@inbook{e27cb46768ee4f1d8b0c4306a0e0f37a,
title = "Virtual partnerships: implications for mediated intercultural dialogue in a student-led online project",
abstract = "Computer mediated communication has important implications for future class room learning which is no longer bound by space or centered around text books. It has the ability to incorporate real life learning whereby students can make important contribution towards global problems without having to leave the campus. This study looked at the impact of virtual communication processes and online tools on student and partner engagement in an on-campus undergraduate unit which enables Australian students to create communication campaigns for an NGO in India. The study found that the communication exchanges provided students with opportunities for intercultural dialogue, both in real and virtual spaces, and how to use ICT and media in a social justice framework within a transnational working environment. Internet technologies have become part of the daily communication pattern of a new generation of students, who see it as their natural environment in which to learn, play and work. It is thus important to expand students{\textquoteright} use of the global digital network from superficial social interactions towards activities which enable them to become active and informed global citizens.",
keywords = "Virtual partnerships, E-service learning, Global citizen, Mediated intercultural communication, Transnational, Remote engagement",
author = "Usha Harris",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789186523978",
series = "MILID Yearbook",
publisher = "NORDICOM, University of Gothenburg",
pages = "177--190",
editor = "Culver, {Sherri Hope} and Paulette Kerr",
booktitle = "Global citizenship in a digital world",
}