COIL Implementation Roadmap for Higher Education by SUNYCOIL

Initial Planning and Stakeholder Identification

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Begin the COIL implementation process by identifying key stakeholders within your institution. This should include administrators, faculty members, IT support staff, and international partnership coordinators. Form a COIL implementation committee to oversee the project.

Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (not Threats, that's too dramatic ;-)

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Conduct a comprehensive assessment of your institution's current internationalization activities, technological infrastructure, and faculty readiness for COIL. Based on this assessment, set clear goals and objectives for your COIL program. Develop a vision statement and outline the expected outcomes for students, faculty, and the institution as a whole.

Complementary Strengths

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By leveraging complementary strengths, VE/COIL partnerships can design immersive and interdisciplinary learning experiences for students. For example, if one institution specializes in technology and another in cultural studies, they can collaborate to create a virtual exchange program that combines cultural immersion with digital tools, providing students with a rich and diverse educational experience. This multidimensional approach enhances student engagement, promotes cross-cultural understanding, and prepares learners for a globalized world.

Faculty Professional Development

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Organize informational sessions and workshops to introduce COIL concepts to faculty members. Identify faculty champions who are enthusiastic about implementing COIL in their courses. Begin developing a comprehensive faculty training program that covers intercultural communication, online collaboration tools, and COIL course design principles.

Ongoing Professional Development
Provide opportunities for continuous learning, such as workshops or guest speaker sessions, to help faculty stay updated on the latest VE/COIL tools, pedagogical approaches, and technology.

Evaluation and Reflection
Set up regular reflection and feedback sessions where faculty can assess the progress of their VE/COIL projects, share outcomes, and reflect on both successes and areas for improvement.

Curriculum Integration Planning

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Work with interested faculty members and academic departments to identify courses suitable for COIL integration. Develop guidelines for COIL course design, including learning outcomes, assessment methods, and technology requirements. Begin the process of curriculum mapping to ensure COIL experiences align with program objectives and accreditation standards.

Technology Infrastructure Assessment and Upgrade

sunycoil — 2024-10-03 13:59:07 UTC

Conduct a thorough assessment of your institution's technological capabilities to support COIL activities. This includes evaluating learning management systems, video conferencing tools, and collaborative platforms. Work with IT departments to address any gaps and ensure robust technical support for COIL courses.

Pilot Course Development

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Select 2-3 courses for initial COIL pilot implementation. Work closely with faculty members and international partners to design these pilot courses. This involves developing shared syllabi, collaborative projects, and assessment rubrics. Ensure that courses are designed to be culturally sensitive and inclusive.

Preparation and Orientation

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Develop materials and sessions to prepare students for COIL experiences. This should include intercultural communication training, technology orientation, and expectations for international collaboration. Create a student handbook or guide for COIL participation.

Pilot Course Implementation

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Launch the pilot COIL courses. Provide ongoing support to faculty and students throughout the course duration. Implement regular check-ins and troubleshooting sessions to address any challenges that arise. Encourage faculty to document their experiences and gather student feedback throughout the process.

Assessment and Evaluation

sunycoil — 2024-10-03 13:59:07 UTC

Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the pilot COIL courses. This should include surveys and focus groups with participating students and faculty, as well as discussions with international partners. Analyze the data collected to identify successes, challenges, and areas for improvement in future COIL implementations.

Refinement and Expansion Planning

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Based on the evaluation results, refine the COIL implementation strategy. Address any issues identified during the pilot phase. Begin planning for the expansion of COIL offerings, including identifying additional courses and potential new international partners. Update faculty training programs and student support materials based on lessons learned.

Institutionalization and Long-term Planning

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Work with institutional leadership to integrate COIL into long-term strategy. Develop policies and procedures for ongoing COIL implementation and support. Create a sustainability plan that includes funding sources, personnel, faculty incentives, and continuous improvement processes. Celebrate the successes of the first year and set goals for the upcoming academic year.

Empower Faculty and Staff Voices

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Encompasses a range of materials, platforms, and strategies designed to support, enhance, and promote educational initiatives, particularly those related to internationalization efforts like VE/COIL.

Focus on the creation, dissemination, and effective use of digital content and tools that facilitate awareness, training, and engagement in institutional VE/COIL programs.

Create a Community of Practice

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Start with the instructional designer leading the formation of a peer mentoring group for faculty involved in VE/COIL. The instructional designer acts as a key resource, providing guidance on best practices for online learning, collaborative projects, and digital tools.
Set Clear Goals like:
Enhancing faculty engagement with VE/COIL methodologies
Sharing teaching strategies and resources
Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration across departments
Identifying challenges and developing solutions in VE/COIL
Build a Supportive Network
Encourage regular communication and sharing of experiences This can be done through virtual meetings, discussion boards, or asynchronous tools where they can exchange ideas and resources.

Align with Institutional Mission & Global Learning Goals

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Integrate VE/COIL into existing institutional priorities, such as global competency, internationalization, and employability.
Ensure that the VE/COIL program aligns with institutional strategic plans and that the long-term sustainability of the program is considered.
Use institutional mission statements as a foundation for identifying how VE/COIL enhances global learning.

Developing an Outcomes Framework Using the Theory of Change

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The Theory of Change offers a strategic approach to achieving desired outcomes in VE/COIL partnerships. By starting with long-term goals and working backward, institutions can map out the necessary conditions and steps to reach those goals. This process creates an Outcomes Framework that highlights key milestones and measures the impact of the collaboration. Developing an Outcomes Framework ensures that both partners contribute equally to the partnership’s success, transforming shared efforts into meaningful, long-lasting institutional change.

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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Leverage your institution's unique strengths and collaborate across disciplines. For example:

Humanities departments could collaborate with technical fields (e.g., a VE/COIL course pairing engineering and anthropology).

Incorporate both discipline-specific and global learning outcomes into the curriculum, allowing for broader student participation across fields.

Keep Campus Stakeholders Informed

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Collaboration within VE/COIL partnerships should not remain siloed. Keeping campus stakeholders, such as faculty, administrators, and student services, informed of the partnership’s progress can lead to new ideas and further support. Regularly consulting stakeholders and giving them opportunities to contribute strengthens the overall partnership and promotes academic collaboration and exchanges. This continuous engagement is crucial to sustaining the partnership and ensuring it remains relevant to institutional priorities.

Celebrate Milestones

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Celebrate and recognize the achievements and milestones of the VE/COIL partnership. Acknowledging the contributions and successes of each faculty working between each partner institution helps build a positive and supportive environment. This can be done through public announcements, joint publications, or hosting joint events to showcase the outcomes and impact of the collaboration. Recognizing the efforts and outcomes of the partnership reinforces trust and motivates partners to continue their collaborative efforts.

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Step 1 involves developing top-level goals for VE/COIL and linking them to broader institutional goals.

Step 2 focuses on examining 2-3 shared program goals and identifying specific quantitative and qualitative outcomes to measure progress toward achieving those goals.

Step 3 determines how to measure progress, including the actual measurements, methods, and tools to be used.

It is important to think about how you will assess your VE/COIL work from an early stage in the process, considering questions such as:

What do you want to measure and why?
What measurable and realistic outcomes can we identify?
How do we link course, program, and institutional-level goals and outcomes?
How will we collect the evidence of those outcomes?
How will we use the results of our assessment plan?

Amplify Student Voices Post-COIL!

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This is Gold! When you can get students to talk about their work, what they’ve done, it’s a reflection that can be shared widely at your institution and excite other students and incentivize professors, and make the campus community proud.

Example of Mind Mapping Stakeholders

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What is their understanding of VE/COIL, and what are their opinions based on?
What influence do they have among teaching faculty, and who influences their opinions?
What financial, emotional, or motivational interests do they have in VE/COIL, and are these positive or negative?
What information do they need, and how can you best communicate with them?
If they aren’t supportive, what can win them over, and how will you manage their opposition?
Who else might be influenced by their opinions, and do these individuals become stakeholders themselves?

Curriculum that Engages Faculty with Global/Private Sector Experience

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SOTL: A great research model

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Industry Partnerships in COIL

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The roles and contributions of the institutions at the individual, organizational, and institutional levels in the micro perspective of the entrepreneurial ecosystem facilitate the creation of a win–win loop and trusting relationship for all the ecosystem members in the COIL entrepreneurship program.

MindMapping Stakeholders using Theory of Change at the University of Potsdam

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Map out of necessary conditions to get buy-in from identified internal campus stakeholders

https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVOGvKPYs=/?invite_link_id=351994113271

Institution-Wide Assessment for Global Learning

vonorevole1 — 2024-10-23 23:42:54 UTC

Global Pathways to Student Success (GPS2), Georgia State University’s Quality Enhancement Plan, which incorporated an institution-wide assessment plan for a variety of program goals (including VE/COIL) (4 pages).

Global Learning Curriculum Mapping at Allegheny College

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Four articulations of internationalization

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Here are some ways (table is on page 14) to create strategic pitches for stakeholders

Great Theory of Change Template

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Adapted from Collappor8 Theory of Change (ToC) template.

Guide to COIL VE

jfowler96 — 2024-10-24 17:39:40 UTC

This is the book Riva mentioned that is part of the research group at University of Central Arkansas.

Published in 2022 with contributions by many authors from around the world to share their knowledge and expertise in VE/COIL. This resource provides ideas and support for all areas above.

Yearly VE/COIL Conference

jfowler96 — 2024-10-24 17:41:45 UTC

Great place to learn and share about all aspects of VE/COIL!

Networking Site for VE/COIL

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Provides a location to seek course and institutional VE/COIL partnerships and connect with the global community.

Pre-Conference Strategy Session Slides

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"Strategic Integration of COIL: Policy Crafting for Sustainable Global Learning"

Pre-Conference Photos

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Apologies that we know we didn’t get a full group photo!! But we do have a couple of people shots and photos of the big post-it notes. Feel free to share them on social media as you see fit.