International collaborative learning experience between Higher Education Institutions in Colombia and Chile

Abstract

Introduction: As a result of the global situation caused by the pandemic, it became a priority for Higher Education Institutions to find simple internationalization strategies that could be adapted to different realities, in order to maintain learning processes and relationships between students, teachers, and the institutions themselves. Objective: The article focuses on an educational experience based on the strategy of Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL), which purpose is to train students in intercultural competencies, as a response to the growing demand for professionals with the ability to face the challenges of educational globalization in their future work practice. Methodology: A COIL strategy was implemented, within the framework of an educational action-research, which had the objective of promoting spaces for the internationalization of the curriculum at home, through international inter-university cooperation between two undergraduate programs of South American higher education institutions. Results: The strategy used created spaces for intercultural dialogue between students and professors, thus allowing for a feeling of recognition to rise among them. This confirmed the relevance of promoting these practices in undergraduate training processes, as they are necessary to face a globalized world.