Sustainable internationalization from home

Physical Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) symposium.

Internationalization at home/ virtual student exchange is a focus area, both nationally and internationally. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences has been involved in several Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects and collaborate with international partner institutions in development of pedagogy and research on COIL.

We invite you to a COIL symposium focusing on how internationalization and COIL can impact the quality of education. We will exchange experiences and inspiration. The symposium is also relevant if you are in the planning phase of a COIL. Professor Jos Beelen from the Netherlands will be one of the speakers, in addition to national and international colleagues.

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Stord

Date: September 29th – 30th 2022

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Leif Steinar Alfsvåg

Assistant Professor

 Preliminary program

Day 1

  • 10.00
    10.05
    Cultural event
  • 10.05
    10.15
    Welcome, and introduction to the symposium

    Rector of HVL and leader of the program committee, Leif Steinar Alfsvåg, HVL

  • 10.15
    11:00
    From COIL to internationalization at home: Exploring ways forward

    Jos Beelen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

  • 11:00
    11.10
    Pause
  • 11.10
    11.30
    COIL at HVL

    Torunn Stornes Kittelsen, HVL           

  • 11.30
    11.50
    Analysis of Norwegian management documents for health- and social care studies

    Bente Kvilhaugsvik, HVL

  • 11.50
    12.15
    Success criterias in developing and making COIL programs viable over time – do they exist?

    Hege Aarlie, HVL

  • 12.15
    13.15
    Lunch and poster presentation – student posters from COIL 2021 spring on a screen
  • 13.15
    13.35
    Chaos or control? COIL didactics and its tensions in virtual exchange experiences

    Monica Hauge Skaten, HVL

  • 13.35
    14.05
    Intercultural competencies and contributions strengthen transcultural nursing - experiences from a COIL project between Madagascar and Norway

    Mauro Mota, Viseu Higher School of Health, Portugal

  • 14.05
    14.20
    Pause
  • 14.20
    14.40
    Development of sustainable COIL in nurse educations, between educational institutions

    Eduardo Santos, Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC) and Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Portugal (Digital presentation)

  • 14.40
    15.00
    Internationalization from a global sustainability perspective utions

    Stephanie Yonathan, Université Adventiste Zurcher (UAZ), Madagascar

  • 15.00
    15.15
    Pause and Poster presentation – student posters from COIL 2021 autumn on a screen
  • 15.15
    15.35
    Nursing Students’ Opinions of their six-week COIL experience in autumn 2021

    Petra Scumacher, The Krems University of Applied Sciences, Austria

  • 15.35
    15.45
    Summary of day 1

Day 2

  • 09.00
    09.20
    Small scale COIL – is that the future when thinking internationalization as quality improvement in bachelor degrees?

    Hege Aarlie, HVL

  • 09.20
    09.40
    Virtual project: Comparing health Care system in an International Context – Covid-19

    Christine Grave Meyer / Hanne Birgit Alfheim, VID

  • 09.40
    09.55
    Pause and Poster presentation – student posters on a screen
  • 09.55
    10.25
    International collaboration in research on COIL

    Carlo Alberto Camuccio, Università di Padova, Italy

  • 10.25
    10.40
    Introduction to Workshop

    Jos Beelen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands and representative from The Free State, South Africa

  • 10.40
    12.00
    Workshop (Participants are divided into groups)
    • What does internationalization bring to higher education and how can COIL contribute to increasing the quality of education? Hege Aarlie
    • How can experience with COIL be used in planning of future COILs? Bente Kvilhaugsvik
    • What is important when starting a coil for the first time? Torunn Kittelsen
  • 12.00
    12.10
    Pause
  • 12.10
    12.50
    Panel discussion and presentations from each group – summarizing the outcomes

    Jos Beelen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences

  • 12.50
    Summary and take-home message
  • 13.00
    14.00
    Lunch