A pilot study: Facilitating cross-cultural understanding with project-based collaborative learning in an online environment

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-139

  Shadiev, Rustam ^a   Hwang, Wu Yuin ^b   Huang, Yueh Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84932175919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.1607     Document Type: Article

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