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 […]
SMC Global Classroom – Celtic Studies and Mediaeval Studies
The project was designed to help students access Mediaeval and Celtic manuscripts and artifacts in lieu of travel to Maynooth University in Ireland. In place of travel the project aimed to construct a studio and electronic classroom to provide students access to digitized materials and engage faculty and librarians at Maynooth University to explore their […]
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.
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 […]
Outbound Mobility at UPEI: A Stronger, More Unified, and Reflective Approach
This project propose to investigate, create, and implement new approaches to guide students through an international mobility experience. Through surveys and focus groups University of Prince Edward Island was able to survey students and interview faculty/staff to better understand student needs and understand the consensus on campus for Study Abroad visibility, support etc. From the […]
uOCoach: The World starts here!
The University has developed uOCoach, a twinning program that enables students to prepare for their mobility activities abroad with support from foreign students or students who have already done mobility activities abroad. The University will therefore be able to develop a corpus of non-traditional destinations for outbound mobility. In order to increase interest in outbound […]
Increasing International Mobility in Atlantic Canada: Reducing Barriers/Enhancing Capacity to Deliver Programs
This project seek to understand and address barriers to outbound mobility activities for students, particularly the target groups. This project focused on 3 main goals: 1) establish a baseline of outbound mobility programs in Atlantic Canada by identifying available resources, individual best practices, common barriers facing Mobility Professionals, institutional strengths, and areas for resource sharing […]
Expanding access to global learning opportunities – an equity-based, student-centred re-design
This project was focused on expanding access to global learning opportunities, particularly for equity-deserving groups. It involved a review of existing communications and provided recommended marketing principles to adopt based on best practices in inclusive study abroad marketing. It also involved the development of both passive advising content and resources surrounding preparing to go abroad […]
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, […]
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 […]