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OVERVIEW EXPLANATION OF THE COIL TEACHING STRATEGY
Faculty introduction to COIL courses is a clear, concise video offering an overview of what a COIL course is and its key elements. This video introduces faculty to the design elements of COIL courses and why this kind of direct, international engagement is essential for students entering today's work world. |
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HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS FACULTY TO STUDENTS VIRTUALLY.
Welcome Future University is an example for introducing yourself to students in your international partner classroom. The purpose is to give a sense of the course content while personalizing the experience, and to begin building a relationship with those distant students. It also models the idea for students that relationship-building is an essential first task in working on a collaborative global team. |
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TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO ENGAGE DEEPLY WHILE VIRTUAL
A model for great on-line responses is a training video I use with students to teach the art of a good on-line discussion. The video offers a five-point response rubric for on-line discussions to create real engagement, rather than just "show and tell" postings. |
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TIPS FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING AND ON-LINE DISCUSSIONS
International Collaboration Learning with Skype offers concrete and practical tips for conducting live video conferencing and on-line discussions. Facebook is popular across the globe, but as educators we don't often think of it as a useful tool in courses. With three simple steps, you can change how its used and turn it into a prime tool for collaborating across cultures, continents and classrooms. |
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HOW TO STIMULATE CREATIVITY IN STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS
Secret Agent is a bit whacky but is the kind of creativity that is stimulated by doing COIL courses. If we want to have our students tap into their own creative talents in doing project-based learning, we want to model it as well. Here is how I gave one class their assignment to form their first global teams.. The intent is to have students identify the key strengths of each member of their global team, to help tap into the full power of the group, an essential skill in successful team problem-solving. |
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OVERVIEW PRESENTATION OF COIL COURSE STRUCTURE
International Collaborations Symposium is a twenty five minute presentation of mine, produced at the University of Washington for faculty from the Western United States.. The presentation provides a broad overview of the key elements of teaching a COIL course. |
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COIL INTRODUCTORY WEBINAR
Collaborating across countries and classrooms is a one hour recorded seminar for university faculty across the country. The webinar is both presentation and discussion on the key COIL elements for teaching a range of COIL courses. |
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COIL FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
Social Media and Global Change tells a powerful transformative story of participating in a COIL course, told through the eyes of a participating student. If offers insights into how it feels and what is learned while working on key social issues in this three-country collaborative. Participants are from Seattle University-USA, Future University-Egypt and Moroccan university students, working in collaboration with selected community organizations in each country. ELEMENTS OF COIL COURSE DESIGN FOR FACULTY
COIL course design principles provides a framework for faculty looking for the concrete components for turning an existing course you already teach into a COIL design course. What are typical activities that happen inside a classroom are contrasted with the elements you design for outside the classroom walls, including synchronous and asynchronous communication. The framework is based on my experiences drawn from teaching nearly two dozen COIL courses, and from the experience of faculty I have worked with and coached locally and internationally. |