Many of us include various collaborative and group activities in our classes. In addition to creating space for students to hone their team-building skills, group projects offer a great opportunity to develop communication skills.
We know that for solving complex problems, diverse groups perform better than homogenous ones. We also know that with diversity comes a greater possibility of misunderstandings. Providing students with experience working across diversity in a supportive and safe environment is an essential part of a college education.
In this section, we explore a Collaborative Online [I]ndigenous Intercultural Learning Pathway, that supports instructors in creating collaborative projects that interweave Indigenous and intercultural perspectives.