COIL is defined as an approach to teaching and learning that brings together geographically distant instructors and students from different lingua-cultural backgrounds to communicate and collaborate through online tools, such as virtual exchanges and other platforms (SUNY COIL, n.d.) Through a college-level English 101 class of Early Cohort high school students at Montgomery College, Professor created an interactive journalism unit pairing Chilean students at DuocUC Sede San Andrés learning English proficiency and American students learning journalistic and research practices to create and implement interviews, with the final deliverables including a formal human-interest piece displaying cultural competency and a dual-class Padlet that features these projects as an online magazine. While Chilean students focused primarily on improving their English writing and speaking skills in an academic context, American student' curriculum was centered pedagogically on collaborative learning, experiential learning, inquiry-based learning, and the development of intercultural competence. Strengthening source-vetting, researching, writing, and presenting skills enabled this to fit into Montgomery College's English curriculum. Pre- and post-survey data was collected on the project from students and showed growth in academic, social, and cultural understanding ideals, and will be discussed as part of the presentation, which will also include a slide deck and the aforementioned Padlet of student projects.

Authors:
Nicole Porcaro, Montgomery College, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Nicole Porcaro is an English professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, teaching at both the Rockville and Germantown campuses as well as the president of No Anxiety Prep, an educational consulting firm active in 24 states and 11 countries.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkee-porcaro-aaa61013/

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