Jie Zhang
SUNY Brockport, United States
Dr. Jie Zhang is a Professor of Special Education at State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport. She earned her Ph.D. in Exceptional Learning from Tennessee Technological University. Her research focuses on intervention efficacy for children with disabilities, services for culturally and linguistically diverse children and families, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in higher education pedagogy and assessment. At the national or international level, she has published 37 peer-reviewed articles, 11 book chapters, one co-edited book, as well as 93 conference presentations and 23 invited workshops. Since 2018, Zhang has taught COIL-enhanced courses with partner universities across Brazil, China, France, Mexico, Sweden, and Ukraine. She received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador Award, Outstanding Academic Advising Award, inaugural Outstanding Global Engagement Award, and most recently, Outstanding Service to the University Award.
“COIL transcends traditional educational boundaries by providing students with a cost-effective gateway to global learning—anytime and anywhere—while fostering authentic, meaningful human connections across cultures, languages, and countries. Welcome to our COIL community!”
Project Information
Partner Institutions:
Dr. Malin Glimang, Malmö University, Sweden, 1 semester, Spring 2018;
Dr. Vera Capellini, São Paulo State University (UNESP) – Bauru, Brazil, 5 semesters, Fall 2018-Fall 2020;
Dr. Haipu Bi, Changzhou University, China, 4 semesters, Spring 2019-Fall 2020;
Dr. Sandra Gudiño, Tecnologico De Monterrey, Mexico & Dr. Morag Martin, SUNY Brockport, the U.S., 1 semester, Fall 2019;
Dr. Silvia Garcia, Universidad del Caribe, Mexico, 4 semesters, Spring 2021-Fall 2022;
Dr. Cynthia Boyer, Institut National Universitaire Champollion (INUC), France, 7 semesters, Spring 2021-Fall 2024;
Dr. Mariana Sokol, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (TNPU), Ukraine, 6 semesters, Fall 2021-Fall 2024
Project Summary: In the most recent COIL project, Dr. Jie Zhang, a Professor of Special Education at SUNY Brockport in the United States, Dr. Mariana Sokol, a Professor of Foreign Languages at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University in Ukraine, and Dr. Cynthia Boyer, an Assistant Professor of Anglo-American Studies at Institut National Universitaire Champollion in France have co-taught a three-way COIL project since Fall 2021. This COIL project aimed to cultivate students’ intercultural competencies and digital literacy through authentic learning opportunities, immersive cross-cultural experiences, and structured, purposeful teamwork.
举最近的国际网络合作教学（COIL）项目为例。自2021年秋季学期起，美国纽约州立大学布洛克波特分校特殊教育教授张婕博士，乌克兰捷尔诺波尔沃洛迪米尔·赫纳蒂乌克国立师范大学外语教授玛丽安娜·索科尔博士,以及法国尚博良国立大学英美研究助理教授辛西娅·博耶博士共同教授了一个三方COIL项目。该COIL项目旨在通过与现实接轨的学习机会，沉浸式跨文化体验，以及预先规划的、有目的性的团队合作来培养学生的跨文化能力和数字素养。