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Session: 2793

Impact of Multi-Cultural Dimensions on Multi-Modal Communication in Global Teamwork

Renate Fruchter* and Alicia Townsend**

*Director of Project Based Learning Laboratory (PBL Lab) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4020 fruchter@ce.stanford.edu

**Graduate Student, Learning Design and Technology Program, School of Education Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 lishat@stanford.edu

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This paper presents an ongoing study that is at the intersection of three thrust areas – culture, information and collaboration technology, and distributed, cross-disciplinary project-based teamwork and learning. The focus is on the relationship between multi-cultural dimensions and communication channels in a rich multi-modal collaboration and information technology environment deployed in a cross-disciplinary, geographically distributed teamwork course organized by the PBL Lab, at Stanford. The study focuses on the cultural dimensions that characterize distributed Architecture, Engineering, Construction (A/E/C) cross-cultural teams work together to design a building using collaborative technologies. We aim to answer several questions. · What are key cross-cultural dimensions to be considered in distributed teams? · How do cultural dimensions and differences relate to preferences of communication channels? How does the usage of these tools differ from culture to culture and why?

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”

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Townsend, A., & Fruchter, R. (2002, June), Impact Of Multi Cultural Dimensions On Multi Modal Communication In Global A/E/C Teamwork Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10630