COIL Activities

  • 3rd COIL Conference brought 150+ attendees to SUNY Global Center

    Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 15:43

    Collaboration and Technology in International Online Learning Environments: Constructing a New Paradigm

     COIL 3rd Conference

    The 3rd COIL Conference held March 31st-April 1st, 2011 at the SUNY Global Center was very successful with attendees departing openly enthusiastic about the sharing, learning and networking that had taken place over the two days of the event.

    The fully-booked conference brought together over 150 faculty members, international programs staff, instructional design/technology staff, and upper-level university administrators from 35 SUNY campuses as well as over 40 other institutions from around the USA and abroad. Attendees were provided with a rich overview of the developing field of globally networked learning and had the opportunity to network and share experiences and innovative teaching models. Nearly 100 people also tuned into the event via our live webcast.

    * NEW Click here to access the conference video archive and copies of the PowerPoint presentations from the event.

    * NEW Click here for photos from the conference.

  • Nodal Network Meeting

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/18/2010 - 14:31

    Friday, November 12th 2010.

    For the first time, representatives from all seven Nodal Network campuses (Purchase; Ulster; Binghamton; Delhi; Cortland; New Paltz and Cobleskill) convened at COIL's new home, the SUNY Global Center in Midtown Manhattan, to discuss plans for the upcoming year. The meeting included a range of discussions of new and existing initiatives around SUNY including a presentation on the Levin Institute's New York In The World project by Rebecca Smolar (seen above) and a discussion of COIL's planned participation in Levin's Global Workforce Project.

    Also during the meeting, Prof. Rubin, COIL's director, announced a new Nodal Network Faculty Development Grant to help faculty at these campuses build COIL courses in one of three modalities: two week online lectures/presentations linked to shared student reflections; 3-6 course modules; and 7 week or more full course. 

    For more information about the COIL Nodal Network click here.

     

  • COIL to deliver SLOAN-C Pre-Conference Workshop

    Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 09:44

    September 28th, 2010.

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    On November 3rd, 2010, COIL's  Jon Rubin, Melanie Wilson and Tony Lemieux (virtually) will be delivering a pre-conference workshop at the 16th annual SLOAN-C conference in Orlando, Florida. The workshop titled Developing Collaborative Online International Courses will be using the COIL Faculty Guide for Collaborative Online International Learning Course Development as a tool to discuss key issues when collaborating across borders and develop course content.

     

    In this workshop participants will explore the dynamics of establishing and running globally networked courses, in which university classrooms in different countries are linked together, with students collaborating cross-culturally in online project work. To facilitate this workshop the new Faculty Guide for Collaborative Online International Course Development will be used to reinforce the concepts raised during the session. We invite faculty and instructional design staff to this workshop to participate together and jointly explore the dynamics of this format of course development. We seek participants who have an active interest in developing online international courses, who might have begun to conceptualize such a course or who may already have an international partner with whom they want to work. However, within the workshop we will discuss partnering and course development, so those who are just now thinking about this modality are also welcome. [Click here for workshop listings and full description]

     

     Click here for SLOAN-C Conference registration information.