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12053s

Student Presentation (20 minutes)

Seiichi Hirakawa, Kansai University Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, seiichi.nochi.hare@hotmail.co.jp
 * The Research on Using Social Media in International Collaborative Learning - Case study of Japan and Cambodia**

With the rapid progress of globalization, “cross-cultural understanding” has been paid attention in the field of education. At Kansai University, conducts some international collaborative learning projects to promote cross-cultural understanding. Cambodia Project is of these projects and this project organized by students who have the same objectives. In December 2011, as a part of an international collaborative learning program, Cambodian students were invited to Japan to participate in collaborative learning activities with Kansai University students. In this program, social media such as Facebook was utilized before the Cambodian students came to Japan. Students used Facebook to introduce themselves to each other, because this was first time for students to work together, and share information about the collaborative learning program. This research clarifies the impact of using social media when students from Japan and Cambodian students collaborated. Analysis was conducted using students' posts on social media and interviews of students.

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