Intercultural Learning by Virtual Co-design

• Main Authors: Tarja Kröger, Māra Urdziņa-Deruma
• Format: Article
• Language: Danish
• Published: Nordiskt Forum för Forskning och Utvecklingsarbete inom Utbildning i Slöjd (NordFo) 2015-02-01
• Series: Techne Series: Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A
• Online Access: https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/techneA/article/view/861

<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">In this study, we employed a wiki platform </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">to promote students’ online collaborative design and intercultural learning. A total of 32 (17 Finnish, 13 Latvian and four German) students majoring in education and textiles participated in this 2-month project, in which they co-designed patterns for textiles in small groups. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">We utilized qualitative research methodology to collect data.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> The results show that virtual co-design is a promising method with which to enhance intercultural learning. On a more general note, the study provides an example of how a wiki platform can be used for collaborative design within educational contexts.</span>