TAO Project: Telecollaborative Learning Across the Curriculum

The TAO project was a tele-collaborative activity which aimed to challenge the students to discover and understand the plight of indigenous peoples in their locality, and to use ICT tools to produce multi-media presentations to share what they have learned. This was designed to help the students develop 21st century skills, such as effective communication skills, teamwork and collaboration, creative thinking, and information literacy. The use of the word “TAO” for this project was not incidental. This project aimed to encourage students to explore and reflect on their personal and cultural identity through a deeper understanding of indigenous communities. It motivated students to connect to cultural roots which they may have been unaware of, or which they might have neglected, but which in some cases were a wellspring of learning for the present.