Internationalization of Curriculum in Higher Education in New Normal Japan: Strategy, Pedagogy and Practice

研究项目一直在按计划进行。Leyla Radjai博士继续作为研究合作者与我合作。我们一起进行了额外的12个采访，参与合作在线国际学习（COIL）计划在8个不同的日本大学通过日本政府的大学间交流项目资助的教育工作者。这项研究的结果显示，各种行为者都启用和阻止COIL作为课程国际化（IoC）的一种形式，并且COIL本身在许多情况下作为一种机制，在机构和个人层面更广泛地塑造IoC，超越了各自的COIL计划的范围。我们认为，COIL提供了一个可行的手段，有助于在日本大学的包容性和协作的国际化课程，给予足够的机构支持和教师买进。基于这项研究，我们又发表了两篇论文，一篇是由英国全球高等教育中心发表的白色论文，另一篇已提交给同行评审期刊。我们打算在即将举行的日本比较教育学会年会上展示这些发现，并寻找机会在国际上展示这些发现。

The research project has been progressing according to schedule. Dr. Leyla Radjai has continued to work with me as a research collaborator. Together we have conducted an additional 12 interviews with educators involved in collaborative online international learning (COIL) programs at 8 different Japanese universities funded through the Japanese government's Inter-University Exchange Project. Findings from this research revealed that various actors both enabled and blocked COIL as a form of internationalization of curricula (IoC), and that COIL itself served in many contexts as a mechanism that shaped IoC at institutional and personal levels more broadly, beyond the confines of the respective COIL programs. We argue that COIL offers a viable means to contribute to an inclusive and collaborative internationalized curriculum in Japanese universities, given adequate institutional support and faculty buy-in. Based on this research we have produced two more papers, one a white paper published by the Centre for Global Higher Education in the UK, and another which has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. We intend to present these findings at the upcoming annual conference for the Japan Comparative Education Society and find opportunities to present this internationally.