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

  1. Jyotsna Pattnaik, California State University, Long Beach, United States
  2. Dora Hernandez, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  3. Fabian Rojas, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
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 ...