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From http://coil.suny.edu/page/call-presentations-7th-coil-conference

Invitation and Call for Presentations for the 7th COIL Conference
The Expanding Landscape of COIL Practitioners, Networks, and Hubs: What's Next?
March 19 - 20, 2015 
SUNY Global Center, 116 E. 55th St., NYC
Deadline for Proposals: January 20, 2015

By reimagining education as a networked phenomenon, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) provides co-taught learning environments in which students gain valuable cross-cultural competence and experience collaborative engagement with international peers. With continued expansion of practice, and growth of research on the COIL model across institutions, this year's conference will explore paths through which COIL is reaching new audiences, new regions, and new networks.

This Year's Themes and Topics include:

• Student Perspectives and Voices from COIL Exchanges and Experiences (accepted students will be offered complimentary conference registration)
• New Ways to Link Institutional COIL Efforts: Regional Networks and Hubs
• Role of COIL in Integrating Intercultural and Global Dimensions into the Curriculum
• Best Practices for Growing, Sustaining and Normalizing COIL
• What We Can Learn from Initiatives Similar to COIL from Outside the U.S.
• COIL as a Portal for Increased Participation in Study Abroad
• Role of Language and Language-Learning in COIL
• Challenges and Benefits to the Ongoing Teaching of COIL Courses
• COIL as a Venue for Digital Literacy, Virtual Teams and other 21st-Century Skills
• Power Differentials and Hegemonies in COIL Collaborations
• Global Citizenship, Service Learning and Social Justice through COIL
• Researching COIL: Theoretical Frameworks and Methodological Approaches
• Making Pedagogically Informed Choices About Technology in COIL
• COIL as a Community: How Can We Systematically Share What We Have Learned?
• COILing Pre-University Ed: Opportunities/Challenges at CCs, FATECs and CÉGEPs

To learn more and to submit a proposal, go to http://coil.suny.edu/page/call-presentations-7th-coil-conference