Effective cross-cultural collaboration in on-line environment:
iCamp project perspective

Jan Markovic and Joanna Kisielewska

iCamp is an international research project aiming at creating technical and pedagogical environments and techniques that facilitate online cooperation between academics in an enlarged Europe. This article focuses on propositions how to foster cross-cultural collaboration. After defining how the latter term is understood in the project context, it is then argued that it can be improved by concentrating both on the task itself and on the underlying interpersonal relationships. Tools and services which can be helpful in achieving that goal are presented. These include LMSs and free online services (social software, blogs). Reasons for selecting specific ones are given.

All this is set within the context of the first project trial, during which students from four countries will collaborate. It is described how theoretical ideas will be implemented.