Sinclair offered its first COILed class (Professor Kay Koeninger’s Art History course, in cooperation with Yamaguchi Prefecture University’s Professor Amy Wilson) during Fall Semester, 2019.
Here are some of the survey results:
The COIL module in the course improved my communication skills:
88% agreed or strongly agreed
The COIL module in the course improved my knowledge of another culture:
95% agreed or strongly agreed
The COIL module in the course gave me confidence in interacting with students from another culture:
83% agreed or strongly agreed
The COIL module in the course made me want to interact with students from a different culture or to travel overseas in the future:
93% agreed or strongly agreed
Here is what some students said about what worked well in the COIL experience:
“Having a great partner and team from Japan.”
“To communicate with foreign students.”
“It was a very valuable experience to be able to make a presentation with American students for the first time through this class.”
“During the introduction phase, when we all introduced ourselves, it encouraged me to participate with the group.”
“The PowerPoint we made ended up working out for me pretty well. The Japanese students created a good starting place for my group to expand on, and we were able to do just that.”
“To communicate with Sinclair University’s students.
“I enjoyed my first contact with my group members!! Because I could know about other country university student life.”
“This project was really interesting! It was really nice to have the opportunity to engage with people studying in a different field. I was able to learn the fun of painting. Thank you so much!!”?