Share Paper: W9: TEC model of online collaboration as a tool to enhance intercultural interaction and to bridge between diverse groups of learners

  1. Miri Shonfeld, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and Arts and TEC, Mofet, Israel
  2. Tami Seifert, Kibbutzim College of Education, Israel

Abstract: The web allows us to learn about other cultures and people who are different to ourselves by actually meeting people from other cultures. However, in order to make these exchanges fruitful we must be able to build trust between the teachers collaborating on a project, between the teachers and the students, as well as between the students from the different cultures. We need to build a non-threatening environment where students collaborate with each other using the web tools. In this workshop we will look at the stages for online collaboration and online tools that can further collaboration. The TEC model ...