Intercultural Competence in virtual Collaboration: A COIL experience
Presentation Summary
This roundtable presents a discussion of a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project between the US and Mexico as a teaching practice that fosters proficiency in Intercultural Competence in online modality. We will present our experiences in the steps to design, implement, and evaluate a COIL project.
Primary Presenter
Dr. Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
State (if in the U.S.)
Maryland
Country
United States
Professional Biography
Dr, Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero is a Senior Lecturer of Spanish and Intercultural Communication and director of the Intercultural Living Exchange Program, a Living Learning community that fosters intercultural communicative competence through experiential learning at UMBC. Her academic and research interests are: teaching languages, intercultural training study abroad, COIL, and intercultural competence.
Secondary Presenters
Martha Leticia Poblano-Reyes, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Mexico
Professional Biography
Mrs. Martha Leticia Poblano-Reyes is a Lecturer of English, Intercultural Communication, and Human Resources at Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. She also trains faculty interested in COIL and assists in the coordination of COIL programs in LatinAmerica and the US. Her academic interests are international relations, COIL, and foreing languages.