TY - JOUR AU - Kröger, Tarja AU - Urdziņa-Deruma, Māra PY - 2015/02/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Intercultural Learning by Virtual Co-design JF - Techne serien - Forskning i slöjdpedagogik och slöjdvetenskap JA - Techne serien VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - Artiklar DO - UR - https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/techneA/article/view/861 SP - AB - <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">In this study, we employed a wiki platform </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">to promote students’ online collaborative design and intercultural learning. A total of 32 (17 Finnish, 13 Latvian and four German) students majoring in education and textiles participated in this 2-month project, in which they co-designed patterns for textiles in small groups. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">We utilized qualitative research methodology to collect data.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> The results show that virtual co-design is a promising method with which to enhance intercultural learning. On a more general note, the study provides an example of how a wiki platform can be used for collaborative design within educational contexts.</span> ER -