University of Toronto’s Global Challenges Hackathon
The Global Learning Case Competition invited student solutions to increase accessible and innovative educational mobility opportunities for Canadian post-secondary students. Over a 36-hour period, students from across the University of Toronto campuses and students from international partner universities worked in teams to conceptualize and present a career-relevant and cost-effective university global learning program. The criteria […]
Interdisciplinary virtual mobility though exterior classes for undergraduate students
The virtual mobility project brought together four groups/classes of French and Québécois university students enrolled in education science and psychology courses. Six videos of teaching staff in action with their students in an exterior class environment were developed, along with 13 theoretical modules developed by professors and educational consultants. These practical and theoretical resources enabled […]
Global Community Challenge YYC
This project piloted the GLOBAL COMMUNITY CHALLENGE YYC an 8-week competition that creates opportunities for students to work in all-virtual teams to identify solutions to real world issues faced by local organizations in Calgary with global reach. The virtual format increases accessibility: zero-fees, zero-travel, enabling students from international partner universities to work together with UCalgary […]
University of Regina International Outbound Student Mobility Initiative
University of Regina International is hosting virtual seminars to educate students, faculty and the campus community on the benefits of studying internationally and working with them to create long term plans to study abroad when physical mobility allows. University of Regina worked with departments on campus, previous exchange students and potential exchange students to look […]
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Resource & Program Development
University of Saskatchewan developed a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) platform where students can collaborate via web-based tools, developing interpersonal and intercultural competencies. Through COIL courses, more students will now see and experience global learning through a world-class virtual opportunity.
Global Learning for All – COIL
With disruption comes the need to innovate. Using the innovation fund, 17 Seneca faculty and 16 faculty from partner schools around the world were trained on an innovative virtual mobility model called COIL: Collaborative Online International Learning. The training led to the creation of 16 virtual collaborations across various disciplines, which will be implemented in […]
Developing Global Education Opportunities in Degree Breadth Curriculum at Sheridan College
This project initiated the development of a sustainable, accessible international education program within Sheridan College’s cross-college liberal arts elective curriculum and built capacity for further adoption of the method across the college. Using COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning), curricular partnerships were formed with international institutions by pairing pilot courses from Sheridan’s Degree Breadth Elective pool, […]
Pueblos Originarios en Argentina: UBC and Universidad Austral
The Virtual Forum on Indigenous Peoples of the Global South consisted of four 1.5-hour long workshops for Indigenous students at UBC to learn with and from Indigenous peoples of Argentina and Brazil. Throughout the workshops students were in active discussions with Indigenous community members from Argentina and Brazil to learn about their life history, cultural […]
TRU Indigenous Student Mobility Program
Thompson Rivers University’s Indigenous Education and All My Relations (AMR) Research Centre collaborated to expand the Indigenous Cultural Education Exchange (ICEE) to engage international partners in the creation of an international cohort of TRU’s Knowledge Makers Journal program. This program builds on the ICEE 3-week short-term program engaging Indigenous (CAN), Aboriginal (AUS) and Maori (NZ) […]
Circumpolar Studies
Trent University offers an online Circumpolar Studies (CS) Diploma and is developing a CS Institute to encourage new program development among post-secondary institutions. This project focus is to build a COIL virtual exchange framework that guides further developments and the implementation of a scalable COIL program.