Virtual Exchange and Collaborative
Online Learning (COIL)
Expand your global reach and offer students unparalleled educational experiences by internationalizing your curriculum with virtual exchange.
Virtual exchange is a low cost, high impact method of bringing global perspectives, global issues and intercultural competencies into students’ mainstream learning.
With TIEC’s Virtual Exchange Learning Network, institutions receive:
- Access to secure learning management platform to conduct virtual exchange programs
- Expert-led training sessions which cover various aspects of VE program design, implementation, and facilitation
- Resources to ensure continuous professional development and growth in VE
- Materials that give educators an understanding of COIL fundamentals, which can be applied to appropriate student learning and supplement tools for evaluation
- Facilitation of virtual international collaborations
- Best practices in COIL design and student engagement to connect students from each institution through technology
The Benefits
Internationalize your institution's offerings by leveraging TIEC's expertise in virtual exchange.
Virtual Collaborations
Use the best tools in technology to enable students to examine topics from different cultural and societal perspectives.
Experiential Education
Create a learning experience that purposefully engages with learners to increase knowledge, develop skills, clarify values, and develop their capacity to contribute to their communities.
Improved Learning
Support regular course objectives while improving retention of study materials for better educational outcomes.
Students will gain:
- Broadened Perspectives: By networking with individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds, students broaden their perspectives, stimulate new thinking styles, and cultivate an innovative approach to problem-solving.
- Enhanced Digital Skills: In an increasingly digital world, the virtual exchange program fortifies students' digital literacy, equipping them with the technical skills they will need in their future professional lives.
- Immersive Language Learning: Students practice and polish their language skills in a real-world setting. Students exposed to the language that they are learning in an immersive way, exhibit higher levels of fluency,
- International Networking: The program enables students to establish international relationships that could benefit them personally and professionally in the future.
- Career Development: Having international experience, even virtual, is highly valued by employers. It can enhance students' résumés and improve their prospects for jobs and internships.
