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English teaching applications. Necessary measures for implementing this volunteer
program include contacting and conferring with the key personnel and then signing
a cooperation agreement.
Purpose: A further purpose of this qualitative research/Action Research (AR) is to
elaborate the benefits of service learning, international and interdisciplinary cooperation
and effective exchange of resources and information, interwoven tasks and skill sets, and
the application of a diverse and multi-source knowledge base to practical applications.
The model of ‘Interdisciplinary collaboration’ does not solely emphasise cooperation
between all parties involved and integration of resources and skills; it is also highly interrelated
with knowledge acquisitionwithin an interdisciplinary approach.The collaboratingmembers
from ‘interdisciplinary collaboration’ engage in interactive communication, cooperation,
integration and co-creation activities by (1) ideas, concepts, theories, (2) tools, techniques,
(3) information and data to assist in solving the problems of the insufficient practice of
current research from a single field.
Team members:
• The core team of the Department of Information Management (one teacher,
nine students).
• The core team of the Department of English (one teacher, five students), at
Aletheia University, through the assistance of the Ministry of Education to
promote free software digital resources service centre on campus to integrate
information education in northern Taiwan open source community.
• One primary and secondary school open information source education
teacher in Taiwan.
• From the MOE, one senior expert with expertise in free software.
• A teacher with expertise in both English and computer technology and two
graduate students from Learning and Digital Technology Department at Fo
Guang University.
• One English teacher.
The students from the Department of Information Management feel that through
the cooperation with English major students they can improve their English skills and
learn ideas because they more or less belong to the natural sciences and technology and
have an emphasis on scientific evidence; English students, however always generate new
inspiration or new ideas.
Actually, this is the first significant try-out for Taiwan, involving the collaboration
and cooperation of the action researchers and members of the organisational system.
It is the first time for this kind of cooperation from country to country; it is the first
time for cooperation between Taiwanese university students and the Mongolian middle
school students, and it is the first time between institutions and government.
Conclusion: “Conceptualisation” in a real event as “interdisciplinary collaboration
service learning” process is possible to let students quickly and efficiently learn the
true concept and practical application, and better understand the true meaning and
importance of service learning. This study will also provide suggestions and implications
of the necessary experience for future study. Based on the data, it is not difficult to