What is COIL?

COIL stands for Collaborative Online International Learning.
Pedagogy to connect with overseas universities online and provide an interactive and collaborative learning environment in and outside class.

• Enables collaborative and comparative learning between two or more countries.
• Improves students’ leadership skills, project planning, management skills, and ICT literacy.
• Fosters networks among faculty members through collaboration in each course (potentially
  leading to joint research).
• Provides opportunities for international exchange for students who cannot study abroad
  with various constraints.
• Provides a new form of global education that combines virtual and in-person educational methods.

Concluding Report of the five-year COIL Project

International Symposium: Inter-University Exchange Project “COIL” was held on December 15, 2022.

Thank you all for joining us!
Please check the recording from here.

News on Sophia’s COIL

2021/10 Featured in “Sophia Magazine”(5.45 MB)

2021/6 Online Student Exchange Event on the Theme of “Mindfulness”

2021/6 Sophia Students Participate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan’s Invitational MIRAI Program on Economics and Business with European Countries

2021/5 Sophia Students Participate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan’s Invitational MIRAI Program on Peacebuilding with the Western Balkans

2021/03 Sophia Students Participate in Online Program Featuring Inclusive Leadership Offered by Gonzaga University in the U.S.

2020/9 Japan-U.S. Students’ Opinion Exchange Event “The Rise of Online and How It May Change Our Future”

2020/12 Sophia’s Initiatives Featured in “Sophia’s Initiative for ‘Overseas with Zoom’ Courses Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis” by Toyo Keizai Online (only in Japanese)

2020/2 Study Tour in Myanmar

2020/2 Study Tour in Shizuoka in Collaboration with the University of Shizuoka, a Japanese COIL Partner Institution of Sophia

2018/12 Program Kick-off Symposium COIL for Human Security and Multicultural Coexistence