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Report on an Online-Collaborative Learning Class with Mixed Group Based Activities between Japanese and Korean Partner Universities

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2016, (49), pp.109-125
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

Jung, Hye-Seon 1 기쿠치세이지 2 히라야마 카나에 3 아오키마이코 4

1北海道大学 国際本部留学生センター
2영남대학교
3北海道大學
4北海道大学

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to report the new initiative of the online collaborative learning class between Korean and Japanese mixed group of students in 2 partner universities and to show its significance and challenges. Online collaborative activities became recently quite popular in association with the development of ICT and the trend of encouraging the cultivation students’ generic skills. However, they are still divided into groups with nationalities for their class activities and they are not really ‘collaborative’ in the process of their works. So, this initiative focuses on the formation of a ‘mixed group’ among 2 countries and the enhancement for their ‘collaborations’ through the course. In particular, for collaborative works among mixed groups in Korean and Japanese universities, the online tools such as Skype, Line and Google-Slide were used inside and outside of the classroom. Besides, in order to encourage their works to be active, their performances were evaluated several times using the Rubrics for self-evaluations and the Progress report for group works. The topics that groups dealt with were also considered carefully as to be a common problem in the world rather than a limited particular one in a country. From students’ voices, they understood the importance of exchanges with different backgrounds while they also learnt the difficulties of communication itself. In order to encourage their exchanges deeply, ‘the common ground’ which sometimes becomes a cue for communications is needed and the teaching staff have a great role for building it. The maintenance of ICT facilities also remains an issue.

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