Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Opportunity

[Sophia Abbot]

Dear ISSOTL Colleagues,

One of my faculty colleagues in our Animal and Veterinary Sciences program is seeking an international partner to collaborate with her on a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program. COIL programs allow students to collaborate cross-culturally and gain from international experiences without the need to physically travel--expanding global learning access to students for whom travel might be prohibitive. If you or anyone you know are based outside of the US, and would be interested in embedding some international collaboration and learning for your students into one of your courses, please reach out to me, or to Zarah directly. I have pasted the full details of her call below.

• "I will be teaching Animal Diseases in Spring semester of 2027 (January-April) at the University of Rhode Island (USA), and am looking for an international faculty partner who is also teaching during that time frame, in English. The course does not need to be related to animal diseases, as there are many valuable interdisciplinary projects that could be incorporated into this class (such as a project on zoonotic diseases with an human health oriented class, microbiological aspects of disease with a basic biology course, economic or political implications of animal diseases with a policy or economics class etc). Together, we would develop a 5-8 week long project around our topics of choice that the students would work on. Collaborative Online International Learning Programs (COIL) allow students to experience different cultures and topics without the need for travel. These programs pair faculty in two different university systems to develop a group project. Students from the two universities are paired or put in small groups to develop their project over the course of of 5-8 weeks, and in doing so learn about the other country, the cultural experience of the students and the course content. My university has an experienced and dedicated team to help with the development and implantation of this program within the curriculum, so no previous COIL experience is required. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or ideas! 
  Sincerely, 
Zarah Deutsch, DVM, CertAqV (zarah....@uri.edu)
Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Rhode Island
Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
Pronouns: she/her/hers"