UMOVE - University of Montana Online Virtual Exchange
What is COIL?
Collaboration Online International Learning (COIL) combines four essential dimensions of real virtual mobility:
- Collaborative exercise of teachers and students;
- Makes use of online technology and interaction;
- Has potential international dimensions; and
- Is integrated into the learning process (deWit, 2013)
COIL is not:
- A replacement for study abroad
- A massive open online course (MOOC) or online course
- A curriculum
- Teleconferencing
- A technology platform
- Software
COIL is:
- Team teaching across two or more cultures using online communication
- Structured so the success of students in each class depends upon the others’
- Customized, to fit the mission, culture, and learning outcomes of each institution
- Applicable to any discipline
What does a COIL project look like?
- In Fall 2020, a four-week collaboration between students from UM’s Costume Design class and Sophia University’s Art History class for the first COIL collaboration at UM
- Topic: the Western imagination of Japan through exploration of Puccini’s opera, Madama Butterfly, and Butterfly, a late 20th-century Broadway play
- Content Delivery: weekly Zoom meetings, online forum discussions, readings and videos posted in Moodle, and a collaborative group project
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