COIL: what’s in an acronym?

Bearing this in mind, it seems logical that ‘virtual mobility’ or ‘virtual exchange’ activities should be designed in a way to reproduce this profound effect of ‘exposure’. The model of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has been developed over the last 15 years to do just that, and to offer similar or better outcomes than physical mobility in terms of improved international and intercultural competences. Typically, the COIL model is applied to a course or part of a course within a larger degree programme (a ‘COIL module’). More...