The contribution of open ended group projects to international student collaborations

ACM Inroads

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Daniels, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaboration issues; Collaborative learning; Cultural awareness; Curriculum design; Engineering education research; Global virtual teams; Open ended group projects

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION ISSUES; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL AWARENESS; CURRICULUM DESIGN; ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH; GLOBAL VIRTUAL TEAMS; OPEN ENDED GROUP PROJECTS;

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79955059881     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1835428.1835446     Document Type: Article

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