Apply to collaborate with faculty from the Middle East, North Africa and the United States to design global virtual exchange through COIL – Collaborative Online International Learning.
Apply by March 14, 2025
An opportunity for UW faculty during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Looking to develop interdisciplinary, cross-cultural exchange courses? Our COIL community college collaborators at Green River College have been awarded a Stevens Initiative grant to support COIL collaboration between the Pacific Northwest and the Middle East and North Africa. COIL – also known as international virtual exchange – is a virtual exchange pedagogy that fosters global competence through development of a multicultural learning environment, linking university classes in different countries. Using both synchronous and asynchronous technologies, students from different countries complete shared assignments and projects, with instructors from each country co-teaching and managing coursework.
Who Should Apply?
- Full-time faculty from any discipline on all three UW campuses.
- Full-time faculty interested in teaching a COIL class in Fall 2025 and Winter/Spring 2026.
- No prior experience or international connections are required.
Program Elements
- $2,200 stipend to develop and implement this international pedagogy.
- Training provided by Green River College.
Key Partners
- Green River College, USA
- Lower Columbia College, USA
- Spokane Community College, USA
- Western Washington University, USA
- University of Washington, USA
- Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
- Sultan Moulay Slimane University (USMS), Morocco
- Future University in Egypt (FUE), Egypt
- American University of Dubai (AUD), UAE
- Ajman University (AU), UAE
How To Apply
Contact Vanessa de Veritch Woodside, Executive Director, Office of Global Affairs, UW Tacoma (vdw@uw.edu)