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This paper discusses a field trial to study the usability of videoconferencing in two elementary schools, one in Norway, the other in Sweden. Teachers of 5th grade classes were introduced to the communication medium and were told to look for cooperating tasks. The results indicate positive effects on the process of foreign language learning. In addition videoconferencing supplied an interesting meeting point between children in Norway and Sweden strengthening their sense of community both within each individual class and between the two classes. Finally new cooperation partners, new cooperation methods and new topics on which to focus, are discussed.
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Evjemo, B., Eidsvik, A.K., Danielsen, T. (1995). Cooperating school classes. In: Tinsley, J.D., van Weert, T.J. (eds) World Conference on Computers in Education VI. WCCE 1995. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34844-5_22
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