“Strategic Management in Turbulent Times” – A Virtual Student Conference as a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Project

Abstract

The concept of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) portrays an educational approach as a means for higher education institutions to deliver curricular internationalization experience at home. In particular, this approach offers students from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds the opportunity to jointly engage, learn and work in a virtual environment. In our contribution we elaborate how a COIL project with an international student conference on »Strategic Management in Turbulent Times« can integrate internationalization into a course and how it can serve to address and acquire central 21st century skills. We will introduce our concept, critically reflect the lessons we have learned and suggest possible improvements for future COIL projects.