Abstract
This paper reflects on a 2013-2014 Australia-China Council project in which school students in Australia and China
produced and shared digital stories about their everyday lives and local cultures, with students being invited to give
feedback on the language and content of the stories produced by their overseas peers. The main lessons learned during the
project involved the need to seek common ground between the expectations of the Chinese and Australian partners. These
pertained to five main categories: motivation, educational culture, organisation, technology, and pedagogy. Despite the
challenges, students engaged in some valuable language and cultural learning, teachers developed some insights into the
learning possibilities at the intersection of pedagogy and technology, and the researchers are beginning to develop a list
of key recommendations to consider when setting up such cross-cultural, technology-supported projects.
produced and shared digital stories about their everyday lives and local cultures, with students being invited to give
feedback on the language and content of the stories produced by their overseas peers. The main lessons learned during the
project involved the need to seek common ground between the expectations of the Chinese and Australian partners. These
pertained to five main categories: motivation, educational culture, organisation, technology, and pedagogy. Despite the
challenges, students engaged in some valuable language and cultural learning, teachers developed some insights into the
learning possibilities at the intersection of pedagogy and technology, and the researchers are beginning to develop a list
of key recommendations to consider when setting up such cross-cultural, technology-supported projects.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) and Sustainability, Technology and Education 2014 (STE 2014) |
| Editors | Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa, Theodora Issa, Dian-Fu Chang, Pedro Isaías |
| Publisher | IADIS Press |
| Pages | 191-196 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-989-8533-30-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | International Conferences on Educational Technologies 2014 and Sustainability, Technology and Education 2014 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 10 Jan 2014 → 12 Jan 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conferences on Educational Technologies 2014 and Sustainability, Technology and Education 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | Taiwan, Province of China |
| City | Taipei |
| Period | 10/01/14 → 12/01/14 |