A Study of Cross-cultural Learning Experience: through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Interior Design Between Macau and China during the Covid-19

Abstract

As interconnected learning of global cultures has become the main direction of international education.  In today's college students' education and learning, a more closely connected trend in education has become to cultivate, inspire, and create college students to succeed in global economic development, which is increasingly becoming the responsibility of international universities - helping college students to obtain Cross-cultural communication, collaboration skills required for work after graduation. In the strategy development program for studying interior design courses, different cultural influences have a direct impact on the student's learning experience in terms of "culture shock", where historical reasons for fragmentation require an opportunity to presuppose how to approach design issues that can be addressed in a cross-cultural context. This paper is based on a strategy to address and explore a new area of educational reform in China - the establishment of a bundled partnership between the Chinese Education Bureau and the Macau Education and Youth Development Bureau for educational co-development, and the study and practice of a virtual collaborative online global learning (COIL) program. This research will provide a platform for reviewing and exploring the concept of multicultural learning and experiences in interior design between China and Macau during the period of COVID-19 through the collaborative Online international learning approach A systematic review will be included in order to gain effective information related to the research topic and review findings of recent articles.

Keywords: cross-cultural learning experience; collaborative online international learning (coil); interior design education; intelligent and virtual design