Before starting the COIL Project, please work through the material and tasks below to familiarise yourself with the concept of 'liveability' and share your own ideas with other students.
By the start of the Week 1 class, at minimum, you need to have:
Watched the video
Read and understood the Essential Reading
Posted something on the Padlet
Pre-session survey
Please complete this very brief survey about your prior experience and interest in online intercultural exchange. It's completely anonymous and will take you less than 5 minutes to do!
https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0V2xNS036PsxIea
Video: Introduction to Liveability
Please watch this video to familiarise yourself with the concept of liveability and get some hints for approaching the Essential Reading:
https://monash.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=072dd16a-7d1e-4358-bfbe-b20500791309
Slides from the video (PDF): https://drive.google.com/open?id=13meIgTlJteGyc6ftItv73P4GYAodgEw8&usp=drive_fs
Academic Readings on Liveability
Essential Reading:
Biswas, A. (2022). A Conceptual Framework to Visualise Liveability. International Journal of Community Well-Being 5, 793–817 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00178-2
Recommended Readings:
Arpan, P, & Sen, J. (2020). A critical review of liveability approaches and their dimensions. Geoforum 117: 90-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.09.008.
Valcárcel-Aguiar, B., Murias, P., & Rodríguez-González D. (2019). Sustainable Urban Liveability: A Practical Proposal Based on a Composite Indicator. Sustainability 11(1):86. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11010086
Discussion: What Liveability Means to You
Now that you understand a bit more about liveability, it's time to share your own thoughts with other students.
Go to the class Padlet and post a brief (max 150 word) response to the question: What does liveability mean to you?
Rather than providing a generic definition of liveability, share something about your own, personal experience of liveability. For example, you could describe a recent experience that made you reflect on how liveable your own life is, or an idea about something which could be done to make life more liveable for university students in your institution or community. We strongly encourage you to include an image and/or a link to any relevant external web pages, videos, etc.
Making the Most of the Team Experience
Intercultural Competence in Online Collaborative International Learning
To prepare yourself for intercultural collaboration in this COIL project, please complete the following self-directed learning module in your own time:
https://lms.monash.edu/course/view.php?id=127302§ion=2
Achieving Success in Teams
We also encourage you to peruse these useful resources on how to collaborate successfully in team projects:
https://www.monash.edu/student-academic-success/learnhq/collaborate-with-others
Responsible Use of AI in this COIL Project
In this project, we encourage you to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to assist you in the processes of brainstorming, researching and organizing your team's ideas. In class, we'll be discussing some ways you can do so, while retaining the integrity of your work and maximizing human input.
We encourage you to spend some time looking at the resources and guidance available on Monash University's LearnHQ site:
This site from the University of Sydney also provides some very useful practical advice about using AI for different study and research-related tasks: