A case study of an online collaboration project: College_Asia

A case study of an online collaboration project: College_Asia

• Ting, Wai Ching Adrian The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Kwong, Wing Yee The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2009

CITE Research Symposium 2009: Learning Communities and Technology: The Next Ten Years (2009: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
    • QGE Distance Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This paper aims at discussing the effectiveness of the College_Asia project, which involved EFL students from Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong. Participants were asked to upload their photos on Flickr.com with the purpose of drawing attention and arousing curiosity. They then made acquaintance with students from the partner universities, commenting on each other's photos and postings. This practice generated topics for class discussions and provided a platform for students to use English in authentic situations. The paper concludes that the project has a lot of potential in improving learner motivation and possibilities of international collaboration in English language classrooms.

Paper presented at the CITE Research Symposium 2009: Learning Communities and Technology: The Next Ten Years

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/1348cd4b

2015-10-08