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Refereed Paper with Presentation

===**** A Study on the Effects of Inter-School Collaborative Learning with Overseas Students Using ICT **** === Jumpei Tokito, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, k833290@kansai-u.ac.jp

Since “The Course of Study for Primary School Education” was revised by the Ministry of Education in 2008, intercultural understanding education has been popular in Japan and inter-school collaborative learning using ICT has become one of the effective ways to give students the opportunities to become aware of different cultures. This research is about the effects of the inter-school collaborative learning using ICT between Kansai University Elementary School in Osaka, Japan and an elementary school in Hawaii, USA. Students in Japan were paired with students in Hawaii. They communicated through ICT tools such as videoconferencing, a bulletin board and wiki. The objective of this research is to clarify what students learned about different cultures and how ICT tools worked to enhance learning. The messages on the bulletin board, letters students wrote, worksheets students completed and reflections were used for analysis. This presentation will provide examples of students’ images of their partners’ culture were altered and the relationship between these changes and ICT tools.

 Novice, Intermediate inter-school collaborative learning, ICT tools