220 symposium

Intercultural e-learning: Experiences of research in a Sino-UK context

David McConnell
Lancaster University, U.K.

Gordon Joyes
University of Nottingham, U.K.

This Symposium presents some of the research of members of the eChina-UK programme. The programme is funded in the UK by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and its purpose is to bring about cultural awareness and good pedagogic practice between teachers and higher education institutions in the UK and China. Collaboration between UK and China teachers and researchers is a key feature of the programme.

Keywords: e-learning, cultural awareness, inter-cultural e-learning, teachers’ development.