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9 Disciplinary <strong>and</strong> interdisciplinary linkagesThis section presents a discussion of links between the project <strong>and</strong> other projects inthe ALTC Strategic Priority Areas <strong>and</strong> also a discussion of disciplinary <strong>and</strong>interdisciplinary linkages between IT <strong>and</strong> business that have emerged as a result ofthe project.9.1 Linkages with other ALTC projectsAfter searching through the list of ALTC funded projects, five projects are beingidentified as sharing the common themes of “inter-cultural” <strong>and</strong> “internationalstudents” with our project. They are:• Investigating the efficacy of culturally specific academic literacy <strong>and</strong>academic honesty resources <strong>for</strong> Chinese students(http://www.altc.edu.au/project-investigating-efficacy-vu-2008 )• Addressing the on-going English language growth of international students(http://www.altc.edu.au/project-addressing-ongoing-english-monash-2007 )• Development <strong>and</strong> evaluation of resources to enhance skills in higher degreeresearch supervision in an intercultural context(http://www.altc.edu.au/project-development-evaluation-resourcesmacquarie-2007)• Assessing students unfamiliar with assessment practices in Australianuniversities (http://www.altc.edu.au/project-assessing-students-unfamiliarrmit-2005)• Enhancing domestic <strong>and</strong> international students engagement: changingattitudes <strong>and</strong> behaviours (http://www.altc.edu.au/project-enhancing-domesticinternational-melbourne-2008)To gain more in<strong>for</strong>mation about other projects, a member of our project team, KumLeng Chin, participated in a workshop facilitated by the team of the first project,“Investigating the efficacy of culturally specific academic literacy <strong>and</strong> academichonesty resources <strong>for</strong> Chinese students”. The workshop took place on 29th August2008 <strong>and</strong> its purpose, according to the hosts, was “to gain insight into issuessurrounding academic literacy <strong>and</strong> teaching Chinese students” from a 'referencegroup' of academics who had experiences in these issues.About twenty academics from a number of Australian universities attended the fulldayworkshop. There were seven twenty-five minutes presentations followed byplenty of discussion time throughout the workshop. A number of important issuesrelated to the teaching <strong>and</strong> learning of international students - particularly Chinesestudents - were raised <strong>and</strong> discussed at the workshop. These issues, whichincluded academic literacy, communication skills, academic honesty <strong>and</strong> plagiarism,cultural impact on learning behaviour <strong>and</strong> much more, were highly relevant to ourATLC project. The sharing of some of the innovative <strong>and</strong> successful solutions tosome of these problems was also very inspiring <strong>and</strong> encouraging.This workshop has given us the opportunity to learn from other ATLC projects insimilar research areas. It has also affirmed the significance of our study.Participation in this workshop has allowed us to draw on the experience <strong>and</strong> findingsof related work so as to refine <strong>and</strong> enrich our investigation. Given the vast amount ofinterest being shown in our project at the workshop, we are looking <strong>for</strong>ward to futurepossibilities in in<strong>for</strong>mation sharing <strong>and</strong> research collaboration with the workshop148
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