Facilitating cross-cultural learning through collaborative skypecasting

SIGITE'07 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM Information Technology Education Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 59-66

  Chan, Anthony ^a   Frydenberg, Mark ^b   Lee, Mark J W ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL); Cross cultural learning; User generated content

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEST PRACTICE; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CONTENT CREATION; COURSE MATERIAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING; FIRST YEAR; FOCUS GROUPS; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; IT COURSE; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; LESSONS LEARNED; TANGIBLE OBJECTS; TEAM MEMBERS; TECHNOLOGY SKILLS; TIME ZONES; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; VIRTUAL TEAM;

CESIUM ALLOYS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTEROPERABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77953077048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1324302.1324317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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