ABSTRACT

As the Internet connects universities and colleges all over the world, its educational applications have been discussed among educators and researchers in higher education. The biggest advantage of the Internet is its international connectivity. Through the Internet, students can communicate and collaborate with others across nations and cultures. This paper explores such possibilities of international collaboration through the Internet as a collaborative learning tool. It also reports the international joint teleclass conducted between the Department of Communication, University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, from September 27, 1994, to December 9, 1994.