The FIU COIL Call for Participation is open to all faculty teaching FIU courses across the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Both returning COIL faculty and new faculty who want to COIL in spring or summer 2024 should respond to this Call for Participation. Faculty should read the Call for Participation carefully before submitting their response. Call closes on September 25, 2023. Check Important Dates below to register for an upcoming Call for Participation Information Session.
COIL will:
- Infuse your course with global learning
- Boost your career advancement: Showcase COIL achievements in Panther180 and become a COIL Affiliated Faculty Member
- Expand your international teaching and research network
- Distinguish your grant and fellowship proposals
COIL is for faculty that:
- Understand the value of global learning
- Enjoy working on multicultural teams
- Are inspired to innovate
- Want to reinvigorate their love of teaching
COIL enables students to:
- Develop a global perspective and global network
- Acquire competencies for collaborating on global teams
- Gain new intercultural communication skills
- Have authentic international experiences to highlight in interviews and resumes
Call for Returning COIL Faculty
Returning COIL faculty should submit their plans to COIL in spring or summer 2024 through this Call for Participation. Submissions will allow FIU COIL to:
- Promote COIL to students during registration: Faculty who submit to the call will be able to have COIL in the Class Notes section of the online course catalog.
- Support COILmatchmaking: With more advanced notice, there is more time to locate new potential partners.
- Promote faculty and student success: FIU COIL will be better able to communicate additional global learning opportunities and provide additional support to COIL faculty and students throughout the year.
Download Application: To prepare answers and have them on hand when you fill out your application, follow the appropriate link below. All fields are required for the application to be complete. If you have any questions or need technical assistance, please contact FIU COIL at coil@fiu.edu.
Call for Participation
Returning COIL faculty: Please submit your spring and/or summer 2024 COIL plans through this response form.
Call for New COIL Faculty
FIU COIL welcomes new faculty who want to implement COIL for the first time during spring or summer 2024! To respond to the call, you will complete the following:
- Video introduction: Applicants will prepare a 3- to 5-minute video introducing themselves, why they want to COIL, and a brief description of their proposed COIL topic to facilitate the search for potential partners.
- Written application: Submit the application through the response form.
Important Dates
- Call Opens: August 21, 2023
- Call for Participation Information Sessions
- Wednesday, August 30, 2023 @ 12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT. Register below
- Tuesday, September 12, 2023 @ 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT. Register below
- Call Closes: September 25, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EDT
- Notification: October 2, 2023
- COIL partnering deadline: October 23, 2023
- Fundamentals of COIL Design and Instruction Workshop synchronous Sessions: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2023. 10-12pm EDT.
- Implement COIL: Spring or summer term 2024