What is COIL?

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Building upon FIU’s deep experience creating hundreds of impactful global learning courses, our Office of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) brings diverse faculty and students together to engage in peer-to-peer intercultural dialogue and meaningful projects across borders of time, space, language, and discipline. COIL deepens knowledge, broadens perspectives, fosters personal growth, and opens doors to new international friendships and professional opportunities for students and faculty alike.

COIL (pioneered by SUNY) is an international teaching and learning methodology facilitated through technology and intentional curriculum design. With COIL, two or more faculty partners located in different countries and institutions collaborate to develop a series of synchronous and asynchronous activities for their students to complete together in international teams using a variety of digital communication and collaboration tools. 

Since COIL is an embedded module within their course of study, participating students gain access to the world and its diversity without incurring any additional cost.

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COIL Virtual Exchange Leadership Institute

This 6-week institute will bring together leadership teams from US and international higher education institutions to integrate Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Virtual Exchange into their curricula and internationalization plans. 

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We are dedicated to helping you achieve success with COIL. Whether you want to learn more about COIL, find a faculty partner, participate in COIL professional development, or connect to other global learning experiences, we're here to help.

Continue your global journey

Did your COIL experience spark an interest in international travel? Are you an international student who wants to experience FIU in-person? From study abroad to FIU's English Language Institute, explore our curated list of more global learning opportunities offered at FIU and beyond:

By the numbers

  • 184

    COILs implemented since 2017

  • 96

    FIU COIL partner institutions located in 30 countries and 5 continents

  • 11,034

    FIU and international students engaged

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