Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University

This paper is aimed to discuss the possibility of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to develop skills and critical attitudes toward mass and social media. COIL is a “new paradigm” of online learning that involves classes from more than two countries in order to promote intercultur...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shiozaki, Hiroko
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/1/51720_Collaborative_Online_International_Learning_%28COIL%29.pdf
_version_ 1848783915436736512
author Shiozaki, Hiroko
author_facet Shiozaki, Hiroko
author_sort Shiozaki, Hiroko
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
description This paper is aimed to discuss the possibility of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to develop skills and critical attitudes toward mass and social media. COIL is a “new paradigm” of online learning that involves classes from more than two countries in order to promote intercultural competence. While COIL has great potential in solving problems of international/ intercultural misunderstanding, it is still less known in Malaysia and the Muslim world. This study is an action research on the presenter’s educational activities in the course of “Introduction to International Communication”. Both qualitative and quantitative data are collected through the two COIL projects between Kansai University (KU) and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The first COIL was conducted from March to May 2015 and the main theme was cultural stereotype in mass media. The second was from September to December 2015 with a different course in KU and the main theme was the problems and possibilities of social media. The students’ response shows that collaboration with students in other country gives positive impact on their cultural awareness and critical viewpoint toward media. These experience led students to reflect the characteristics of own society, culture and media usage. Such reflective view point is essential for critical reading of information provided by mass media and internet. Even though the projects requires continuous improvement, the possibility of COIL is not limited to cultural competence but also includes the media literacy in general.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T16:28:56Z
format Proceeding Paper
id iium-51720
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T16:28:56Z
publishDate 2016
publisher Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling iium-517202017-01-16T02:29:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/ Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University Shiozaki, Hiroko BP185.7 Mass media and telecommunication in Islam LB2300 Higher Education This paper is aimed to discuss the possibility of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to develop skills and critical attitudes toward mass and social media. COIL is a “new paradigm” of online learning that involves classes from more than two countries in order to promote intercultural competence. While COIL has great potential in solving problems of international/ intercultural misunderstanding, it is still less known in Malaysia and the Muslim world. This study is an action research on the presenter’s educational activities in the course of “Introduction to International Communication”. Both qualitative and quantitative data are collected through the two COIL projects between Kansai University (KU) and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The first COIL was conducted from March to May 2015 and the main theme was cultural stereotype in mass media. The second was from September to December 2015 with a different course in KU and the main theme was the problems and possibilities of social media. The students’ response shows that collaboration with students in other country gives positive impact on their cultural awareness and critical viewpoint toward media. These experience led students to reflect the characteristics of own society, culture and media usage. Such reflective view point is essential for critical reading of information provided by mass media and internet. Even though the projects requires continuous improvement, the possibility of COIL is not limited to cultural competence but also includes the media literacy in general. Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016-01 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/1/51720_Collaborative_Online_International_Learning_%28COIL%29.pdf Shiozaki, Hiroko (2016) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University. In: International Language and Tourism Conference 2016 (ILTC 2016), 21st-22nd Jan. 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/sites/default/files/FRONT%20PAGE%20OF%20ILTC%202016%20&%20TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS.pdf
spellingShingle BP185.7 Mass media and telecommunication in Islam
LB2300 Higher Education
Shiozaki, Hiroko
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University
title Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University
title_full Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University
title_fullStr Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University
title_full_unstemmed Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University
title_short Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Critical Reading of Media: Collaboration between IIUM and Kansai University
title_sort collaborative online international learning (coil) for critical reading of media: collaboration between iium and kansai university
topic BP185.7 Mass media and telecommunication in Islam
LB2300 Higher Education
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/51720/1/51720_Collaborative_Online_International_Learning_%28COIL%29.pdf