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Title:
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PREPARING COMPUTING STUDENTS FOR CULTURALLY DIVERSE E-MEDIATED IT-PROJECTS |
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Author(s):
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Marc Conrad , Tim French , Carsten Maple , Sijing Zhang |
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ISBN:
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972-8939-03-5 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Maggie McPherson |
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Year:
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2005 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Culture, E-Mediation, Virtual Teams, Curriculum Design, Cultural Fingerprint. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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93 |
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Last Page:
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100 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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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 Hofstedes classic model of cultural dimensions we aim to show the assignments 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 teams suitability for a given task in a real-world project. |
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