Resources

Please note that this page is under continual development.

• COIL Faculty Guide for Collaborative Online International Course Development (version 1.4, 2013)
• Starke-Meyerring, D. & Wilson, M. (eds.) (2008) Designing Globally Networked Learning Environments: Visionary Partnerships, Policies and Pedagogies. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam & Tapei. First 2 chapters available at https://www.sensepublishers.com/media/243-designing-globally-networked-learning-environments.pdf). Focus on pp. 1-9, 19-28
• de Wit, H. (2013) COIL – Virtual mobility without commercialisation. 01 June 2013 University World News Global Edition Issue 274. http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130528175741647
• Ware, P. & Kramsch, C. (2005) Toward an Intercultural Stance: Teaching German and English through Telecollaboration. The Modern Language Journal, 89 (ii), pp. 191-205. Focus on pp. 191-193.
• Video: This is a TED talk presentation by Shamil Idriss, the CEO of Soliya, an American-based NGO seeking to bridge the 'West' and 'predominantly Muslim world' through Internet-based cross-cultural exchange. Please take 20 minutes of your time to watch this talk by. As you watch, try and take literal or mental notes of what strikes you most, what taps into your own personal ideas entering this new experience with COIL, why you decided to participate, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdQnKxDmFQ#t=97
• Belz, J. (2002). Social dimensions of telecollaborative language study. Language Learning & Technology, 6(1), 60-81. Retrieved January 8, 2008, from http://llt.msu.edu/vol6num1/belz/default.html
• Fuchs, C., Hauck, M., & Müller-Hartmann, A. (2012). Promoting learner autonomy through multiliteracy skills development in cross-institutional exchanges. Language Learning & Technology, 16(3), 82–102. http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2012/fuchsetal.pdf