Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
Guidance for staff
Technology for COIL
As covered in the section on partner agreement, it is important that a discussion of technology and access takes place when planning COIL activity.
Staff: Course Materials
All course materials relating to COIL should be uploaded in the usual way to each institution’s platform(s) and mirrored on the partner institution’s platform(s) so that students are not given conflicting information. Assessment outlines should be uploaded as usual to each institution’s platform.
UofG partner educators should set up a section within the course Moodle (or equivalent) and clearly signpost which materials and activities relate to the COIL project.
Staff: Live Sessions
All synchronous sessions (e.g. lectures or staff-led seminars) should be delivered using platforms that are able to be accessed by all participants at each partner institution and that comply with any local data sharing regulations, e.g. GDPR.
A typical scenario might be that the UofG partner sets up Zoom sessions and shares links with UofG students via the usual course platform (e.g. the course Moodle). The partner shares the link with their students via their own usual course platform (which may or may not be Moodle).
If a partner proposes a platform for delivery that you are unfamiliar with, please consult with your local learning technologist or the IT Help Desk.
We strongly recommend that all sessions are recorded and shared by each partner institution with their own student, by upload to each course platform.
Students: Course Materials
As above, all UofG course materials will be available in the usual way via the course platform, i.e. normally Moodle.
Students: Assessment
Assessments should be submitted as usual via the course platform, i.e. normally Moodle.
Collaborative Activities
Students will need a way of collaborating with a group composed of equal numbers of UofG and partner institution students. These partner institution students will not be enrolled on the UofG platforms e.g. Moodle, so the usual platforms e.g. Moodle Forum will not be available.
Students should be provided with contact details for all group members to enable collaboration.
An appropriate model would be for students to be provided with email addresses for all group members so that they can organise their collaborative project. UofG students could either set up Zoom sessions by using their UofG account and share the link with all group members, or they could set up a Teams group for their project and invite all group members (students are able to set up Teams and invite external user to join).