Collaborative online international learning (COIL) is an inherently authentic learning pedagogy where faculty curate a project, often transdisciplinary, for students from two or more countries to work collaboratively. The transdisciplinary nature of COIL is an ideal teaching strategy to infuse the UN sustainable development goals into students’ learning. Local realities result in differences in approach, but the shared goals provide a uniting framework. Faculty serve as the nodes of interconnection, recruiting, and facilitating, in order for the students to have a voice without being steered by “assigned” objectives or outcomes. Through this virtual exchange, the audience will work with instructors, current and alumni students, and local farmers intimately aware of food insecurities. Together we can focus on fresh ideas and solutions to hometown problems, emphasizing commonality to learn from each other with local solutions regarding food security and healthy living.
Presenters:
Hope H. Windle (she/her), Community Development Lead, SUNY COIL Center
Dr. Robert Hellström (he/him), Professor of Geography, Bridgewater State University
Penny Orton (she/her), COIL Specialist, Durban University of Technology
Dudu Sokhela (she/her), Senior Lecturer, Durban University of Technology
Moderated by: Luis E. Gillen (he/him), Professor, EARTH University