Student Voices on the Use of International Telecollaboration and Sustainability During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Martin Parsons (Hannan University, Japan) and Mikel Garant (Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 66
EISBN13: 9781668453025|DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8310-4.ch003
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up many challenges to international cooperation, to the promotion of sustainable development, and indeed, to education. This chapter describes a telecollaborative project between university students in Japan and China. The students planned, wrote, recorded, and produced video podcasts on the theme of sustainable development, which were then exchanged via a password-protected, online, collaborative platform. On completion of the project, students wrote reflective essays, which are used here to gain insights into their impressions of topics such as sustainable development and telecollaboration. Results indicate that students improved their understanding of sustainability in addition to developing video editing and podcasting production skills. They also improved their pronunciation as well as other English skills. Overall, they were proud of their podcasts and enjoyed collaborating online with students from another country.
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