TESTIMONIALS
Educator Participant— Montreal, Canada
“Collaborating with Academic Connections opened meaningful global learning opportunities for me that expanded my existing networks that simply wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.
The adapted COIL and LICOIL experiences, disconnected from institutional curricula and course credit constraints, were insightful. The Quarterly Book Reading Groups offered me a structure for sustained, discussion-oriented learning spaces where I and other participants engage with scholarly and practitioner texts.
For me, these groups foster reflective dialogue, intercultural understanding, and the collaborative examination of ideas that inform educational practice and social change. The Author/Practitioner Q & A Salons were exceptional. I got to meet with and dialogue with book authors or other experts in the related field. I felt that they fostered real intercultural dialogue, strengthened student engagement, and helped us see ourselves as part of a wider academic community.”
Student Course Participant — Galicia, Spain
“Working with Academic Connections was an inspiring experience. The program created genuine connections between learners across countries and cultures, while supporting language development and mutual understanding. It’s powerful to see how technology-enabled collaboration can bring individuals, and classrooms, together in such human and meaningful ways.”