examples
How?
Although COIL comes in many variations, there are a number of significant common elements:
What?
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) brings together lecturers and students from different countries and cultures to learn, to discuss and to collaborate as part of a particular course unit. COIL initiatives can be either disciplinary or interdisciplinary in nature. They stimulate active and collaborative learning with a special focus on intercultural interaction and understanding.
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
