An inclusive, environmentally friendly teaching and learning method used to internationalise the curriculum, in which educators from different educational institutions in different countries connect to co-design and co-facilitate collaborative online learning assignments that are embedded within the curriculum, with the goal of facilitating the development of students’ collaborative skills, intercultural competence, and curriculum content learning through collaboration (Hacket et al., 2024).
COIL is based on the co-teaching of two or more teachers from universities in different countries who jointly deliver their teaching activities without the necessity of travel.
Cooperation with UMA
The Technical University of Liberec and the University of Maine at Augusta cooperate within the COIL.