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VE/COIL Clinics
Advance your VE/COIL practice through AAC&U's year-round professional learning portfolio. Whether you're designing your first virtual exchange or leading institution-wide implementation, the VE/COIL Clinics provide practical, implementation-focused learning that helps educators and institutions move from ideas to action.
Registration Opens October 2026
Why the VE/COIL Clinic Series?
The AAC&U VE/COIL Clinic Series is a year-round professional learning portfolio designed to help educators and institutional leaders move beyond learning about VE/COIL to successfully implementing, assessing, scaling, and sustaining globally connected learning.
Whether you are designing your first VE/COIL experience or leading institution-wide initiatives, the Clinics provide practical guidance, structured support, and a professional community focused on turning ideas into action.
Developed by the Office of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers, each clinic combines expert facilitation, collaborative peer learning, individualized feedback, and practical implementation activities that participants can immediately apply within their own institutional contexts.
Participants will:
- Develop practical implementation plans, tools, and resources.
- Receive individualized feedback from AAC&U facilitators.
- Learn alongside faculty and institutional leaders from diverse institutions.
- Build confidence in designing, assessing, and expanding VE/COIL.
- Earn AAC&U digital credentials recognizing professional learning and implementation.
Each clinic may be taken independently. Together, the seven clinics form a comprehensive professional learning portfolio supporting faculty, academic leaders, and institutions in advancing globally connected learning through VE/COIL.
Who Should Participate?
Designed for educators and professionals advancing global learning across higher education.
VE/COIL Clinics are designed for educators and professionals across higher education who support or implement global learning.
Ideal participants include:
faculty and instructors interested in integrating global collaboration into their courses;
instructional designers and educational technologists supporting digital and international learning projects;
administrators and academic leaders advancing institutional strategies for internationalization at home;
career services and employer engagement staff linking global learning to career readiness initiatives.
Each clinic is capped at 25 participants to ensure a collaborative, discussion-rich learning environment where participants can share experiences, exchange ideas, and build connections with peers from around the world.
Explore the FY2026–27 Clinic Series
December 2026
Positioning VE/COIL as a Strategic Institutional Priority
February 2027
Intentional Collaborative Learning Design in VE/COIL
March 2027
AI Tools: Opportunities, Boundaries, & Balance in VE/COIL
April 2027
Assessing & Enhancing Student-Centered Learning Outcomes
May 2027
Integrating VE/COIL into the First-Year Experience
June 2027
Career Readiness & Employer Engagement in VE/COIL
July 2027
Scaling & Sustaining VE/COIL Through Faculty Development & Institutional Infrastructure
Build Your VE/COIL Capacity
Explore seven implementation-focused clinics organized around three complementary dimensions of professional learning and institutional development.
Scaling & Sustaining VE/COIL Through Faculty Development & Institutional Infrastructure
Move beyond individual exchanges to build sustainable institutional capacity for VE/COIL.
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Intentional Collaborative Learning Design in VE/COIL
Design meaningful, student-centered virtual exchange experiences by intentionally aligning pedagogy, collaborative learning strategies, and digital technologies.
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AI Tools: Opportunities, Boundaries, & Balance in VE/COIL
Explore thoughtful and ethical approaches to integrating generative AI into globally connected learning.
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Assessing & Enhancing Student-Centered Learning Outcomes
Develop practical assessment strategies that connect course objectives, global learning outcomes, and evidence-informed improvement.
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Career Readiness & Employer Engagement in VE/COIL
Design VE/COIL experiences that intentionally cultivate employer-valued competencies and prepare students for success in an interconnected workforce.
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Integrating VE/COIL into the First-Year Experience
Explore how VE/COIL can strengthen first-year seminars, learning communities, gateway courses, and general education.
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Positioning VE/COIL as a Strategic Institutional Priority
Learn how to build institutional support for VE/COIL by aligning initiatives with strategic priorities, engaging key stakeholders, and developing practical implementation strategies.
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Registration and Pricing
Register for a single clinic or participate in multiple clinics throughout the year. Team discounts are available for institutional groups and colleagues registering together.
Registration includes live and asynchronous sessions, curated resource access, and an AAC&U digital credential issued upon completion.
To register, select your Clinic of interest above or visit AAC&U’s event portal to sign up directly.
| Participation Option | Rate ($USD) | Eligibility/Description |
| Individual Clinic – AAC&U members | $675 per participant | Standard rate for individuals from AAC&U member institutions |
| Individual Clinic – Non-members | $825 per participant | Standard rate for individuals from non-member institutions |
| Clinic Series – Teams or Individuals | $575 per participant | Discounted rate for groups of three or more, or for multiple clinic registrations by the same individual or team |
Discounted rates apply when registering for three or more participants from the same institution, or when the same individual or team enrolls in multiple clinics within the series.
Questions?
Email AAC&U's VE/COIL Clinic Facilitators,Veronica Onorevole and Megan Allen, at global@aacu.org.