REPORT 3

GLOBAL CLASSROOM 2.0 @FIST TRANSCENDS TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE

Global Classroom 2.0 (GC 2.0) is a digital platform that enables academician and students from multiple institution to work together using synchronous and asynchronous modes simultaneously to achieve common goals set by the coordinator of a shared course. Prof. Dr. Keiko Ikeda and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Masato Ueda from Kansai University (KU) has initiated a collaborative five-week GC 2.0 session with the Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology (FIST) through Advance Materials Laboratory course (BSP3452) which coordinated by Dr. Saifful Kamaluddin Muzakir. 28 third year Material Technology (FIST) students and 10 KU students have been exposed to the collaborative works which inclusive of discussions and brainstorming on

(i) partially guided research works,

(ii) contributions to the world using earned knowledge and experience, and

(iii) similarities and differences between the two organizations.

The students presented the output during the 2-hour final seminar on 11 June 2021; which concluded that technologies could be manipulated to catalyze a collaboration which enables multiple institutions with different background, history, culture, language and level of technologies to work in a fast pace to solve identified problems. The common tools that have been used in this collaboration are e.g., (i) padlet, and (ii) Microsoft Zoom. The report from KU could be accessed via the following links.

https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/COIL/detail.php?seq=186

https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/COIL/detail.php?seq=189

https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/COIL/detail.php?seq=192

https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Kokusai/IIGE/COIL/detail.php?seq=201

Special thanks to FIST’s students who has contributed to the collaborative project.