COIL and Virtual Global Experience Programs

Centennial College is interested in providing as many opportunities for students as possible . We recognize that not everyone is able to travel yet everyone benefits from obtaining the global perspectives that an immersive program can provide. COIL Projects within Academic courses and Virtual Global Experiences are a response to this need for flexibility. 

COIL - VEs
One of the most accessible and equitable global experiences is the high impact teaching and learning practice of facilitating a Collaborative Online International Program (COIL) or virtual exchange (VE) program in one of your courses. A COIL is an academic exchange between students in a course at our institution and students from a course at one of our partner institutions where they collaborate to fulfill an academic component. Faculty co-create the academic task so that it meets both institutional course mandates and objectives. COILS are usually between 1-7 weeks in length and can take the form of a collaborative project, module, capstone project or join research task.

This flexible option is being used by faculty who are interested in connecting with global regions of significance to their subject area or institutions whose programs offer exciting thought leadership in their area. Beyond the academic exchange that students benefit from, these are opportunities to learn about a subject from within an international context. It is an opportunity to share your insights and understandings about the Canadian context and your unique background and positionality on the subject with others around the world. Thorough this option you will get an opportunity to network, build connections and consider the global systems that connect around your subject area. 

Virtual Global Internships
Virtual Global Internships are ways that students who have a COOP, work placement or Work Integrated Learning requirement as part of their requirement can gain international experience while fulfilling this academic requirement. We have had recently offered global virtual internships with agencies in Costa Rica programs which are an example of how this can work.

Some examples of projects with the Costa Rica Global Learning Virtual Program include:
 
Global Learning Programs has partnerships with several nonprofit organizations in Costa Rica that are in need of interns to help them with various projects, including but not limited to:
Often Clinical placements  - like those in Nursing programs - are not often offered virtually. 

For more info or to apply
If you are a STUDENT interested in taking part in a COIL - VE speak with your professors and see if there are any opportunities and look at the courses in your programs.  If you are interested in a Virtual Internship program please send us an email at sce@centennialcollege.ca to ask if there are any current or upcoming options that are available for your program of study. 

If your are a FACULTY interested in establishing a COIL - VE in your program please visit our COIL - VE for Faculty section here.