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Crossing Borders Digitally: A Minor Field Study on Online Challenge Driven Education
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning.
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Att korsa gränser digitalt : En Minor Field-studie om utmaningsdriven utbildning online (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

With advancements in educational digitalisation, new opportunities for international collaboration on education have been created. Through the KTH Global Development Hub collaboration, students from universities in Botswana, Kenya, Sweden and Tanzania participate in modules with Challenge Driven Education (CDE). These modules allows students to gain intercultural and interdisciplinary experiences while working with real societal challenges. In this master’s degree project, Batswana, Swedish and Kenyan students’ and teachers’ experiences with CDE in blended campus-based and remote international education have been investigated. This was done through qualitative interviews, and through observations of a CDE module at Botho University in Botswana. The data was then analysed using thematic analysis with an inductive approach and discussed through the lens of previous research on CDE, e-learning and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), as well as contextualised through discussion of a student project on hydroponics. Based on the data and analysis, guidelines for working with Online-CDE were created. The guidelines are intended to aid teachers to bridge the gap between their previous knowledge and experience in CDE and the difficulties prevalent when planning an Online-CDE module. The modules allowed students to develop core competencies. The intercultural exchange of Online-CDE is appreciated by students and inspires them to work harder, although it may sometimes lead to conflicts. Issues with internet access and a limited knowledge of how to use digital tools provided created difficulties for both students and teachers. Although teachers aimed for students to work interdisciplinarily, project groups often divided work internally, therefore only achieving multi-disciplinarity.

Abstract [sv]

I takt med att digitala lösningar för utbildning utvecklas, uppkommer nya möjligheter för internationella samarbeten kring utbildning. Genom samarbetet i KTH Global Development Hub (GDH) kan studenter från universitet i Botswana, Kenya, Sverige och Tanzania läsa kurser med utmaningsdriven utbildning (CDE). Kurserna ger studenter en möjlighet att få interkulturella och interdisciplinära erfarenheter samtidigt som de arbetar med riktiga samhällsutmaningar. I det här examensarbetet undersöks botswanska, svenska och kenyanska studenter och lärares erfarenheter av CDE i hybridundervisning där vissa studenter deltar digitalt från andra länder än arrangerande universitet. Data samlades in genom kvalitativa intervjuer och observationer av en CDE-kurs på Botho University i Botswana. Insamlad data analyserades genom tematisk analys och diskuterades utifrån tidigare forskning inom CDE, e-lärande och internationella virtuella samarbeten inom lärande (COIL). Resultaten kontextualiserades genom en diskussion av ett studentprojekt om hydroponisk odling. Baserat på resultat och analys togs riktlinjer för Online-CDE fram. Riktlinjerna är tänkta som ett komplement till lärares tidigare erfarenheter av CDE och behandlar de unika svårigheter som uppkommer med Online-CDE. Kurserna gav studenterna möjlighet att utveckla mjuk kompetens. Den interkulturella aspekten av Online-CDE uppskattas av studenterna och får dem att anstränga sig mer, även om det ibland leder till konflikter. Otillräcklig och dyr internetuppkoppling samt begränsad kunskap om de digtala verktyg som används under kurserna skapar problem för både lärare och studenter. Även om lärare eftersträvar interdisciplinära elevsamarbeten delar projektgrupper ofta upp arbetet på ett sätt som leder till multidisciplinärt arbete.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 59
Series
TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2023:44
Keywords [en]
Challenge Driven Education (CDE), Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), intercultural, interdisciplinary, core competencies
Keywords [sv]
Utmaningsdriven utbildning (CDE), Internationella virtuella samarbeten inom lärande (COIL), interkulturell, interdisciplinär, mjuk kompetens
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Other Engineering and Technologies Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-324972OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-324972DiVA, id: diva2:1747568
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Technology and Learning
Educational program
Master of Science in Engineering - Engineering and of Education
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2023-01-13, 00:00
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Available from: 2023-03-30 Created: 2023-03-30 Last updated: 2025-02-18Bibliographically approved

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