Osvaldo Succi is the COIL / Virtual Exchange coordinator at the Higher Education Unit of the Centro Paula Souza in Sao Paustatelo, Brazil. He spent years as a professor of English and it was during this time that he had the realisation that his students needed more than they were Read More …
Diba Mani is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology and Kinesiology, in the College of Health and Human Performance at the University of Florida. She is a passionate advocate of virtual exchange in her courses. Kinesiology, she explains, is the scientific study of human movement, such as biomechanics, Read More …
Luis Mejia, originally from Colombia, is Assistant Professor at the University of Florida in the department of Interior Design. He is an industrial designer with a masters’ in product development and doctoral studies in human sciences – and more specifically in interior design. Luis teaches design studio and advanced communication Read More …
Paloma Rodriguez is the Director of the Office of Global Learning at the University of Florida, International Center. The office runs a plethora of internationalisation at home initiatives including virtual exchange. Sebastian Rodriguez – who points out that he and Paloma are not related despite sharing the same surname – Read More …
UNICollaboration is starting a new virtual exchange project in partnership with UNIMED and led by the University of Padua It’s called ‘Critical Virtual Exchange in Artificial Intelligence – CVEinAI HELP US SET UP A NEW WEBSITE FOR THE PROJECT If you are interested in responding to the call for a Read More …
Professor Jon Braddy teaches Queer Theory at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he’s been for the past 22 years. He first began teaching the course in 2013 before taking a break and bringing it back as a virtual exchange in 2023. “It was a hot topic at the time,’ he Read More …
Dear VE enthusiasts, colleagues and friends, We are happy to announce that the Call for Applications to host the next UNICollaboration Conference in 2026 remains open. This is thanks to the great interest in the joint VALIANT/UNICollaboration Conference held at the University of Leon, Spain in February of 2024. The Read More …
Fabian Krengel, PhD candidate, began his virtual exchange journey at the University of Göttingen in the centre of Germany. He’s undertaking his design-based VE at Regensburg university in Bavaria focusing on using VE to train pre-service English Language teachers on how to perceive English as a global language to encourage Read More …
Advantages and Offers for 2025 and beyond Help us spread the word on Virtual Exchange/COIL! The Deal As of now, you can become a member of UNICollaboration, or renew your membership for 2025! Individual and institutional members who join UNICollaboration can enjoy a new 3-year membership option giving them special Read More …
UNICollaboration Research Webinar Thursday July 11th 14h-15h CEST online UNICollaboration is hosting its final research webinar in the series on Identifying and Interrogating Coloniality in Virtual Exchange. This 3rd webinar will address the issue of coloniality in the context of South Africa and implications it has on education and virtual Read More …