K-12 COIL promotes and supports Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) in K-12 education.
“My Global Classroom” is the 2024–2025 annual program of the K-12 COIL project. Students in grades 4 to 6 (elementary school) and teachers from around the world are invited to participate in the “My Global Classroom” program, collaborating with students and teachers from Taipei City, Taiwan. Each collaborative case of this program will be international/multinational and consist of 3~4 classrooms from different countries/schools. English will be used as one of the major communication tools for all participants (Don’t worry about it, it is enough for basic English skills).
“My Global Classroom” program aims to transform each classroom into a dynamic global connection hub, empowering students to engage in meaningful international interactions, collaborative learning, and cross-cultural exchanges—all without leaving school/home. By fostering global connection, this program creates valuable opportunities for students to build relationships and gain enriching learning experiences across the world.
Based on this objective, students can obtain the following benefits by participating
in this program.
Fostering students to develop an appreciation of both similarities and differences of their cultures as well as intercultural competence (skills that facilitate effective and appropriate interactions with people from other cultures).
Supporting students in dialogues, collaboration., and learning with their learning peers in an international context without leaving their classroom.
most importantly– exploring them from different cultural perspectives. Facilitate students who exchange common learning interests and purposes with peers from another country.
We cordially invite students in grades 4 to 6 worldwide and teachers to join us.
Through the ‘My Global Classroom’ program, teachers from different schools, countries, and cultural backgrounds could collaborate to design learning experiences that facilitate their students’ ability to connect diverse knowledge and perspectives.
The pedagogy of the ‘My Global Classroom’ program centers on a collaborative teaching and learning approach, bringing together international partners through the utilization of digital technologies. Each collaborative case in this program typically spans 6 to 8 weeks. During the case implementation period, a dynamic series of learning activities is organized around three key components.
Everyday life may seem ordinary and routine, but it is unique and full of richness. In this thematic course, students will create their own mini books to introduce and share their lives. By exchanging these books, students from different countries will have the opportunity to appreciate the unique aspects of each other’s lives and explore the common connections that unite them.
For students, everything they do daily often feels routine and taken for granted—such as the games they play after class, the meals they eat, or the time they spend at school. However, these everyday events vary across cultures and serve as a culturaln symbol that shows the different lives and unique characteristics of each place.
In this course, this interesting topic will be explored. Through co-teaching by multinational educators, students from different countries will be able to engage in collaborative learning, working in groups to create their own mini-books (both digital and handmade). Beyond exchanging and sharing their experiences through these mini books, students will be facilitated to realize the things they own in their current lives. As well as all students are encouraged to think about what they can do to create a better life.
This thematic course will include two real-time synchronous collaborative online learning sessions, each lasting 50 minutes, and an asynchronous learning project that will continue for several weeks.
Students choose a daily life issue to create a mini book to share their relevant life experiences. Students will be able to work in groups to create this product, and presenting it to all.
| Time | Stage | Focus | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st week | Stage 1 | Real-time synchronous collaborative online learning (1) | 50 mins | Students engage in a live, interactive session introducing course material and setting up projects. |
| 2nd to 6th week | Stage 2 | Asynchronous learning project | 3 to 4 weeks | Students work independently or in groups on a learning project, collaborating at their own pace. |
| 7th to 8th week | Stage 3 | Real-time synchronous collaborative online learning (2) | 50 mins | Final live session for project review, feedback, and reflection on the learning process. |
Real-time synchronous collaborative online learning (1)
Students exchange information about their schools, countries, cultures, and more to get to know each other better.
Students can enhance their learning motivation by engaging in digital reading.
Students develop foundational concepts for this course by completing online collaborative learning tasks with peers and questioning by the teacher team.
An asynchronous learning project continued 3 to 4 weeks
Students choose a life issue as the topic of their mini book through group discussion, then planning the work schedule and dividing tasks among themselves.
Students use design thinking to create their own mini books with digital tools, and organizing photos, videos, and text introductions to enrich the content.
Students upload their work to a shared online platform. Students also maintain to upload their comment about other peer’s work.
Real-time synchronous collaborative online learning (2)
Organize sessions where students share their mini books that represent their life and culture.
Students could be able to reflect through online collaborative activities and teacher guidance, promoting a deeper understanding of insights, feeling, and new learnings, about each other’s mini books.
Students engage in meaningful dialogue with each other through video conferences and the shared learning platform to develop new perspectives on their lives.
In this program, the three-step implementation sequences will support teachers and students of each collaborative case on the exploring journey of global learning and collaboration. These are divided into three stages as follows: “Understanding/Engagement”, “Application/Transformation”, and “Sharing/Exchange.”
Join the “My Global Classroom” program, where teachers and students come together to connect, learn, interact, and collaborate. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect and collaborate with classrooms in Taipei City and others worldwide. Let us make a positive influence toward cross-cultural understanding and friendly collaboration among people in the world through education.
The Department of Education, Taipei City Government warmly invites you to join the “My Global Learning Classroom” program. We are truly honored to collaborate with dedicated and inspiring educators like you, whose passion will undoubtedly enrich this endeavor. Together, based on our shared belief, we can make a valuable influence in cultivating our students to be global citizens in the future.