TY - CHAP A1 - Meyer, Manfred A1 - Gamundani, Attlee A1 - Becker, Katja A1 - Ochoa-Luna, Jose Eduardo A1 - Malpartida, Daniel A1 - Nugroho, Agung A1 - Stanley, Colin A1 - Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike T1 - Global Intercultural Project Experience (GIPE): A Distributed Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning Framework T2 - Education Applications & Developments VII N2 - This chapter describes a new concept and experiences of a distributed interdisciplinary learning program for students across continents. The aim is to provide students with a truly Global Intercultural Project Experience (GIPE) by working together with peers from around the world and solving real-life client’s problems. We have received seed-funding for four annual projects to engage students from Germany (Europe), Namibia (Africa), Indonesia (Asia), and Peru (South America). In 2020 and 2021, 28 and 44 students from four continents engaged in a one-semester distributed interdisciplinary project for a Namibian and Indonesian client, respectively. Despite Covid-19 they successfully completed the project expressing deep appreciation for the learning opportunities overcoming challenges of working across widespread time zones, cultures, changing requirements, and various technical difficulties. Considering the vast learning benefits, we suggest incorporating such projects in all tertiary education curricula across the globe, while streamlining organizational efforts based on lessons learned. KW - project-based learning KW - interdisciplinary students project KW - intercultural collaboration KW - distributed software development KW - collaborative online international learning (COIL) Y1 - 2022 UR - https://whge.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4191 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1010-opus4-41915 SN - 978-989-53614-4-1 SP - 187 EP - 205 PB - inSciencePress CY - Lisbon, Portugal ER -