The effectiveness of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) on intercultural competence development in higher education

• Autores: Simone Hackett, Jeroen Janssen, Pamela Beach, Melanie Perreault, Jos Beelen, Jan van Tartwijk
• Localización: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, ISSN 2365-9440, Nº. 20, 2023
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this study we measured the efect of COIL on intercultural competence development using a quasi-experimental design. Our sample consisted of 108 undergraduate students from two universities, one located in the Netherlands (NL) and one in the United States (US). Students’ self-reported intercultural competence was measured using a pre-post survey which included the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) and Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Qualitative data were collected to complement our quantitative fndings and to give a deeper insight into the student In this study we measured the efect of COIL on intercultural competence development using a quasi-experimental design. Our sample consisted of 108 undergraduate students from two universities, one located in the Netherlands (NL) and one in the United States (US). Students’ self-reported intercultural competence was measured using a pre-post survey which included the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) and Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Qualitative data were collected to complement our quantitative fndings and to give a deeper insight into the student experience. The data showed a signifcantly bigger increase in intercultural competence for the US experimental group compared to the US control group, supporting our hypothesis that COIL develops intercultural competence. This diference was not observed for the NL students, possibly due to the NL control group being exposed to other international input during the course.