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Aprendizaje intercultural. Experiencias de Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) entre la Universidad del Rosario y la Universidad Americana del Cairo en Egipto
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ISSN: 2500-5979
EISSN: 2500-6150
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Gutiérrez-Peláez, Miguel
Ellis, Kate
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During the years 2019 and 2020, two virtual collaborative learning experiences (coil) were carried out between the University of Rosario (ur) and the American University of Cairo (auc), in Egypt. The first, from February to May 2019, consisted of the undergraduate course entitled "The Psychology of War and Peace"; and the second, from February to May 2020, with the course "Psychosocial problems in Colombian contexts", a subject that was articulated with that of the auc entitled "Special Topics in Psychology; Healing Trauma Via Narrative and Art ”. The content of the courses and the pedagogy of the curriculum on the assimilation of the concepts of peace and the empathy of the students with their peers from the other university, who face conflicts of different types, were qualitatively evaluated. The first course was delivered entirely in real time, using online video conferencing. The second had some virtual classes in real time, others in diachronic classes and permanent virtual forums between students from both universities, with the mediation of teachers. In their learning process, students responded to weekly topics in online forums and informally participated in small groups through WhatsApp. At the end of the course, the students presented reflective essays, of which a thematic analysis was carried out. The results of the study suggest that the courses provided unique experiences of joint construction of intercultural competences from psychology for the construction of peace between different cultures and countries that face mental health problems related to different types of violence.