Please join us for a day-long hands-on workshops that our SUNY COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) Director, Hope Windle, and Kathleen McKenna have planned for Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
Because Hope lives in Ulster and because they are predicting a “wintry mix” for Wednesday, which is not conducive to travel, we decided to offer the workshops on Zoom only, rather than in hybrid format. See below for more details.
Of course, we hope you will be able to attend both the morning and afternoon workshops, but will welcome you to as much or as little as you can attend.
The morning will focus on intercultural education in general, and the afternoon will focus on COIL specifically. These hands-on workshops will invite faculty members, success coaches, and career specialists to think about how intercultural education can prepare students to live and work in the 21st century.
SUNY continues to expand its international connections, as does SUNY Broome–Katherine Bacon’s class collaborated with Ukraine in the Fall, and Judi Dzuba (and possibly others) will collaborate with the Philippines in the Spring. Our connection with Celaya, Mexico, also remains strong after nearly 13 years.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Kathleen McKenna with any questions you might have. mckennakm@sunybroome.edu
Here is the 
Zoom Link for entire day: suny-edu.zoom.us/my/
Kathleen
REMINDER – SUNY COIL and SUNY Broome are hosting 2 SUNY-wide workshops on working across cultures and doing COIL on Wednesday Jan 14.
Both workshops will be on ZOOM only.
Note – this is a change due to ever changing weather patterns…
Facilitated by Hope Windle, SUNY COIL Director
FREE – to our SUNY community
9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Intercultural workshop (AM morning)
12 – 1 p.m. – Casual conversation
1-3:30 p.m. – COIL workshop (PM afternoon)
Please join us for any or all of this fun day together!
Bringing Joy and Collaborative and Global Learning into Education
Date: January 14, 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
SUNY COIL community members are welcome on ZOOM
Zoom Link for entire day: suny-edu.zoom.us/my/
RSVP by Tuesday, January 13, 5 p.m. to mckennakm@sunybroome.edu but we would never say no if you appear on Wednesday.
Why Attend?
- Discover how intercultural learning and COIL can transform education on your campus
- Bringing joy, engagement, and meaningful challenge to student learning
- Strengthening communication, teamwork, and global awareness
- Modeling inclusive, student-centered activities you can use immediately
- Learning how to design and implement a COIL project
Who Should Attend?
- SUNY faculty and professionals who work with students and are interested in:
- Intercultural collaboration from a teaching & learning
- Collaborative and team-based pedagogy
- COIL and global classroom experiences
What You’ll Experience
This interactive workshop blends practice and design:
- Hands-on intercultural activities you can adapt for your courses
- Exploration of high- and low-context communication, time orientation, and teamwork
- Strategies for empowering international and diverse student teams
- A guided COIL project design session
Agenda at a Glance
- 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Experiencing Intercultural Activities
- Icebreakers & online behavior
- High-context / low-context role play
- Reflection & classroom adaptation
- Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch at your desk wherever you might be. Casual conversation together.
- 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Practice Designing a COIL Project
- Review COIL examples
- Practice designing a COIL project
- Align outcomes with UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Build using Padlet, Brightspace, Google Classroom, or your preferred platform
- (Includes short breaks)
Takeaways
Ready-to-use classroom activities
A draft COIL project
New strategies for intercultural engagement
Connection with the SUNY teaching community
Join us for a day of collaboration, creativity, and global learning!
Submitted by: COIL
