Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Service of Multiculturalism

dc.creator	Elaine Hoter, Miri Shonfeld, Asmaa Ganayim
dc.date	2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:20Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:20Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cc19a4bdfefc4176a82fac51d2de7e30
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17565
dc.description	This paper presents an online inter-group contact hypothesis (OICH) model, developed within the Israel education system, whereby online and distance learning (ODL) is used in the service of multiculturalism. The goal is to build bridges among secular and religious Arabs and Jews in Israel based on small multicultural groups and collaborative learning through effective use of the Internet and other cutting-edge information technologies. The model expands the contact hypothesis (which holds that under the right conditions contact could reduce bias between groups) to a model for online collaboration. It adds the gradual development of contact between the groups by progressing from individual asynchronous textual communication to individual synchronous audio communication combined with collaborative asynchronous communication to collaborative synchronous communication and finally to face-to-face communication.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/601/1207
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2009)
dc.subject	Multiculturalism
dc.subject	online learning
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	Contact Hypothesis
dc.subject	teacher education
dc.subject	collaboration
dc.subject	technology
dc.subject	team teaching and learning
dc.subject	CMC
dc.subject	OICH
dc.subject	ODL
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Service of Multiculturalism
dc.type	article