Partner development
Find a COIL Partner
International Programs can help you identify an international faculty partner whose course, perspective, and circumstances create a promising opportunity for COIL.
You do not need a partner before beginning COIL Foundations. Partner development can happen while you complete COIL Foundations.
What makes a strong match?
Look for learning possibilities, not just disciplinary similarity
COIL can connect courses in the same field or bring different disciplines together. What matters is what students can meaningfully learn from and with one another.
Learning Connection
A question, problem, theme, or project gives the courses a reason to connect.
Complementary Perspectives
Students can bring different experiences, contexts, or ways of thinking to the shared learning.
Practical Fit
Calendars, class size, language, technology, and time zones make collaboration workable.
Faculty Commitment
Both faculty members are willing to communicate, share responsibility, and build the partnership together.
Where partners come from
There is more than one way to find a partner
Your Own Network
Research collaborators, conference contacts, professional associations, and international colleagues.
Cal State LA Partnerships
Existing university, exchange, study abroad, visiting scholar, and other global relationships.
COIL & Virtual Exchange Networks
Faculty and institutions already interested in international virtual collaboration.
New Connections
International Programs can help explore possibilities beyond your existing network or discipline.
Need help finding someone?
Tell us a little about your course
Share what you teach, what you hope students might learn through COIL, and any ideas you already have about a possible partner, region, or collaboration. You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.