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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 introducing yourself to the students in your international partner classroom. The purpose is to both give a sense of the course content, and personalize the experience and 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 and five-point response rubric so an on-line discussion creates 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. 1. Make it a closed group. Once you create a page for your course, or for each global team, you can add the student names to the group, sending a facebook message to each to join the group, then close the group so no one but the members and faculty can see and comment. 2. Encourage thoughtful posts with questions to encourage discussion. Use this simple five point response rubric to help shape deeper dialogue. 3. Encourage student-produced short video clips to greet, say thanks, summarize a meeting. |
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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, I 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 Greg Tuke made 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. |