The effectiveness of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) on intercultural competence development in higher education

• Published in: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 5 - 21
• Main Authors: Hackett, Simone, Janssen, Jeroen, Beach, Pamela, Perreault, Melanie, Beelen, Jos, van Tartwijk, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2023; BioMed Central, Ltd; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Coils; Collaboration; Collaborative learning; Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL); Colleges & universities; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences; Computer Science; Computers and Education; Control Groups; Cooperative Learning; Cultural Awareness; Cultural factors; Cultural intelligence; Design of experiments; Educational Technology; Effectiveness; Electronic Learning; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Higher Education; Humanities; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Intelligence; Intercultural Communication; Intercultural competence; International Cooperation; Internationalisation; Law; Learning; Measures (Individuals); Program Effectiveness; Qualitative analysis; Quasi-experimental methods; Research Article; Statistics for Social Sciences; Student Experience; Students; Undergraduate Students; Undergraduate study; Universities; United States; Netherlands; United States > US; Cultural intelligence; Intercultural competence; Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL); Collaborative learning; Internationalisation

In this study we measured the effect of COIL on intercultural competence development using a quasi-experimental design. Our sample consisted of 108 undergraduate students from two universities, one located in the Netherlands (NL) and one in the United States (US). Students’ self-reported intercultur...