Communication types in international students´ collaboration: A case of adjusting higher education courses across cultures and expertise

In this paper we analyze and classify the work we did to perform an international course put together from two courses at national higher education institutions. We analyze from perspectives of organization and communication to identify which implemented didactics proved to be most valuable and which last. Special focus is on technical communication tools that enabled cooperation. However we conclude that most valuable communication for (later) collaboration are face-to-face settings that provide enough time to get to know later collaborators and speed up the processes of understanding necessary to perform successful collaboration.