W-02 Multicultural Online PBL in Design Thinking Framework:

Text-mined Students' Response on Their Difficulties in the Program

Abstract

Global Online Collaborative Learning: Design Thinking PBL (GOCL-DT-PBL) is a multicultural PBL in Design Thinking framework developed for engineering students in four Asian universities. The purpose of this paper is to share the results of the discussion after analyzing the questionnaire descriptions of the difficulties encountered by the students while participating in the unique program of complex elements of "multicultural PBL," "non-native language communication," "design thinking framework," and "online implementation." The structure of the paper consists of a description of the background and contents of the program followed by a discussion on the most frequently appeared words after analyzing a questionnaire survey using text mining techniques. The analysis results showed that the three common goals that the authors specifically focused on -collaboration skills, communication skills (in English), and cross-cultural understanding- were precisely in line with the difficulties the participating students experienced while participating in the program.