COIL Global Network

Celebrating Our New Global Partner Network Members!

Joining SUNY COIL brings the world to your campus!

With a SUNY COIL Global Network Membership, your institution is joining a world-wide community of practice dedicated to Collaborative Online International Learning and the benefits it brings to higher education. With 130+ participating institutions, dozens of interactive professional development workshops, and a wide variety of networking opportunities, the SUNY COIL Center is the blue-chip standard of this modality and stands on the forefront of virtual exchange.

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Connect with a worldwide community of practice

SUNY COIL Global Network members gain access to the SUNY COIL listserv, quarterly partnering bulletins and fairs, and receive hands-on strategy for partner matching and institutional implementation. Members are invited to participate in monthly community webinars focused on networking and virtual exchange.

Engage your institution in global learning

Global Network Members receive reduced pricing for all professional development workshops, custom workshops, and consulting. Members are invited to participate in monthly coordinator meetings, troubleshooting clinics, and info sessions focused on supporting your institution’s COIL initiatives. You will also gain access to members-only resources such as sample syllabi and collaboration examples.

Collaborate on courses with international partners

SUNY COIL Global Network members are provided with the tools they need to get their COIL courses off the ground. Once you have found an international partner, enroll in our COIL Design workshop to develop a blueprint of your COIL Collaboration, ready for implementation. Members also gain opportunities for scholarly research, presentations, and journal articles.

Our Members

With a SUNY COIL Global Network Membership, your institution is joining a world-wide community of practice dedicated to Collaborative Online International Learning and the benefits it brings to higher education. Take a look at the map below!

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Membership Rates & Benefits

$600 per year, per institution

Includes all exclusive membership benefits listed below • benefits are available to all faculty and staff at your institution

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Partnership Support & Networking

Partnering Bulletins & Fairs

Four times a year, we distribute a form for COIL instructors and coordinators to sign up for the Partnering Bulletin and Fair. Each entry includes the professor’s name, course information, and their ideas for a virtual exchange project. All member campuses looking for partners are welcome to contribute their information.

The SUNY COIL Center then assembles all entries into a bulletin that is redistributed to the community (here is an example). Now instructors and coordinators can review and reach out to potential partners, and/or find a partner at one of our Partnering Fairs!

Monthly Info Session & Community Webinars

Monthly Introduction to COIL Webinar: Administrators, instructors, staff, and community members can learn about COIL, ask questions and get excited about doing COIL Virtual Exchange and joining the SUNY COIL Global Network Partner Community.

Community Webinars: Each month, we offer a webinar for the SUNY COIL Virtual Exchange community! The webinar focuses on one of the COIL Idea Hub topics: pedagogy, assessment, language and culture, and technology.

Monthly Coordinator Meetings

Coordinator Meetings provide an opportunity to connect with other COIL Coordinators around the world to hear updates, strategize your local COIL program, recruit and work with instructors, discuss issues, share successes and learn about new opportunities. Coordinator meetings take place the first Tuesday of the month at 10:00am ET and the first Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm ET.

Professional Development

Reduced pricing for SUNY COIL Workshops

Staff and faculty from your institution receive a 28% discount on seats in any SUNY COIL 3-week professional development workshop.

1:1 Consulting

Receive a complementary 1-hour consultation with the Director of SUNY COIL and your institution’s COIL Coordinator or COIL team. Additional consulting is offered at a discount to our members.

Exclusive Events and Resources

Idea Hubs

Idea Hubs focus on how and where COIL Virtual Exchange works within 4 different areas: Technology, Critical Interculturality, Research, and Careers. Each Idea Hub meets once a month. There is an Idea Hub meeting every week on Fridays at 11am EST (except the 5th Fridays).

COIL Clinics

COIL Clinics allow instructors, coordinators, and other community members to get answers to their questions about implementing COIL. Clinics take place the 4th Wednesday of each month at 9:00am ET and 4:00pm ET. Come to these sessions as often as you would like!

Sample Syllabi and Examples of COIL Collaborations

Members gain access to sample COIL syllabi and examples of past COIL collaborations.

Weekly Coordinator Email

Every week, all coordinators receive updates and reminders to distribute locally on their campuses. These emails are full of upcoming virtual exchange opportunities — including conferences, presentations, research and grant opportunities — as well as upcoming event announcements, shout-outs, and timely articles and resources.