The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs is hosting a workshop for faculty interested in participating in the Connecting Carolina Classrooms with the World initiative to incorporate Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) activities into their courses. This workshop will include:

• An introduction to COIL, a flexible pedagogical approach that allows instructors to partner with peers from across the world to develop collaborative activities that connect their student and meet original learning objectives of each course, even across different disciplines.

• Breakout discussions to facilitate development of potential activities utilizing COIL in the courses. Participants will share initial ideas on partners, activities and considerations for adapting courses to incorporate COIL activities.

• Program development resources and information on available funding for UNC faculty and graduate students. Faculty are eligible to receive related curriculum development awards for undergraduate or graduate level courses. Award deadline: March 15.

The featured speaker is Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco, faculty director of the Eigel Center for Community-Engaged Learning and associate professor in the department of classics and modern languages at Xavier University. Ceo-DiFrancesco is a leader in COIL development.

All UNC faculty are welcome to participate in the workshop. Registration is required. Please register at the link below.