Best Practices

As the Virtual Academy project progresses, we will collect best practices and share project evaluations for future reference. Based on the experience of a pilot phase in 2020/21, our aim is to develop a comprehensive collection of examples, ideas and recommendations for successful international virtual teaching collaborations and institutional cooperation on the administrative level among participating universities.

Virtual Academy Toolkit

For our lecturers, we have developed a toolkit for a successful Virtual Academy / COIL project: 

COIL-Kochrezept (German)
Course Outline Template

What is the UAS7 Virtual Academy and what is a COIL project? In this video, we outline how lecturers at UAS7 universities can get involved and why it's worth joining.

icebreaker
27/08/21 -
  • Erica Callery

Digital Icebreakers – How to Kill the Chill in International Contexts

During the COVID-19 pandemic the International Office like other members of the HWR Berlin has had to rethink how it engages with our international partners and incoming exchange students. Thankfully the virtual tools at our disposal have meant that we could engage in creative solutions for the onboarding of students involved in online international exchange. The HWR Berlin’s participation in the UAS7 Virtual Academy has also allowed us to continue international exchange activities online with partners from countries where in-person exchange was unfeasible during the pandemic.
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A questionnaire and two pencils
27/04/21 -
  • Katja Zühlsdorf

A new evaluation tool for COIL projects: Focus on the intercultural learning process

Since the UAS7 Virtual Academy is a joint project between several institutions, it seeks to bundle and harmonize competencies as much as possible in order to build capacity and ensure that the project has a trickle-down effect throughout the universities and beyond. Experts on evaluation, quality management, and intercultural competence from all participating German universities joined forces to create a joint evaluation tool (questionnaire) for students, in order to measure the impact of the projects.
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What are the Study Abroad Models of the Future?

Text: Study Abroad Models of the Future

The paper examines various study abroad models in existence, with a focus on transatlantic collaboration while also providing a critical analysis for opportunities and future trends. The purpose of the white paper is to review the current state of the transatlantic exchange between North American and German universities and to critically examine, analyze and outline the broad strokes of what a potential future vision of this relationship could be.

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