Collaborative Online International Learning(COIL) Virtual Exchange Project: Internationalizing the campus and increasing global connectivity
Algoma University is piloting Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Virtual Exchange as a new mobility-focused innovation project. The goal of this project is to develop COIL-based courses that improve accessibility and participation, especially among under-represented student groups, providing an innovative virtual intercultural learning experience. Although virtual exchange programs are different from the real-life experiences of […]
Virtual exchange and outbound mobility
Those learners considering international work, travel abroad, but can’t afford it or are nervous about going alone, participating in this virtual exchange program was a substitute for our yearly short-term visit to Japan, a program that would have been partially funded by the school of business. Similarly, the objectives for the virtual pilot were increase […]