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Exploring Virtual Team Project in an English for Science and Technology Course

Author : Jianqiu Tian

Published in: Learning Technologies and Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Project-based learning (PBL) is increasingly heralded as an effective means to develop the students’ 21st century skills, including collaborative problem solving. In this research, with the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) course on science and technology, the students worked online on projects that produce video presentations on a topic in the frontiers of science and technology informed by original research papers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking a teamwork perspective, the research describes the dynamics of the teamwork, explores the relationship between the team dynamics and the team products and analyzes the benefits and challenges of the virtual team projects. The results indicate that successful projects were associated with harmonious team process and hard work, students benefited from the collaborative research experience and faced challenges such as the time limit, the quality of the product and the cohesion between the team member’s parts of the final product. Pedagogical suggestions are training for research and collaboration before project, setting clearer timeline of the team process and making more active interventions.

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Metadata
Title
Exploring Virtual Team Project in an English for Science and Technology Course
Author
Jianqiu Tian
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Learning Technologies and Systems

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-66905-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-66906-5

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66906-5_42

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