Project-Based Intercultural Collaborative Learning for Social Responsibility

Abstract

The purpose of the chapter is to study the history of collaborative learning, its personal and social benefits for all participants, basic tools and to share the experiences in the area of project-based collaborative learning. Additional positive characteristics of intercultural interaction in the process of collaborative learning are also described in the chapter. As a successful example of project-based intercultural collaborative learning, the authors analyze the learning outcomes of an interdisciplinary educational project being run at NTU KhPI and the University of Maribor. The obtained results show that dealing with a set of common tasks Ukrainian and Slovenian undergraduate students have wider opportunities to use various forms of interaction during the learning process.