Consolidation of courses with COIL methodology at UNR, through the AUGM office.
The AUGM Office of UNR is carrying out concrete actions with the aim of operationalizing its internationalization strategy at home, with an emphasis on curriculum internationalization and digital internationalization, with the goal of contributing to the configuration of a hybrid and globally connected university ecosystem from a regional platform.
Among the tools adopted in the 2025 planning to translate these objectives into concrete actions is the design of courses using the COIL methodology (Collaborative International Online Learning). This teaching and learning methodology connects teachers and students from diverse backgrounds, crossing borders and disciplines. It is a form of virtual exchange at three levels: teachers, students, and institutions, through innovative resources to develop students' international and intercultural competencies and their digital competence.
Among the results achieved, we detail the courses that will be implemented during the year 2026:
1- Theme: “Psychoanalysis and contemporary Argentine and Brazilian artistic productions.”
Institutions: Faculty of Psychology of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
UNR Coordinating Teacher: Bruno CARIGNANO
This course design, based on the COIL methodology, aims to connect the discipline of psychoanalysis with contemporary Argentine and Brazilian artistic productions, fostering cultural exchange and collaboration between students from Argentine and Brazilian universities. The structure follows the provided grid model, dividing the content into seven weeks of collaborative work.
2- Theme: “Water, power, territory and socio-environmental conflicts: perspectives from Argentina and Brazil”.
Institutions: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
UNR Coordinating Professor: Ariel OCANTOS
This eight-week COIL (Collaborative Learning Initiative) offers a space for collaborative learning focused on the comparative study of socio-environmental conflicts related to water and territory. The proposal integrates the political ecology of water, the analysis of hydrosocial territorialities, technical approaches to environmental and health management, and the Latin American critical perspective on conflicts and resistance.
3- Theme: “Nature-based solutions and indicators.”
Institutions: Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and University of Santiago de Chile, Chile.
UNR Coordinating Professor: Clara MITCHELL
The course will be aimed at students enrolled in the "Environmental Impact Assessment" course at FCEIA-UNR and students of "Plant Biology for Pedagogy" and "Biotechnology for Chemistry" at the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology of USACH. Students from other courses at both universities may be invited to participate.
4- Theme: “Metamorphosis of work.”
Institutions: Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
UNR Coordinating Teacher: Juliana Carpinetti
COIL collaborates with the research team of the World of Work and its Metamorphoses Research Group (GPMT), coordinated by Dr. Ricardo Antunes. One of the main objectives of this academic center is to foster the development of research projects—both individual and collective—by bringing together not only students and faculty from IFCH/UNICAMP, but also in collaboration with a significant number of professors and researchers from other national and international universities. The GPMT's conceptual development throughout its history has focused on the metamorphosis of the world of work in general (Antunes, 1995) and, more recently, on how meaning is given to this particular universe (Antunes, 2005), using the empirical universe comprised of advanced students and young professionals who have recently graduated from the design-based training programs offered at FAPyD.
5- Theme: “Methodological strategy in the teaching of Portuguese.”
Institutions: Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
UNR Coordinating Teacher: Thalita CAMARGO ANGELUCCI
COIL between the Pedagogy degree of UNICAMP and the Education Sciences degree of UNR aligned with Unit 4 “The methodological strategy” of the program of the chair “Educational Research”
6- Theme: “Language teaching in the early years.”
Institutions: Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and Federal University of Pará, Brazil.
UNR Coordinating Professor: Joana ARMAN
A collaborative learning project (COIL) will be conducted between students in the Portuguese teacher training program at UNR (Argentina) and students from LIECML (Brazil). The course will include synchronous virtual meetings during the second semester of 2026. The objectives of the COIL are: exchange of training experiences, comparative analysis of educational contexts, and co-construction of interdisciplinary teaching proposals for language instruction in the early years. The project is expected to be presented at conferences/conferences on foreign language teaching and teacher training.
7- Theme: “Dictatorships of the Southern Cone.”
Institutions: Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and University of Santiago de Chile, Chile.
UNR coordinating teacher: Mariana PONISIO
Through the COIL methodology, it is proposed to articulate the work between the subject "History of America III", common to the Teacher Training and Bachelor's Degree in History programs of the School of History of the UNR (second semester, approximate number of students 25), and the subject "Chile. Developmentalism, political projects and dictatorship" of the Bachelor's Degree in History, mention in Cultural Management, of the Department of History of the USACH (second semester, approximate number of students 25).
8- Theme: “Pre-professional practices and extension of Fashion Design careers.”
Institutions: Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and University of the Republic, Uruguay.
UNR Coordinating Teacher: Ivana MINGORANCE
The COIL project aims to establish a link with the "Pre-Professional Practice II" course of the Bachelor's Degree in Clothing and Textile Design (UNR) to develop a joint distance learning program for students from both universities during the second semester. Furthermore, the experiences of students in Pre-Professional Practices related to University Extension and Socio-Educational Practice projects with social organizations and public sector institutions will be shared. These experiences aim to ensure that future designers maintain the social commitment necessary for the university's work in the community.
9- Theme: “Real livestock systems and development of a well-founded proposal for forage planning.”
Institutions: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and University of the Republic, Uruguay.
UNR Coordinating Professor: Federico FINA
This COIL aims to have students from both universities analyze real livestock systems and develop a well-founded proposal for forage planning, through the joint use of conceptual and digital tools specific to each course.
10- “Theme: Strategies for the reproduction of life linked to food provision in Argentina and Uruguay. ”
Institutions: Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and University of the Republic, Uruguay.
UNR Coordinating Professor: María Victoria DEUX MARZI
This is a collaborative project between the Chair of Political Economy (FCPolit/UNR) and the area of Sociology of the Commons: Food, Economy, and Environment, within the framework of their respective undergraduate courses. The content will be developed through various synchronous (classes) and asynchronous (practical assignments) activities.
11- Theme: “Accessible Tourism .”
Institutions: Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and University of the Republic, Uruguay.
UNR Coordinating Teacher: Viviana Marchetti
This COIL course combines synchronous classes, collaborative asynchronous work, and the production of a final project on Accessible Tourism. Tools such as Drive, Padlet, and Miro will be used.