This study presents a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) [1] project between a mechanical engineering course situated in a primarily undergraduate university (PUI) in the USA and a robotics course situated in a research university in Taiwan in Spring 2024. The time difference between the two time zones was 13 hours (for example, when it was 2 pm, Monday, April 8 in the USA, it was 3 am, Tuesday, April 9 in Taiwan). Both classes were at different times and in person at their campuses. Due to opposite time zones, it was not possible to regularly organize online sessions in which both classes could meet synchronously. This work will present how the project was designed and conducted so that students from both universities were able to communicate and collaborate across two opposite time zones. Feedback from students at the university in the USA was collected through 2 Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) [2] surveys during the project and a post-project survey at the end. All surveys were anonymous and approved by the Institutional Review Board at the university in the USA. The survey data is analyzed using a thematic analysis [3] to investigate student learning and experiences and determine what changes can be made in future collaboration to improve student learning and experiences.

Authors: Abhishek Verma, Kuo-Shih Tseng

• Date of Conference: 4-6 November 2024
• DOI: 10.20533/LICE.2024.0033
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-74-7
• Conference Location: St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK