About COIL – Collaborative Online International Learning

Connecting students and faculty across HUC member universities through shared virtual learning experiences and intercultural academic collaboration.
Academic Working Group

COIL — Collaborative Online International Learning — connects courses, students and faculty from different HUC member universities through structured virtual collaboration. The initiative allows students to work together across borders as part of their regular academic experience, fostering intercultural exchange, disciplinary learning and international collaboration without requiring physical mobility.

Through COIL-based projects, faculty members jointly design learning activities that bring students from different institutions into dialogue around shared topics, challenges or assignments.

Objectives

  • Integrate intercultural learning into regular courses and academic programs.
  • Foster student collaboration across countries, disciplines, and institutions.
  • Support faculty members in developing joint virtual learning experiences.
  • Strengthen global perspectives and cross-cultural competencies within the HUC network.

How it works?

Faculty members from multiple HUC member universities collaboratively design a virtual learning activity to incorporate into their courses.
Students participate in online collaboration through shared assignments, discussions, or projects, engaging with peers from other institutions while remaining enrolled in their home university courses.
COIL projects can differ in duration, format, and discipline, but they all aim to foster meaningful academic interactions across institutions through virtual collaboration.

Past Updates

Shaping Global Citizens Online: The New Normal in Tec de Monterrey

The global pandemic has reshaped the way universities teach, by searching for new collaboration. Global Vision is a core competency for Tec de Monterrey and for the Educational Model TEC21. That’s why the Vice Rectory for International Affairs decided on the design Global Week: Diversity...

Consortium fortifies commitment to create collaborations

Members of the University of Miami-led Hemispheric University Consortium share a fresh outlook for the fall semester and launch a new website that enhances a connection between education, research, and innovation....
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