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Preparing computing students for culturally diverse e-mediated IT projects

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Abstract

In this paper we present an account of an undergraduate team-based assignment designed to facilitate, exhibit and record team-working skills in an e-mediated environment. By linking the student feedback received to Hofstede’s classic model of cultural dimensions we aim to show the assignment’s suitability in revealing the student’s multi-cultural context. In addition to anecdotal evidence we also present a quantitative analysis that shows that the desired learning outcomes have been met. In a further discussion we show how the qualitative data collected can be used to quantitatively determine a cultural fingerprint of the groups that is useful to predict the team’s suitability for a given task in a real-world project.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 185-195

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Interactive Technology and Smart Education (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2006

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2006

ISSN

1741-5659

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/279222
  • Scopus: 84993083341

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