Multinational Collaborative Online International Project Experience - Intercultural Competencies in Change
(A2024-119393)

AUTHORS

Annamária Sasné Grósz, University of Pannonia; Dávid Máté Hargitai, University of Pannonia; Barbara Zsuzsanna Varga-Dani, University of Pannonia

ABSTRACT

A US and Hungarian university carried out a six-week Collaborative Online International Learning project with students from 15 nations, focusing on international business negotiation; and exploring changes in cross-cultural skills. The research used three consecutive online questionnaires to measure 1) cultural openness; 2) commitment to the course, relationships with group members; 3) changes in openness and students' interest in international affairs. Currently the major changes in openness, international interest and personality is analyzed from the collected date using statistical methods. The results show that, in line with the literature, the collaborative online international course does indeed bring about a change in participants' cultural competence and helps to change their mind-set and attitudes towards international and global issues.