The Center for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) held its annual conference from April 25-26, 2016 at the SUNY Graduate Center in New York. This year marked the 10^th anniversary of the conference, a leading international event in the field of Globally Networked Learning. The main idea of COIL is to create learning environments in which students gain valuable digital and cross-cultural competencies through collaboration with international peers.

Among the 400 attendees this year from across the U.S. and all over the world were two SPC faculty members: Jennifer Fernandes and Therezita Ortiz.

“The COIL conference was really instrumental in helping me find a program to start a partnership with and it also gave me a lot of ideas on best practices. It was very insightful and helped me get a glimpse into other cultures,” said Fernandes.

On June 2, 2016 both faculty members will share the highlights from the conference at 2^nd Annual International Symposium.

We are excited to hear about their experiences!