Promoting international cultural and academic collaborative communication through technologies of open course ware

摘要

In the diverse cultures of an increasingly transnational world whereudacademic literacy in English or Englishes is required for advancement inuduniversities, communication technologies play critical roles. This paper integratesudscholars from diverse cultures through online technology which allows forudparticipants from several universities to develop their awareness of diverseudcultures and academic English across disciplines. This research addresses the issueudof how online collaboration among scholars can develop their technological,udcultural and academic literacies which are essential to their academic progress. Byudcreating electronic discussion forums that include scholars from universitiesudworldwide it is possible to engage in transcultural dialogue regarding how diverseudcultures view technology as a means to advance academic and cultural literacy.udThrough combining the wealth of academic Open Course Ware (OCW) throughudthe consortium and linkages with international universities it is possible to createudcredit courses for students in each of their home universities thereby overcomingudthe major limitation of OCW by providing access to credit for OCW courses.