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How ICT Tools Support a Course Centered on International Collaboration Classes

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Towards a Collaborative Society Through Creative Learning (WCCE 2022)

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Abstract

Here we describe a course centered on three international online collaboration classes. The participants were students at Japanese and Malaysian universities and the course used Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to contribute to university students’ language ability, willingness to study, and knowledge about their own cultures and those of their interlocutors. Various communication tools were used to support and monitor the project. The use of these ICT tools, including a newly developed application program (Dialogbook), will be presented. We describe how Dialogbook was used to set up small-group discussions, exchange comments, provide feedback between the instructor and students, and enable students’ reviewing of their performance via rubric questions. The availability of such a one-stop support tool for students in the collaboration classes reduced the burden on teachers. The data collected with this application is closely examined both quantitatively and qualitatively, and the results show that the course successfully facilitated students’ engagement in the project, with high motivation levels.

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Acknowledgments

This project was supported by Grant for Establishing Interdisciplinary Research Cluster (PI Jun Iio), Chuo University. We would like to thank John Matthews for his comments on the English and Loh Khai Xian for his support in administrating the participation of Malaysian students in the project. This study is supported by KAKENHI 22K00689.

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  1. Department of English Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo, 197-0393, Japan

    Shigenori Wakabayashi

  2. iTL, Chuo University, Tokyo, 162-8478, Japan

    Jun Iio

  3. Language Academy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, 81310, Bahar, Malaysia

    Kumaraguru Ramayah

  4. Workshop Initiative for Language Learning, Chiba, 277-0841, Japan

    Rie Komoto & Junji Sakurai

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  1. School of Education, La Trobe University, Deepdene, VIC, Australia

    Therese Keane

  2. Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Cathy Lewin

  3. University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Torsten Brinda

  4. Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche, Consiglio Nazioanale delle Ricerche, Genoa, Genova, Italy

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Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Ramayah, K., Komoto, R., Sakurai, J. (2023). How ICT Tools Support a Course Centered on International Collaboration Classes. In: Keane, T., Lewin, C., Brinda, T., Bottino, R. (eds) Towards a Collaborative Society Through Creative Learning. WCCE 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 685. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43393-1_24

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