New development of comprehensive internationalization centered on
co-creative international collaborative learning and the creation of social value

What is Intercultural Collaborative Learning (ICL)?

ICL aims to deepen mutual understanding among students of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds through “meaningful interaction” in the form of collaborative learning experiences such as group work and projects while fostering acceptance of others and introspection, achieving an integrated process for the generation of new value.

This goes beyond merely gathering diverse students together to listen to lectures in the same classroom. By collaborating to achieve common goals, the learners develop the ability to voluntarily accept diversity while encountering active learning opportunities that encourage them to reassess their own value systems.

Tohoku University has developed pioneering efforts aimed at creating an ICL campus, not only in classes for the regular curriculum, but also in establishing a foundation for intercultural cooperation across all of campus life. By promoting this program we plan to further disseminate its achievements as good practices in addition to contributing to the growth of internationalization within Japanese higher education institutions.

• About ICL at Tohoku University (TU Global Learning Center)
• ICL Rubric