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About BeCOIL

Within the scope of our COIL project we collaborate with a range of partners to enable educators and students from universities all over Berlin to take part in COIL trainings and to exchange our experiences on virtual learning.

Objectives

  • Establishment and expansion of sustainable COILs at the Berlin universities
  • Standardization of formats and use of shared resources (such as COIL training for students and instructors)
  • Improvement of non-mobile students‘ participation in obtaining international and intercultural competencies
  • Advancement of digital and methodological skills for instructors in online teaching within an international context
  • Creation of shared guidelines and quality standards for integrating COILs into international teaching and learning experiences
  • Utilization of synergies and multiplication of expertise within and beyond the network
  • Sustainable establishment of the concept of „Internationalization at Home“ for all Berlin universities.

Activities

  • Definition and formulation of further education needs in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) didactics and implementation.
  • Finding solutions for administrative obstacles (e.g. credit transfer, recognition of achievements, etc.)
    Participation in training and further education measures for COIL didactics
  • Implementation of sustainable COILs in collaboration with international partners
  • Regular exchange of experiences between the associated universities.
  • Inter-cultural support and preparation courses for students before and during COIL activities to ensure international learning
  • Presentation of results at national and international network meetings and conferences
  • Utilization of a shared online presence (e.g. website, social media).
  • Development of best practice formats

What is COIL

Collaborative Online International Learning is a virtual exchange or global classroom format. Students and teachers from at least two different countries work online and collaboratively across national borders on a topic or issue. COILs offer location-bound participants the opportunity to exchange ideas internationally anyways.

COIL courses are conducted synchronously as well as asynchronously, are anchored in the curriculum or are offered as electives. They offer a good and forward-looking opportunity to link study programs and cooperation with partner universities more closely and to promote an international change of perspective and exchange of experience among students and teachers.

Projects

Water Trilogy
Water Trilogy KABK the Hague x UDK Berlin x LHI Reijkjavik
Teaching The Teacher: A COIL Workshop Series
S-Socioling and Varieties of English: Language and Ecology
“What Do You Mean?”: Experiencing Culture through Language
Critical Infrastructure and Digitalisation (CID)
MOTIVATE! – Mobile and Online Tandems for International Vocational Teacher Education
Gender and Diversity in Science, Technology and Society (STEM)
Gender and Diversity in Science, Technology and Society (STEM) TU Berlin x RWTH Aachen x 5 universities from Ecuador, Mexico, Poland and Spain (see info)

Events

ICL2023 – International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning

“Towards a Hybrid, Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education” from 26th – 29th of September 2023, Madrid, Spain The ICL 2023 combines two conferences in one: the 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning and the 52nd IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy. This interdisciplinary conference aims to focus on the exchange

Medientechnik für hybride Lehre – vom kleinen Seminarraum bis zum großen Hörsaal

05.07.23 von 13:00-13:55 Uhr (hybrid) Das Berliner Netzwerk Hybride Lehre lädt Lehrende ALLER Berliner Hochschulen (und darüber hinaus) zu einer hybriden Veranstaltungsreihe mit Information, Diskussion und kollegialem Austausch ein. Als Auftakt wird im Rahmen des #LunchtalksLehre der HU ein Beitrag zur Medientechnik für hybride Lehre – vom kleinen Seminarraum bis