What is COIL@RGU
COIL or Collaborative Online International Learning is an educational approach where groups or individual students from one institution collaborate with groups or individual students from another institution, in a different country and/or culture, on sustained and assessed projects or assignments, developed collaboratively by tutors from both partner institutions. The collaborative work takes place online, using freely available and commonly used communication technology.
Participating in COIL@RGU projects will provide students with skills and confidence to enter the global, multicultural, digitally competent workforce. These skills include intercultural competence, cross-border teamwork, digital literacy and collaboration. Using freely available online technology, COIL@RGU projects enable more students to take advantage of the international collaborative learning opportunities, regardless of their geographic location.
Student feedback
“In huge international companies you have to work with people all over the world and there won’t be time to see how different social interaction is, so students should do multicultural team projects to prepare them better for their future working career.”
- COIL@RGU participant
COIL@RGU partners
Our students at RGU have participated in several COIL projects, collaborating with partners from across the world.
COIL@UArtctic Resources
Access all up-to-date COIL resources, including how to develop and run COIL projects on the COIL@UArctic website.
COIL@UArctic is a future-focused, globally connected, virtual learning strategy for UArctic members and partner institutions with a focus on biodiversity education and other issues, important to the North.
COIL pedagogy is very flexible, and COIL projects can come in all shapes and sizes. Discover here the typical stages of COIL project design, delivery and conclusion, and how to make the most of the experience.
Wondering how to make the most of COIL experience as a participant? Look no further. COIL is an opportunity to develop many types of skills, that will come very handy in your career development.
COIL@UArctic Moodle
Access more information about COIL, tools and project examples, available to RGU staff and students.
Contact
We are looking forward to collaborating with many excellent institutions, industry and community partners around the world.
If you would like to find out more about how you can work with RGU on a COIL project please get in touch.