Share Paper: Development of a Collaborative Skills Training Program Utilizing ICT for 21th-Century Students

  1. Nagayuki Saito, Ochanomizu University / Business Breakthrough University, Japan

Abstract: Research into “21st-century skills” has emphasized collaborative skills as a requirement for success in our future society. This study investigated the development of educational programs designed to foster collaborative skills among students and analyzed students’ self-efficacy for training. The analysis showed that students’ self-efficacy was higher in “Collaborative Skills” than in other areas. On the other hand, Logical-thinking Skills and Relationship-building Skills maintained low scores. These findings suggest that students followed a learning process in which they had to recognize collaborative behavior as an early step, and this behavior was re-recognized by the reaction of other students as the next ...