Art Mile Project: An International Collaborative Online Art Project

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop and evaluate curriculum for international collaborative learning analyzing the bigger picture of cooperative learning in two separate student populations. The research model consists of the following four steps. The first step entailed a mutual understanding period; the second step, a collaboration period for reaching project consensus; the third step, an independent activity period. Lastly, the fourth and final step was an appreciation period. All the cases came under these four steps. Four standards were defined to analyze students' learning experiences: ‘pleasure,’ ‘understanding cultural differences and similarities,’ ‘confidence in cooperative activities,’ and ‘class unity.’ After the activities, students drew line charts depicting their own feelings regarding each standard from the beginning to the end of the collaboration. The line charts were a similar in tendency, aside from the differences in details. These differences can be explained by how each teacher designed his or her international collaborative learning activities.