Implementation of COIL Programmes for English Courses in Tertiary Education : An Instructor’s Perspective for Participation

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is an increasingly popular format of vir tual exchange which connects two or more academic classes from separate cultures and nationalities through online collaboration.The experiences of one instructor based at a fouryear private university in Nagoya are chronicled here showing the motivations, procedures, results and reflections of participation in two COIL programmes implemented in the same academic term for two different English courses each with their own distinctive goals.Projects were undertaken in partnership with a public university in New York and included introductor y emails and activities, essay exchanges, joint presentations, completion of logs registering interactions and submission of reflection essays.Although implementation of COIL into syllabi was achieved without undue complication, several improvements are recommended for instructors or facilitators who are considering undertaking such programmes in the future.