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Computer Supported Intercultural Collaborative Learning: A Study on Challenges as Perceived by Students

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21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills (EC-TEL 2012)

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This study examines challenges that are inherent in computer supported intercultural collaborative learning (CSICL) in higher education. For this purpose, a 22-item survey was completed by students (N=98) who worked collaboratively in culturally diverse pairs on an online learning task focused on the field of life sciences. Students were required to rate on a Likert scale the importance of a certain challenge in CSICL. Descriptive statistics were used to determine what challenges are perceived to be the most important by students in CSICL. The results suggest that ‘a collaborative partner is not communicating properly’, ‘a low level of motivation’ and ‘insufficient English language skills’ were perceived by all study participants to be the most important challenges in CSICL.

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  1. Chair Group of Education and Competence Studies, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

    Vitaliy Popov, Omid Noroozi, Harm J. A. Biemans & Martin Mulder

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  1. Vitaliy Popov
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  1. CASS School of Education and Communities, University of East London (UEL), Stratford Campus, Water Lane, E15 4LZ, London, UK

    Andrew Ravenscroft

  2. Knowledge Management Institute and Know-Center GmbH, Graz University of Technology (TUG), Inffeldgasse 21a,, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Stefanie Lindstaedt

  3. Departamento Ingenieria Telemática, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30,, 28911, Leganés (Madrid), Spain

    Carlos Delgado Kloos

  4. Information and Communitations Technologies Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra,, Roc Boronat 138, 08018, Barcelona, Spain

    Davinia Hernández-Leo

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Popov, V., Noroozi, O., Biemans, H.J.A., Mulder, M. (2012). Computer Supported Intercultural Collaborative Learning: A Study on Challenges as Perceived by Students. In: Ravenscroft, A., Lindstaedt, S., Kloos, C.D., Hernández-Leo, D. (eds) 21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills. EC-TEL 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7563. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33263-0_60

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