This article indicates that there are four key drivers for school-based use of collaborative software; a. The speed at which ‘social software’ has been taken up by young people outside school which has led some educationists to review the potential of such software in more formal school settings. b. Helping pupils to develop 'knowledge construction skills' which are relevant to a knowledge econ...

Adjustments in inter-cultural communication of expatriate and host national in local operation by Hanna Lee Dr. Robert Woods, Committee Chair Associate Professor of Hotel Management William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration University of Nevada, Las Vegas Due to the global expansion of international hotel chains into culturally isolated countries, such as China, many hotels are in need ...

In an on-going study, we explore the relationship between the learning of computer science and how this learning takes place. We focus on Chinese students studying in the intercultural learning environment of a master programme in Sweden. We propose a framework based in phenomenography, which accounts for the complex relationship between the computer science content and the experienced learning...

Information literacy practice plays a key role in the transitional processes of individuals within new intercultural settings. While this ability to adjust to new cultural contexts is increasingly important within today’s multicultural societies, campuses and workplaces, typical approaches to information literacy education struggle to scaffold the newcomer’s disrupted information landscapes. In...

A recent report by the joint Informatics Europe & ACM Europe Working Group on Informatics Education emphasizes that: (1) computational thinking is an important ability that all people should possess; (2) informatics-based concepts, abilities and skills are teachable, and must be included in the primary and particularly in the secondary school curriculum. Accordingly, the “2013 Best Practices in...

The present study is an attempt to investigate the way culture is addressed in ELT in Iran in general and the place of culture in ELT at the high school level of education in particular. Throughout the study, this issue was examined with reference to the relevant theoretical background, and the content analysis of prescribed English textbooks. The research findings make it clear that the curren...

The importance of preparing students for global citizenship and the development of intercultural competency in an increasingly interdependent world has long been recognized by many higher education institutions in the United States. Experiential learning through study abroad is one means of achieving this goal (Brewer & Cunningham, 2010). For decades, Costa Rica has offered a stable, welcoming ...

We review six virtual learning environments built to support the acquisition of cultural knowledge and communication skills: Croquelandia, ATL, Second China, TLCTS, BiLAT, and VECTOR. Each leverages modern 3D video game engine technology which allows high-fidelity simulation of new cultural settings. This includes representations of buildings, streets, art work, dress, voice, gestures, and more...

Lifelong Learning (LLL) is the key concept of European Union (EU) and European Commission (EC) recommends Promoting Access and Participation in Lifelong Learning for All starting with 1996 European year of LLL and continuing with Feira (2000) and Lisbon (2000) European Council proceedings. With these principles in mind, the project Lifelong Learning for Active Citizenship and Capacity Building ...

In his article "World Literatures and Romanian Literary Criticism" Caius Dobrescu argues that the notion Weltliteratur of Goethe posits the concept of world literature as the conveyor of universal (i.e., cosmopolitan) skills of socio-cultural adaptation. The influence of this form of Weltliteratur on Romanian literary criticism is traceable from Westernization in the nineteenth century to the c...