Understanding Asian Cultures and Critical Issues Through Collaborative Online International Learning
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: With the growth of collaborative online learning, more students are experiencing educational environments characterized by cultural diversity.This paper shall discuss recent COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) practices between Kansai University and International Islamic University of Malaysia from April 2016 to December 2017, and how these initiatives helped enhance academic discourses in a Japanese learning environment.This paper also explores the diversity of learning styles of Malaysian and Japanese students; how cultural differences affect the learning experiences in an online course; and how diversity could stimulate a culturally inclusive learning environment.Various experiential learnings in understanding culture and critical issues prevailing in Japan are also pinned down in this paper.Finally, this intends to encourage learners and instructors to set out an online academic partnership and adopt COIL as a teaching pedagogy which may be relevant in the rapidly expanding field of global education.
Author: Oliver Belarga
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2810109626