This presentation examines how Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) can support intercultural teaching and learning through the creation of translanguaging artefacts across school and university contexts. The project connects MA students and school learners from institutions in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Europe, bringing together higher education and classroom practice within a shared pedagogical framework. Within the COIL design, MA students collaborate in international groups to explore concepts of culture, language, and intercultural communication while engaging in guided weekly tasks. A central learning activity involves the development of translanguaging artefacts, including multilingual poems and multimodal creative compositions developed around the theme “Count on Me.” These artefacts serve as both creative outputs and pedagogical tools that encourage participants to draw on their full linguistic repertoires while reflecting on intercultural meanings. At the same time, participating school teachers introduce planned and related classroom activities that enable school students to produce and share their own translanguaging work. The artefacts generated across contexts become shared learning resources that stimulate dialogue about language, identity, and intercultural perspectives. The presentation focuses on how artefact-based COIL tasks can foster creative plurilingual expression and support reflective intercultural learning across educational levels.

Authors:
Fotini Diamantidaki, University College London, United Kingdom
Sophia Lam, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jane Woo, Christ College Finchley, United Kingdom
Elfi Troi, Herz Jesu Institut, Italy

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Fotini Diamantidaki is an Associate Professor of Language Learning and Intercultural Communication at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London UK. Her current project focuses on Creative arts, media and intercultural communication.

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