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Collaborative learning in a shared course between two universities

Published: 10 January 2020 Publication History

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This article describes an ongoing education project in which the students develop remote working skills by working in teams of students located in different Universities. The proposal originated from a successful pilot conducted last year between University of Trento and University of Madrid in which students worked in mixed teams jointly on challenges and projects proposed by companies. In this paper we describe the setting that we developed for this academic year, that focuses specifically on digital transformation for digital finance, and how we aim to use different online tools and platforms to, on one hand, make it easier for students to collaborate together, and on another hand, allow the faculty members to supervise work progress made by teams and to make sure the students accomplish the required tasks. By doing so, we aim to increase the development of transversal skills for remote work and working in distributed skills by the students in the course. We also reflect on the observed issues on how to set such course.

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OzCHI '19: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction
December 2019
631 pages
ISBN:9781450376969
DOI:10.1145/3369457
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  1. Collaborative Learning
  2. Entrepreneurship Education
  3. Instructional Design
  4. Remote Learning
  5. Team Work

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OZCHI'19: 31ST AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER-INTERACTION
December 2 - 5, 2019
WA, Fremantle, Australia

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