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Hello everyone! My name is Kiara Jernberg. I'm a senior at San Diego State University, majoring in Journalism & Media Studies - Advertising. For the COIL collaboration, we interacted with students from the GRG School of Management Studies in India. We used Slack to initiate an intercultural conversation revolving around Coca-Cola's social media presence in both countries. It was interesting to exchange our perspectives regarding both countries on the Slack platform. It is always helpful to gain insight into a different culture's point of view, and I definitely am more analytical and proficient in understanding how companies use social media to advertise their brand.

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Universidad Veracruzana

COIL Coordinator:
Verónica Rodríguez Luna

Nominated by
Professor Viridiana Leines Orozco

PROJECT:
IOT effect on business and Oil industry COIL Course

NOMINATION:
Ana Paola is an example of women empowering in engineering areas, She's a model to follow among her classmates because, petroleum engineering is a difficult field to open new paths for women and she's a multitask and the president of SPE Chapter in Petroleum Engineering Program in Faculty of Chemical Sciences in Poza Rica, Veracruz.Also, she did an excellent performance during the virtual collaboration.

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Universidad Veracruzana

COIL Coordinator:
Verónica Rodríguez Luna

Nominated by
Professor Jessica Badillo Guzmán

PROJECT:
Students worked in international teams, for knowing about their cultures and interchange ideas about global problems.

NOMINATION:
He is an excellent Mexican student, from a rural community and he is very interesting on COIL projects.

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Universidad Veracruzana

COIL Coordinator:
Verónica Rodríguez Luna

Nominated by
Professor Bertha Lilia Salazar Martínez

PROJECT:
Collaboration between the Universidad Veracruzana and the Universidad Federal de Pernambuco

NOMINATION:
Alan Emilio has shown a lot of interest and tenacity in his participation, he has also supported the course since he is always collaborates.

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San Pedro College
Davao, Philippines

COIL COORDINATOR:
Dr Erwin Martinez Faller

PROJECT:
The Entrepreneurial Mindset
(TEM 100)

Business Idea COIL Collaboration with University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA, Kansai University, Japan and San Pedro College Philippines.

The team develop a unique approach through COIL on business ideas that would influence the market and save the world from environmental pollution as inspired in Sustainable Development Goals 11.

The COIL engagement was also documented and used Immerse U platform that becomes their vehicle for learning and engagement with international peers.

The COIL collaboration we have unleashed the best experiences of COIL within the three Universities involved through problem based learning approach adapted in COIL experiences with the students.

NOMINATION REMARKS:

Hannah will inspire young COILers and students on how they change their mindset and unleash the true spirit of friendship, collaboration and teamwork among the COIL Team.

She is enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Program in Medical Laboratory Sciences.

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California State University, Chico
California, USA

COIL COORDINATORS:
Sara Trechter and Jennifer Gruber

PROJECT:
Global Nutrition (CSU, Chico) & Culinary Arts (USFQ, Ecuador)

Forty-four students taking a nutrition course at California State University, Chico and 14 students in a culinary art course at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador, participated in a 15-week COIL project. Over the course of the semester, students worked in groups to complete the Food Product Analysis Project in order to understand the path of a food product from field to fork. After the course, students completed the questionnaire that assessed their cultural competence, collaborative learning outcomes, outcomes related to nutrition or gastronomy, and overall course satisfaction.

NOMINATION REMARKS:
As a graduate student, Hailey West helped with course design and with research for her master's degree project in Nutrition Education. She has a unique perspective as she designed a questionnaire and analyzed what students were gaining  through cross-cultural exchange at both institutions. The focus of her master's is nutrition education, and COIL contributed significantly to her experience.

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Valencia College,
Florida USA

COIL COORDINATORS:
Lindi Kourtellis and Vannia Ruiz

PROJECT: CIS 2910 IT Capstone

Professor: Jerry Hensel

Students collaborated on a STEM project with UNISON in Mexico to create a web site and database to track asteroids and their statistical properties.

NOMINATION REMARKS:

Dan has been very proactive in standing out at embracing COIL. He always gives his personal testimony on the impact on COIL in his learning. In addition, he has stated he came from Venezuela when he was younger and loves to speaking Spanish to his Mexican teammates.

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San Diego State University
California, USA

COIL COORDINATORS:
Luis Vega and Adrienne Fusek

COURSE:
JMS 462 - Advertising Strategy & Social Media

PROJECT:
This was a true international and interdisciplinary collaboration between SDSU Global Campus the SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies from the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, and the GRG School of Management Studies from the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, India. The SDSU course that took part in this collaboration was the winter session offering of JMS 462 - Advertising Strategy & Social Media, taught by Alexa Mokalis of the School of Journalism & Media Studies, which covers the best strategic use of social media from an advertising, branded perspective. The participating GRG course was MB19DMK - Digital Marketing, taught by Dr. S. Kavitha.
As part of this COIL collaboration, students from both institutions, using Slack as the mediating technology, collaborated in  discussion boards and hosted an open-ended, intercultural conversation about a brand with a social media presence in both countries: Coca-Cola. Students from both courses were invited to evaluate the brand’s digital presence and effective use of social media in both countries.

NOMINATION REMARKS:
This student has been a rock start student who contributed to the COIL program and has expressed a great desire to share her experience with others. Here is the testimonial she provided about the COIL experience: "The COIL collaboration with the GRG School in India was a very unique experience that allowed us, JMS 462 students, to gain a global perspective in the world of advertising. It was very interesting to interact with the GRG students and see the similarities and differences in our thoughts, and I found the experience to be very gratifying hence I was able to learn from students from across the world, and share my knowledge with them as well."

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Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) -Dominican Republic

COIL COORDINATOR:
Nikauly Vargas

NOMINATED by Professor Danny Capellan Martorrel

COURSE: Intercultural Communication (TLL-100)

The COIL Module on "Tolerance and Respect: Common values to professionals from all areas" was a 7-week  interdisciplinary virtual exchange project between students from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), in Catalonia (Spain) and Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). This online training module used the methodology of collaborative exchanges (COIL) to share intercultural experiences and develop their communication skills in a global dimension.

NOMINATION REMARKS:
Valerie Valerio is a lively Senior student of Advertising in the School of Communication at UNIBE, in Santo Domingo. She is an outstanding student known for her participation in UNIBE's Cultural and Artistic groups. Valerie is always interested in strengthening her capacities as a global leader, and she has always been on the front line taking advantage of multiple internationalization opportunities, locally and abroad. During the COIL Module between UNIBE and Universitat Rovira i Virgili, one of the top students was one of the  Intercultural Communication elective last Fall Semester.

Valerie has previous experience as an Erasmus scholarship recipient (European study abroad program). From January to July 2020, she successfully completed a semester abroad in Romania with pandemic restrictions as the main challenge.

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Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) Santo Domingo,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

COIL COORDINATOR:
Nikauly Vargas

NOMINATED by Professor Dahiana Cueto

COURSE:

Education Systems in USA and Dominican Republic / Oakland Community College - UNIBE. In this project students from OCC and from Unibe shared in 2 sessions how the education system is structured in our countries. Students were divided in mixed groups where they were able to dialogue and ask each other questions to then explore answers together and present their conclusion to the whole group.

NOMINATION REMARKS:

María José participated enthusiastically in both synchronous sessions. She explained how this experience has helped her broaden her vision about education in the United States. As her teacher, I think she will be able to explain how this experience changed her mind and how it influenced her current practice.

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Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monterrey, MEXICO

COIL COORDINATOR:
Rosa Gabriela Méndez Carrera

NOMINATED by Araceli Castelán Castelán López

PROJECT >  Introducción a la Vida Profesional

OBJETIVOS DE APRENDIZAJE Al final del curso y mediante el uso de tecnologías compartidas: Podrás comprender, comunicarte y trabajar con pares de diversas culturas compartiendo perspectivas académicas y laborales. Conocerás aspectos laborales y sociológicos de otras culturas, lo que abrirá perspectivas que van más allá de tu entorno actual. Aprenderás una forma de colaborar en el aprendizaje internacional en línea, mediante la participación en tareas compartidas en una plataforma colaborativa. Además trabajaras con el análisis de un caso, en el cual deberán tomar decisiones como equipo, donde integres tus valores culturales y el análisis ético y de equidad de género.

NOMINATION REMARKS > La alumna Kiela ha sido una estudiante muy activa y en este semestre estará participando en su tercer experiencia de Global Classroom. Así mismo, es una alumna que ha tenido la oportunidad de interactuar con diversas culturas ya que también ha estado de intercambio en algunos semestres de su carrera.

Kiela es estudiante de la carrera en Negocios Internacionales en la modalidad bicultural. Considero que es una buena candidata para compartir la experiencia del Global Claddroom por la experiencia capitalizada.

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Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monterrey, MEXICO

COIL COORDINATOR:
Rosa Gabriela Méndez Carrera

NOMINATED by Maestra Diana Correa-Corrales

COURSE

Geopolitics and Technological Changes

COIL PROJECT

Five week collaboration with Wilfrid Laurier University on the topic of refugees focusing on Central and North American region. Inviting speakers from International Organisations as well as shelter, the students got to know their experiences and then in a collaborative manner reflect on the week's topics.

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School of Journalism & Media Studies
San Diego State University.
California, USA

COIL COORDINATORS:
Luis Vega and Adrienne Fusek

COURSE:
JMS 462 - Advertising Strategy & Social Media

Nominated by
Professor Alexa Mokalis

PROJECT:
This was a true international and interdisciplinary collaboration between SDSU Global Campus the SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies from the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, and the GRG School of Management Studies from the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, India. The SDSU course that took part in this collaboration was the winter session offering of JMS 462 - Advertising Strategy & Social Media, taught by Alexa Mokalis of the School of Journalism & Media Studies, which covers the best strategic use of social media from an advertising, branded perspective. The participating GRG course was MB19DMK - Digital Marketing, taught by Dr. S. Kavitha.
As part of this COIL collaboration, students from both institutions, using Slack as the mediating technology, collaborated in  discussion boards and hosted an open-ended, intercultural conversation about a brand with a social media presence in both countries: Coca-Cola. Students from both courses were invited to evaluate the brand’s digital presence and effective use of social media in both countries.

NOMINATION REMARKS:
This student has been a rock start student who contributed to the COIL program and has expressed a great desire to share her experience with others.

Here is the testimonial she provided about the COIL experience: "I took JMS 462 with Professor Mokalis during the winter session 2020-2021. Honestly, it was one of my favorite courses in the major. It was very well organized, the professor was very knowledgeable in the subject area and taught in a way that was inspiring to students. The two books that were assigned for the class were modern and fun to read--they also connected well with the course material and were very engaging. We also participated in a COIL collaboration with the GRG School of Management Services in India, with guest lecturer, Dr. Kavitha. It was an incredibly fruitful experience collaborating with students across the world, specifically discussing Coca-Cola's use of social media in both countries." - Kiara Jernberg, SDSU student -Advertising Major

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The GRG School of Management Studies, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Coimbatore, India

COURSE:
MB19DMK - Digital Marketing

Nominated by:
Dr. S. Kavitha.

NOMINATION REMARKS:
This student has been a rock start student who contributed to the COIL program and has expressed a great desire to share her experience with others.

Here is the testimonial she provided about the COIL experience: "I always thought that collaboration is easy, but I never knew how it goes. I learnt that giving and receiving feedback from peers would help me learn a lot in the process, I learnt the cultural differences between countries by analyzing one company. I learnt to acknowledge opinions of my peers." - PRIYANKA A. PAREEK, MBA student, GRG School of Management Studies

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The GRG School of Management Studies, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Coimbatore, India

COURSE:
MB19DMK - Digital Marketing

Nominated by
Dr. S. Kavitha.

This was a true international and interdisciplinary collaboration between SDSU Global Campus the SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies from the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, and the GRG School of Management Studies from the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, India. The SDSU course that took part in this collaboration was the winter session offering of JMS 462 - Advertising Strategy & Social Media, taught by Alexa Mokalis of the School of Journalism & Media Studies, which covers the best strategic use of social media from an advertising, branded perspective.

The participating GRG course was MB19DMK - Digital Marketing, taught by Dr. S. Kavitha.

As part of this COIL collaboration, students from both institutions using Slack as the mediating technology, collaborated in  discussion boards and hosted an open-ended, intercultural conversation about a brand with a social media presence in both countries: Coca-Cola.

Students from both courses were invited to evaluate the brand’s digital presence and effective use of social media in both countries.

NOMINATION remarks:
This student has been a rock start student who contributed to the COIL program and has expressed a great desire to share her experience with others.

Here is the testimonial she provided about the COIL experience: "SDSU program was really helpful for me to know what people think about the digital marketing. The assignment was really informative. Talking with people from another country made me realize the different perspective and that made me think a lot. They have shared so many thoughts on coca cola and even we shared so many thoughts of us.
We helped each other learn more about marketing in different countries."
- Monisha L S, MBA student, GRG School of Management Studies

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The project wasn't very different in  a pandemic.  We would still have to work remotely unless it was a study abroad program.  The only real difference is that I've never been in the same room with the members of my cohort.

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Valencia College,
Florida USA

COIL COORDINATORS:
Lindi Kourtellis and Vannia Ruiz

PROJECT: CIS 2910 IT Capstone

Professor: Jerry Hensel

Students collaborated on a STEM project with UNISON in Mexico to create a web site and database to track asteroids and their statistical properties.

NOMINATION REMARKS:
Courtney has been very instrumental in success of the coil at Valencia college. She has worked on the website to track asteroids and where they go in the solar system along with their statistical properties. Courtney always shows a willingness to participate in cultural activities and goes above and beyond to make sure everyone is comfortable on the collaboration team between Valencia college and unison Mexico. As an example Courtney manages to speak Spanish during the project in order to communicate ideas and exchange information.

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SUNY Ulster
New York, USA

COIL Coordinator:
Professor Sean Nixon

Course:
Graphic Design 2 or 3- ART 262

Nominated by:
Prof Sean Nixon and
Prof Roberto de Uslar,
Universidad de La Salle,
Mexico City

Project:
Create a product and brand campaign based on the personality of your partner. Play the role of client and designer to develop an empathy for both roles while working through the two cultures.

Here is a YouTube clip https://youtu.be/cOanl0yqHhI
created by Prof Sean Nixon (SUNY Ulster Community College) and Prof Roberto de Uslar (Universidad de La Salle, Mexico City) based on mini-clips put together by their students in the context of a jointly taught Design course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOanl0yqHhI&feature=youtu.be

The project ran multiple semesters. Ulster managed to secure funding for the cohort of the first iteration (Spring 2015) to visit their peers in Mexico City.

Nomination Remarks:
Joan has a rock solid work ethic and perseverance. She keeps going!! She is open to evolving her designs. A great perspective on people globally. She not only participated in a COIL collaboration with me, she also participated with COIL in a Marketing class with Dr. Mindy Kole.

Joan has a genuine love of learning about other cultures.  She is a people person and a leader. She doesn't waste time.

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I believe in 'every challenge is an opportunity'. I've been thinking about the impacts of the coronavirus which brought home the reality that education technology that delivers great content and engages students and teachers has never been more important untill this phase. All thanks to technology that connects people ensuring that the educational experience shall continue irrespective of the pandemic undermines. Also that it has become a challenge for students to overcome the stress and anxiety during Covid 19 outbreak as it is inducing a considerable degree of fear in them. On the flip side, COIL collaboration during pandemic gave me a unique opportunity in experiencing virtual collaboration and in gaining a global perspective of the world in advertising.

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I enjoyed having a guest lecture from India taught by Dr. S. Kavitha. It was interesting to see how a similar class was taught in India, and to engage with the students. They all were fluent in English, so it was easy to interact with them on the Slack platform. It was beneficial to gain insight on their point of view regarding Coca-Cola's use of social media, comparing the United States and India. It allows you to see how brands advertise very differently across countries. I also found it beneficial to interact with the students to understand the reasoning for why the brand advertised in a certain way, which we normally wouldn't understand, as we have minimal knowledge of Indian culture. Essentially, to advertise effectively, you really need to understand your target audience.

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Hi everyone, my name is Viviana Mendoza and I am a senior at CSU, Chico majoring in Nutrition and Food Sciences and minoring in Spanish. This is my second semester with COIL and I am very excited to work with this program! I have been paired with students from Universitat Rovira I Virgili. My role was to interact with students and share cultures as well as share interests and goals. I have learned how to communicate respectfully with a culture different from mine and will use this skill when working with international students in my internship and on campus jobs.

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This is PRIYANKA PAREEEK from GRG School of Management Studies (Coimbatore, India) and I'm senior at Finance, Human Resources and Marketing domain. This is my second collaboration with COIL which is very exciting for me to collaborate with 10 schools from 6 different countries. My first experience with Suny COIL Center was with Ms. Alexa and Mr. Luis Vega at San Diego State University for Coco Cola cross cultural discussion which was a very informative session on social media marketing and advertising. I'm looking forward for greater learning and collaboration experience with Suny COIL Center.

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COIL means getting out of your comfort zone, facing life from the challenge of the everyday, breaking cultures and belief systems by having to share it with someone else.

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What I liked about a collaboration of this style in times of pandemic is that it not only gave us the opportunity to live with people on the other side of the world but it also gave us the opportunity to get to know through new skills aspects of people that we would never have met without facing this new challenge.

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California State University, Chico
California, USA

COIL COORDINATORS:
Sara Trechter and Jennifer Gruber

PROJECT:
Cultural Conversation Exchange (URV, Spain & CSU, Chico)

Thirteen California State University, Chico students in a variety of discipline areas and 40 students in studying English at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain, participated in a 5-week COIL project for multiple weeks during the Fall 2020 semester. Many students, including Viviana, are continuing through the Spring 2021 term. Students work in groups (1 USA student and 3 Spanish students in each group) to connect and share their thoughts around diverse topics such as daily life, cultural similarities and differences, childhood experiences, the digital revolution and compassion. After each topic session is proposed, students connect in their assigned groups and record their conversations to capture the exchange.

NOMINATION REMARKS:

As an undergraduate student studying Nutrition and Food Sciences and minoring in Spanish, Viviana Mendoza is able to interact with student from Universitat Rovira i Virgili from all walks of life and discipline areas. She has a unique perspective as she had studied abroad in Costa Rica a few semesters back, but due to COVID her experience was interrupted. This opportunity to connect with Spanish students has continued to nurture her eagerness to learn about other cultures and further develop her cross-cultural competence, while staying connected globally without leaving California.

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Hello, nice to greet you. My name is Alejandra Herrera Mutti. I have a degree in Mass Communication from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, in Caracas, Venezuela, and I specialize in Screenwriting and Audiovisual Production.  For the collaboration with COIL, we interacted with students from SUNY (The State University or New York). We used Zoom, Google Meets and Whatsapp groups to start a cross-cultural conversation around symbols of freedom between both countries and favorite dishes, typical of each country. It was interesting to exchange our perspectives on both countries, plus we created a connection of friendship with our colleagues in the city of Albany. It is always helpful to know the point of view of a different culture, and I am definitely more organized and competent to understand what life is like in another country and how we adapt to the environment depending on where we are.