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Charting the course of digital collaboration: a bibliometric analysis of COIL literature

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Internationalization is at the core of higher education and institutions are exploring sustainable solutions to develop a comprehensive framework for internationalization. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is a sustainable solution in which two cohorts of faculty and students from geographically and culturally diverse backgrounds can collaborate and interact thereby gaining skills to function in a multicultural and diverse global community. Practices of COIL would help to enhance inclusive and equitable education that would help promote lifelong learning among the beneficiaries. Despite the abundant benefits that COIL offers, research on COIL is still in its nascent stage and is more concentrated in developed high income countries. In this study, the researchers have adopted the bibliometric approach to systematically study the existing literature, explore research gaps and identify emerging research areas in COIL. The results of this analysis would help academicians, researchers, policymakers, and international cells in institutions to strategize and formulate policies to popularize COIL as a sustainable solution for higher education. This would be especially beneficial to developing and emerging economies. The study has theoretical, managerial and societal implications for policy makers, researchers and academicians in higher education institutions.

Source: Cogent Education

DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2025.2477369

Authors: Adya Sharma, Nehajoan Panackal

Institution: Symbiosis International University

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education Governance and Development

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,165