TIEF Collaborative Online International Learning

(COIL) Grant Application

 

Overview

The COIL Grant provides direct support for faculty/staff at TIEC member institutions who design and facilitate new virtual international collaborations for undergraduate/graduate students.


In collaboration with your faculty partner abroad, you will use best practices in COIL design and student engagement to connect students from each institution through technology.


COIL activities should:


- Support regular course objectives while also enabling students to examine topics from varied cultural and societal perspectives.


- Use technology, synchronously or asynchronously, to support goals of student learning.


- Endure for a period of at least four weeks.


Because of the complexity and nature of COIL programs, this grant allows recipients up to six months for joint planning and design of the course prior to classroom implementation. The funds are budgeted per faculty pair and preference is given to proposals that incorporate faculty from at least one Texas and one affiliate institution.


TIEC operating council members at each institution have a directory of contacts at all TIEC institutions, and TIEC will also offer introductions, if needed, during the proposal development process. The funds will be disbursed as an overload payment in compensation for time developing and implementing COIL activities.


If a course is co-taught within one institution, the award for that institution may be split between the faculty members. As stated above, the award is intended to be shared between faculty at the partner institutions, but a singular institution’s share may also be divided between more than one faculty, as appropriate.


The application deadline for this grant is May 1st, 2023, for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 courses. Please fill out the application below to be considered for this opportunity.


Selected participants will be required to complete TIEC’s Virtual Exchange Academy (4 weeks, 4 hours per week).


TIEC reserves the right to deny items in the budget that they deem as an improper use of funds.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Briefly describe the course and course objectives.

 
 

If your course already contains global elements or content, please describe the content, and explain how incorporating COIL activities will introduce or reinforce global content in the course

 
 
 
 

If you have taught this course before, please list the average number of students enrolled in past course offerings.

 

Please write "N/A" if undetermined.

 
 

 

 

Please write "N/A" if undetermined.

 

Please write "N/A" if undetermined.

 

Please write "N/A" if undetermined.

 

Please write "N/A" if undetermined.

 

Briefly describe any previous engagement with the partner institution or faculty member.

 
 

 

COIL Description

The COIL component may be incorporated throughout the entire course or over some weeks within the course. Effective COIL collaborations have four primary components.


Please describe the planned COIL activities to take place during the course. We understand that your course is in development and that details and plans may shift, but please be as specific as possible at this stage.

 

Through introductory activities and icebreakers, students across courses build a foundation for personal connections. Describe what kinds of team-building you plan.

 
 

Students get to know each other and learn through shared assignments, readings, lectures, and discussions. Describe what kinds of shared activities you plan.

 
 

Students apply knowledge and work together to produce a shared project. Describe the collaborative project(s) you plan.

 
 

Students reflect on their experiences, creating new knowledge about themselves, others, and the world. Describe what kinds of reflection components you plan.

 
 

Please provide an estimate on how many contact hours students will have with students at the partner institution. This includes synchronous and asynchronous activities, inside and outside of the classroom (i.e., group discussions in class, interacting via message boards or blog posts, and working together on group projects).

 

 

Please provide any additional clarification.


For example:


- If there is a language difference with students at the partner institution, how will this be managed to ensure cross-cultural student engagement?


- If there is a large difference in the number of students enrolled at your course compared to the partner course, how will this be mitigated?


-If there is a large time or scheduling difference, how will this be managed to still allow for student engagement with peers and instructors at the partner institution?


-Do you anticipate any other cultural differences that may cause difficulty? If so, how do you plan to address these additional changes?

 
 

 

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THANK YOU

Thank you for your application! If we have any questions during the review process, we will contact you directly.