Scales Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and virtual mobility across the network, supported by a shared COIL platform (2026–2027), so that students and faculty collaborate internationally without travelling.

In a network as geographically diverse as IALU, physical mobility is valuable but out of reach for many students and faculty. Since 2020, IALU has offered free COIL training to faculty at member institutions, made possible by the leadership of Universidad La Salle México. Each training cohort is paired with a partner institution from another region, so participants complete the program with a real collaboration already underway. In a COIL experience, faculty from two institutions in two countries co-design and co-teach a shared module, and students work in international teams, developing technological fluency, intercultural awareness, multilingual communication, empathy and adaptability.

In Mirror Classes, now being piloted, paired courses at two institutions are taught in parallel, sharing sessions, materials and joint student work across borders. The pilot tests the model at small scale before any decision to expand it.

How to take part: Offer and match courses, train faculty in the COIL methodology, or pair one or more courses with a partner institution for Mirror Classes.