[ecrea] 10th Anniversary COIL Conference

Invitation and Call for Presentations for the 10th Anniversary 
Conference of the SUNY COIL Center

COILing Across a Decade: Reflections and New Directions

When? April 25 - 26, 2016
Where? CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave., NYC - We thank CUNY for their 
sponsorship and hosting this year's 10th anniversary COIL Conference
CFP Deadline? Now Due February 8, 2016
More details: http://coil.suny.edu/COIL2016CFP
Submit proposals: http://coil2016.exordo.com/
How to Register: http://www.cvent.com/d/gfqk06
Questions? Please email: (COILConference /at/ suny.edu)

For more info about the Conference and Call for Presentations (CFP) 
please visit: http://coil.suny.edu/conference

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The SUNY COIL Center's annual conference is the leading international 
event in the field and brings together 350+ professors, international 
programs staff, instructional technologists, and university and college 
administrators from SUNY, across the U.S. and around the world to share 
innovative models and best practices. The year's conference agenda will 
include sessions from both invited speakers as well as those resulting 
from our international Call for Presentations. We greatly appreciate 
sponsorship from the City University of New York (CUNY) in providing 
facilities at their Graduate Center for SUNY's 10th anniversary COIL 
Conference thus allowing us to expand the number of attendees at this 
usually sold out event.

For a decade the SUNY COIL Center has been reimagining education as a 
globally networked phenomenon. Collaborative Online International 
Learning* links faculty across borders to co-create learning 
environments in which students gain valuable digital and cross-cultural 
competencies through collaboration with international peers. We have in 
parallel expanded the landscape of higher education institutions at 
SUNY, across the US and the world who are internationalizing their 
curricula by implementing the COIL model to benefit their students, as 
well as their faculty and staff.

Our own networks have grown from a handful of loosely participating 
campuses in 2006 to over 50 committed member institutions working to 
normalize this model. At this, our tenth anniversary conference, we 
gather together to reflect on the evolution of the field, to celebrate 
accomplishments, to welcome new practitioners to our networks, and to 
investigate what new directions the next ten years may bring.

*COIL is used to refer to pedagogical activities using technology to 
link classrooms and students in geographically distant locations through 
coursework. Other terms describing such activities are virtual exchange, 
virtual mobility, globally networked learning, telecollaboration, and 
online intercultural exchange.

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2016 COIL Conference Themes and Topics

* What Changes Hath Time Wrought? Reflections on COIL 
Initiatives/Courses Over the Years
* What Does the Next Decade Hold for COIL?
* Lessons Learnt from Growing, Embedding and Sustaining COIL
* Student Perspectives and Voices from COIL Exchanges and Experiences 
(accepted students will be offered complimentary conference registration)
* COILing for Employability: Teaching and Learning 21st Century skills
* Increasing the Impact: Global Citizenship and Social Justice through COIL
* Researching COIL: Theoretical Frameworks and Methodological Approaches
* Fostering, Assessing and Evaluating Competences in COIL-enhanced Courses
* Critical Incidents, Meltdowns and Teachable Moments in COIL-enhanced 
Courses
* COIL Anything: Engaging New Disciplines and Inter-Disciplines
* Bottom-Up or Top-Down: The Shape and Evolution of COIL Campus 
Initiatives. What Works?
* COIL, Virtual Exchange and Telecollaboration: Lessons Learnt and 
Evolving Practices
* Instructional Designers, International Programs and other Support in 
the Success of COIL
* COIL as a Vector for Increased Participation in Study Abroad and 
Internationalization Initiatives
* Making Pedagogically Informed Choices About Educational Technology in COIL
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Call for Presentations

We invite proposals that broadly support this year's conference themes 
for presentations based upon research and/or reflective practice in a 
range of formats. Joint proposals, including those that represent the 
collaboration of inter- or intra-departmental and/or institutional 
teams, those which are designed to foster significant audience 
participation, or panels which bring in student perspectives, are 
particularly encouraged. Possible presentation types include:

* Panel Presentations
* Individual Presentations
* Working Group Roundtable Discussions
* Mini-Workshops and Hands-on Demos
* Pre-conference Workshops

Any session can be designed to include remote presenters via 
videoconference or other technologies. Be creative in proposing 
presentation formats, as alternative and innovative formats are highly 
encouraged.

Proposals are due February 8, 2016.

Detailed information and requirements for the CFP can be found on the 
conference website http://coil.suny.edu/page/call-presentations-coilcon-2016
Submit your proposal at http://coil2016.exordo.com/
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Conference Registration and Hotel Information

Please join us for an engaging and lively series of presentations and 
discussions on international online learning environments. The 2011-2015 
COIL Conferences filled to capacity. We recommend registering early to 
avoid disappointment. Early bird registration rates end February 29, 
2016. For more info and to register please visit 
http://www.cvent.com/d/gfqk06.

Early Bird/Regular Registration Rates (in US Dollars)

SUNY: 225/275
Others: 350/425

Note: In addition to check, credit cards and other forms of payment, 
registrants from SUNY member campuses can use CPD Training Points.

The COIL Center has arranged special hotel rates for attendees that are 
below the federal per diem rate for NYC, including 229 (US Dollars) per 
night at the Manhattan NYC (an Affinia Hotel) and 205 (US Dollars) per 
night at the Radisson Martinique, which are both a short walk to the 
event. The hotel booking deadline is March 7, 2016.

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Conference Sponsors

We are grateful to our sponsors for their generous support to make the 
COIL Conference possible.

Lead Sponsor (Venue Sponsor) - City University of New York (CUNY)

We are pleased to offer the opportunity to partner with SUNY COIL Center 
as a conference sponsor. Please email (COILConference /at/ suny.edu) for a 
sponsorship packet.



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