Video-Based Collaboration and its Impact on Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence Development: the case of Global Understanding Project

Abstract

The present dissertation aims at studying the impact of video-based collaboration on students‟ cross-cultural competence development through the Global Understanding project, as a virtual cross-cultural programme named the Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) at the English Department in Tlemcen University. The main issue of this study is to know whether the cross-cultural programme helps students to develop their cross-cultural competence [covering awareness and sensitivity] toward different cultures.