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International multidisciplinary learning: an account of a collaborative effort among three higher education institutions
conference contribution
posted on 2014-12-19, 11:33 authored by Paul Poh, Robby SoetantoRobby Soetanto, Stephen Austin, Zulfikar AdamuRequiring students to complete their course assignments in partnership and in collaboration with students from other institutions is not commonplace teaching pedagogy. Even less so when they transcend disciplines and international borders. This Paper presents a brief account of an ongoing collaborative effort between Ryerson University, Coventry University and Loughborough University to inculcate cross border communication and teamwork skills to their Built Environment undergraduate students by way of having them work collaboratively on joint project assignments. It describes its scope and organisation and summarises some circumstantial and anecdotal observations of participating students’ inclination and disposition to working inter-institutionally. In an industry where cross disciplinary interactions and exchanges are the norm and where contracting parties to the project can frequently be across international divides, it is imperative that its professionals be trained in cross border teamwork skills.
Funding
The financial support from HP Catalyst initiative in the previous project and Higher Education Academy in the current followed-on project is gratefully acknowledged.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
The 8th International Conference on e-LearningPages
1 - 6 (6)Citation
POH, P. ... et al., 2014. International multidisciplinary learning: an account of a collaborative effort among three higher education institutions. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on e-Learning, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 July 2014, 6pp.Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2014Notes
Presented at the 8th International Conference on e-Learning 2014 http://elearning-conf.org/oldconferences/2014/Language
- en