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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

 

This email is being sent to all members of the Baruch College faculty.

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From:  Kannan Mohan, Director (interim), Center for Teaching and Learning

The Center for Teaching and Learning in collaboration with the Vice Provost for Global Strategies at Baruch College is pleased to support faculty members who would like to attend the SUNY COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) conference. Please see below for details about the conference that Lucinda R. Zoe, our University Dean for Undergraduate Studies has shared with us. If you are interested in attending, please submit your proposal using the following link:

Proposal submission form

https://baruch.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_57Tarr7QZf22mUd

• Deadline for submission of proposals to us:  2/5/2016 5:00PM
• Notification of acceptance:  2/10/2016 5:00PM
• Conference date:  April 25-26, 2016
• Location:  CUNY Graduate Center

A faculty advisory council will select a limited number of faculty members that we will support. We will pay for the registration fee for the selected faculty members ($175 for one-day attendance or $275 for the full conference/two days).  

Kannan Mohan
Director (interim), Center for Teaching and Learning

Professor of CIS
Baruch College, The City University of New York

http://ctl.baruch.cuny.edu
Voice: (646) 312 2069

 

 

From:  Lucinda R. Zoe, University Dean for Undergraduate Studies, City University of New York

With the new CUNY Master Plan in development, we expect that “internationalization at home” initiatives will be an important part of CUNY’s global strategy.  One such initiative that may have promise to reach a substantial number of CUNY students by globalizing the on-campus curriculum is COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning), which “[refers] to any pedagogical activities that use technology to link classrooms and students in geographically distant locations through coursework. Among the other terms used to describe such activity are virtual exchange, virtual mobility, globally networked learning, telecollaboration, and online intercultural exchange.”  (from the SUNY COIL website)

In order to explore the potential of this approach, CUNY has decided to serve as host and lead sponsor of this year’s SUNY COIL conference, which will take place at The Graduate Center on April 25-26, 2016.  CUNY employees will receive the same reduced rate as SUNY. To receive the rate, registrants should indicate “CUNY” when asked during the registration process. The registration portal and call for presentations is now open. Since this conference typically sells out, early registration is highly recommended. If your faculty or staff are not able to register, please notify coil@cuny.edu, and we will do our best to negotiate some additional spots. However, we can’t make guarantees, so again, early registration is highly recommended. 

Beyond supporting the participation of your faculty and staff in this conference, you can also promote COIL development on your campus by circulating this survey. As next steps are considered, these survey results will help the EVC for Academic Affairs assess the potential for COIL development at each campus and at CUNY as a whole, so broad participation is encouraged. Interested faculty and staff are also encouraged to join the COIL Academic Commons group, and may send a request to coil@cuny.edu to be added to the COIL listserv

 

Thank you,

Lucinda

Lucinda R. Zoe

University Dean for Undergraduate Studies

City University of New York

Office of Academic Affairs

205 E. 42nd St. 

New York, NY 10017

(646) 664-8038

Lucinda.Zoe@cuny.edu