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Collaborative Online International Learning: Students Perceptions And Insights About Managing Diversity And Inclusion In Global Environments

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  • Azucena Herrera
  • Marija Radosavljevic

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The Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) model is an innovative strategy to be applied in online and hybrid courses. The COIL model presents a great opportunity for college students to learn and relate with international peers in multicultural virtual environments. This paper reviews the existing literature regarding international learning, its benefits and the current trend in higher education. It examines a COIL course design, based on the development of common curricula for a period of five weeks in the Fall semester of 2022, the design of instructional materials to collaborate globally, and team-taught with colleagues from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This paper introduces practices that can be implemented by using a common Learning Management System (LMS), and international networked teaching to help college students increase intercultural and diversity awareness, explore and develop cultural competencies, and gain experience in communication in a global context using a cost-effective pathway. It also discusses challenges, opportunities and limitations, as well as the lessons learned through the process of course development and implementation.

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  • Azucena Herrera & Marija Radosavljevic, 2023. "Collaborative Online International Learning: Students Perceptions And Insights About Managing Diversity And Inclusion In Global Environments," Business Education and Accreditation, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 15(1), pages 17-38.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:15:y:2023:i:1:p:17-38
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    Keywords

    Academic Research; Diversity; and Cross-cultural Management;
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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • M16 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - International Business Administration

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