Share Paper: Tele-Collaboration Partnership Beyond Borders: Lessons learned from two years of implementation in early childhood courses in Costa Rica and the United States
Thursday, April 1 1:45 PM-2:00 PM Room 5
Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on international travels and postponing of study abroad programs, the need for telecollaboration projects among universities is critical to connecting students globally. This paper will share a telecollaborative exchange project that was implemented for the second time in fall 2020 connecting a total of 41 students enrolled in Early Childhood Education programs in two universities, one in the United States and the other in Costa Rica. The paper explains the research design; goals of the project; instrumentation; findings from the project including a comparison of findings from both years, 2019 and 2020, of the project ...