Please visit the Global Challenges Teaching Award page for more details on the award. We also invite you to join us for an informational webinar on November 16 …[Read more]

Please take a look below at the events of the WC2 Symposium, which is running from 8-9am EST, August 9-12.  The 8/9 session features LaGuardia’s Prof. Olga Aksakalova, who will address new support for COIL partnership development within the WC2 network.  That session will also cover  WC2’s new Peer Partnerships initiative, designed to…[Read more]

Please take a look below at the events of the WC2 Symposium, which is running from 8-9am EST, August 9-12.  The 8/9 session features LaGuardia’s Prof. Olga Aksakalova, who will address new support for COIL partnership development within the WC2 network.  That session will also cover  WC2’s new Peer Partnerships initiative, designed to…[Read more]

We hope everyone is enjoying some downtime in good health.  We also apologize for sending this out during a week when many of us are trying to disconnect and recalibrate, but there is an opportunity coming up early in the new year to put COIL on the radar of campus and University leadership, and we would like to distribute a survey t…[Read more]

We hope everyone is enjoying some downtime in good health.  We also apologize for sending this out during a week when many of us are trying to disconnect and recalibrate, but there is an opportunity coming up early in the new year to put COIL on the radar of campus and University leadership, and we would like to distribute a survey t…[Read more]

All good questions.

(1) Yes, the Stevens Initiative supports virtual exchange (and other projects) between institutions in the U.S. and MENA countries.  Some more details are included as a header to the workshop application, so faculty who are interested have enough information to decide whether this is a good fit for them.

(2)…[Read more]

I hope you’re all healthy and managing well under the circumstances.  I realize you are all deluged with professional development options this summer, but wanted to make sure you’re aware of the following opportunity.  Please feel free to share it with colleagues who may be interested.

We have a grant proposal in the pipeline to the S…[Read more]

I hope you’re all healthy and managing well under the circumstances.  I realize you are all deluged with professional development options this summer, but wanted to make sure you’re aware of the following opportunity.  Please feel free to share it with colleagues who may be interested.

We have a grant proposal in the pipeline to the S…[Read more]

I’d like to to set up a meeting to collect input from all CTL members, instructional designers, librarians and others who support faculty developing COIL courses.

This will be about capacity to support COIL/IVE development over the summer, if we are able to meaningfully scale up the number of CUNY and foreign faculty interested…[Read more]

SUNY’s COIL Center has graciously invited CUNY COIL/IVE practitioners (and those interested) to their upcoming virtual events, including one scheduled for tomorrow at 10am.  Please see the full invitation below.

This has already been circulated to the study abroad community, but please feel free to share this with colleagues who may…[Read more]

I think the issue is whether this particular conference is open to contributions from COIL-interested faculty outside of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.  Because of the proposal wording…[Read more]

Proposals are now being sought for presentations and panels at a COIL colloquium, to be held on April 12, 2019 at LaGuardia Community College.  Participation throughout CUNY is invited, and proposals will be accepted through January 15, 2019.

Details on proposal submissions are available at http://bit.ly/2AX8Dnl.

Special thanks to…[Read more]

Although the SUNY COIL conference will not be in NYC this year, this event at SUNY FIT in midtown may be of interest.  COIL is part the agenda, but is not the primary focus.  It’s on Nov. 2nd and registration is $50.

Best,

Kim

Beyond the Bamboo Canvas: 

Innovative Instruction for a Globalized Classroom

You are invited to jo…[Read more]

CUNY’s upcoming IT conference will be useful for anyone working on COIL course development or support.  Please see here for details: http://www.govtech.com/education/events/CUNY-IT-Conference.html#/overview.

The conference is free but often fills up, so please register soon if you are interested.

Best,

Kim

http://csitoday.com/2018/09/college-of-staten-island-selected-for-u-s-japan-coil-initiative/#.W6VRqvlReJB

Because you may be planning your conference resources and schedule for 2019, here’s an update on the COIL conference.  Please note that this is based on email communication, and hasn’t been formally announced yet:

We are working with a consortium of universities who will plan the newly-named International Virtual Exchange Conference…[Read more]

CUNY’s Office of International Education is receiving outreach from the Universidad de Francisco Vitorio in Madrid, which offers courses in English in game studies.  Their primary interest is in a bilateral program that would allow their students to study at a CUNY college in exchange for our students’ attendance at UFV, so…[Read more]

Please note that the 2018 COIL conference will be in NYC (at SUNY FIT) on March 16-17, and that the early bird deadline is January 24th.  CUNY faculty and staff receive the same discount as SUNY participants (-$25) from the registration cost.  The conference site is https://suny.edu/coilconference18.

Best,

Kim

You can register at http://coil.suny.edu/conference.

If you attempt to register and are not able to, please contact me. Our role as hosts may allow us to ask for special consideration, and I’ll do my best if y…[Read more]