Dealing with cultural differences in a 3D virtual classroom: a case study of constructing a virtual Tower of Babel

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Title: Dealing with cultural differences in a 3D virtual classroom: a case study of constructing a virtual Tower of Babel
Author(s): Prasolova-Forland, Ekaterina; Wyeld, Theodor G.; Chang, Teng W.
Abstract: The collaboration project described in this paper involved students across three cooperating institutions, on three different continents in different time zones, building a virtual Tower of Babel in a 3D Collaborative Virtual Environment (3D CVE). Much Information and Communication Technology work today involves international collaboration. This requires cross-cultural understandings with one's co-collaborators, but there are few opportunities for this to occur in a pedagogical setting. Therefore, this paper outlines a pedagogically oriented case study of the use of a 3D CVE as a multicultural collaborative classroom.
Publication type: Conference paper
Source: Proceedings of the 7th IASTED International Conference on Web-Based Education (WBE 2008), Innsbruck, Austria, 17-19 March 2008, pp. 412-417
Publication year: 2008
Keyword(s): 3D collaborative virtual environments; Collaborative learning; Cultural differences; Multi-cultural classroom
Publisher: ACTA Press
ISBN: 9780889867239
Publisher URL: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/pastinfo-610.html
Publisher URL: http://www.actapress.com/Abstract.aspx?paperId=32893
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