Resumen

MAGRANE, Mindy  y  GARDUNO, Mariana. Interuniversity Global Student Collaboration During COVID-19. Rev. panam. comun. [online]. 2021, vol.3, n.1, pp.144-153.  Epub 17-Feb-2023. ISSN 2683-2208.  https://doi.org/10.21555/rpc.v0i1.2359.

During the spring of 2020, schools and universities across the world were among the institutions that had to close down their activities due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Because of its high level of contagion, students and faculty were prevented from having regular on-site synchronous classes. Innovative and virtual learning projects were designed to continue amid the pandemic. In order to provide students with novel, digital, collaborative experiences that enhanced their particular course learning outcomes, a two week global teaming activity between two different universities (located in Illinois, U.S.A. and Mexico City, Mexico) was designed and implemented during the lockdown. The technical tools, digital environments, expected skill development and resources were set during the design period including a theoretical framework from which students were able to address and engage during the activity. Once the activity took place, the results obtained from the experience varied from the use and acquired skills from collaborative, real-time technological tools, to different approaches to problem-solving between the participating teams and finally the way that cultural, language and generational differences played out during the teaming activity, between students and faculty members.

Palabras llave : Teaming activity; on line; Northwestern University; Universidad Panamericana.