Events

The Online Workshop will explore the Why, What and How of COIL and how it supports internationalisation of the curriculum and innovation in teaching. We will brainstorm together on ideas for COIL in our respective disciplines and learn how to get started.
Join us and become a COIL pioneer within the Alliance!

Date:         27.10.2023 2 - 4 pm CEST
Facilitation: Susanne Wille

1. Preparatory Online Meeting (2.6.)
This session gives a brief introduction to COIL and an overview of our workshop programme in Weimar. Teaching partners will have an opportunity to exchange some basic information about the existing courses and the student cohorts for which they are imagining a joint COIL project. 

2. COIL Design Workshop in Weimar (11.-13.6.)
Meeting your teaching partner in person and co-creating your project plan together will provide an excellent foundation for a successful COIL project. Experienced COIL facilitators will walk you through each part of the development process, including defining internationalized learning outcomes, designing icebreakers and collaborative tasks, discussing assessment and reflection processes, making tech choices and clarifying implementation issues. As a final product you and your partner will have the outline of your project idea, which you will present to the group and receive feedback on.

Invited expert: Eva Haug, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Facilitation: Susanne Wille

Review:
What are the biggest challenges in international cooperation projects? What are the conditions for success? Why is it worthwhile and what are the most important lessons learned?
These questions were the focus of the lively exchange between experienced and interested people from all faculties who came together in a relaxed atmosphere at the bauhaus.atelier. The check-in round already revealed a wide range of expertise and contexts of experience, as well as a lot of curiosity and need for exchange and networking, especially on the part of the (junior) professors who are new to our university. This was a good basis for the following round of talks, in which a wide variety of project experiences were shared:

• Eckard Kraft (Prof. Biotechnology in Resource Management) gave authentic insights into large research and capacity building projects in Bangladesh and India and made a passionate plea to always dare the new and unknown.
  
• Liz Bachhuber (Prof. em. Fine Arts) spoke about a cooperation project with UC San Diego and told of the interesting field of tension and learning that arises when artists and engineers work together and become familiar with each other's ways of working.
• Eva Krivanec (Jun.Prof. Media Culture), who is involved in the Shakin' project with the Universitè Lumiere 2 in Lyon and the University of Arts in Belgrade, spoke about the cooperation of partners on an equal footing despite financial dependencies due to project funding.
• On behalf of Steffen de Rudder (Prof. Urban Design), Martina Jacobi reported on the Urban Design Hackathon, which has already been successfully held four times as an international teaching format with several European partners. ‘Making a virtue of necessity' and 'having the full support of the chair' are part of the recipe for success of this cooperation project.

Following the rich plenary round, the buffet was opened, discussions continued in smaller groups and personal contacts were made. This evening was the successful start of the BauhausTrack networking evening event series, which aims to make experiential knowledge at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar visible and usable. It offers space to promote informal exchange among professors, junior professors and postdocs.

Facilitation: Susanne Wille
Organisation: Katharina Reinhold (BRS)

Succeeding academically and socially at the university can be challenging for any student from any cultural or academic background. However, international students often face additional difficulties, not only because they must study in a foreign language, but also perform within a legal system and a culture of teaching and learning that is substantially different to what they are accustomed to.

In this ideas workshop, we would like to engage in conversation with teachers and students around the following questions:

• What are the main challenges and why do they arise?
• How can we actively support and encourage students to develop the skills required to study and work effectively?
• What are helpful tools and methods for teaching, assessing, and managing expectations in culturally diverse student groups?

We will share our experiences and collect tools and good practices for the international classroom. In the end, we want to walk away inspired and motivated to create more effective and more inclusive learning environments.

Facilitation: Victor Vilceanu, Susanne Wille

Trainer: Eva Haug, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Organisation: Susanne Wille

What is COIL - Online-Seminar
17.12.2021 12:30 - 14:30
COIL expert Eva Haug provides an introduction to the Why, What and How of COIL and how it supports internationalization of the curriculum, innovation in teaching and learning and linking course content to the United Nations Social Development Goals.

COIL Introduction Workshop
04.02.2022 12:30 - 14:30
Incorporating a COIL collaboration into your existing course does not require an expensive technology platform or extensive redesign of your course.  All you need is an interest in innovative pedagogy, a bit of flexibility and enthusiasm, and some thoughtful preparation. In this introductory workshop we will explore in more detail the pedagogical design of COIL projects and how to get started.

COIL Design Course
March - Mai 2022 (dates t.b.a.)
This professional development course covers all the topics and issues required to set up and implement a COIL project into existing courses and curricula. You and your international partner will participate and work together in 4 modules and develop your ideas into a COIL project ready to be implemented. From learning outcomes and collaborative activities, to assessment and reflection: all COIL design elements will be explained, designed and reviewed.