An International
Computer
Supported
Collaborative
Learning
(CSCL)
project may at first sight look very
easy to implement. But 23 years' of experience in this field
in networks or projects such as European Schools Project, ECOLE and the in-service project Comenius 2.1 PROMISE has
shown that there are more challenges and pitfalls than first
expected and that the teachers very often ask for support
and guidance. This course is to be seen as a material that
hopefully can be of use.
Accessibility to the Internet and web based
materials such as
‘the Image of the Other’ have given numerous teachers
around Europe and beyond an outstanding possibility of
starting an international collaborative project with their
students.
In spite of a very firm structure in
the Image materials
we have experienced that teachers in some cases have put too
little effort into preparing the collaboration. In most
cases because they have had no access to materials or tools
that could assist them in becoming more conscious of what
the collaborative work might imply and offer.
