Submitted by: Michelle Wynn, mwynn@uca.edu on 11/12/2025
The Center for Global Learning and Engagement is again working with the Center for
Excellence in Teaching and Academic Leadership to offer the sixth annual Global Learning
Institute (GLI), which provides an introduction to Collaborative Online International Learning
(COIL). The two-day training will be held May 18-19, 2026.
Since summer 2021, 47 UCA faculty have attended the GLI with faculty members from our
international partners. As of fall 2025, UCA has trained 47 faculty in COIL methodology.
Thus far, 21 COIL-trained faculty in 5 Colleges and 12 different Departments or Schools
have taught a COIL for 605 UCA students.
GLI participants will learn about the COIL pedagogy and strategies for designing
collaborative projects aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(#GlobalGoals). Participants also will hear from international partners and explore intended
and unintended learning outcomes, assessment practices, and research opportunities. GLI
participants will receive a $100 stipend and two catered lunches. Participants are expected
to attend both days and to work with an international partner during the 2026-27 academic
year to implement a COIL project.
Applications will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2026, and applicants
will be notified by late-April. Submit your application online!
What is COIL?
The term COIL was coined in 2006 by Jon Rubin, who worked for the State University of New
York (SUNY COIL Center). According to Rubin (2021), “COIL utilizes the Internet to empower
students and instructors around the world to develop curiosity, flexibility, and generosity in
concert with their academic partners. This benefits two or more classrooms of collaborating
students, usually located in different countries, who have had different life experiences. COIL is
also a way for students and instructors to learn about their discipline from a new perspective
and can be a method for engaging those with other experiences and perspectives about how
this knowledge might be applied.”
For more information visit www.uca.edu/global-learning. Contact Dr. Phillip Bailey at
phillipb@uca.edu