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July 3, 2025
Cases on Cultural Implications and Considerations in Online Learning
- Author
- Edmundson, Andrea, author, ed.
- Publisher
- IGI Global, Hershey PA
- ISBN
- 9781466618855
- Table of Contents
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Preface
Section 1 - Cultural Expectations
ch. 1 Designing Culturally Appropriate E-Learning for Learners from an Arabic Background: A Study in the Sultanate of Oman (Andrea Hall)
ch. 2 Collabor8: Online and Blended Cross-Cultural Studios (Ian McArthur)
ch. 3 Chinese Postgraduate Students Learning Online in New Zealand: Perceptions of Cultural Impact (Yan Cong, and Kerry Earl)
ch. 4 Incorporating "World View" into the LMS or CMS is Best (Katherine Watson)
Section 2 - Cultural Accessibility
ch. 5 Cultural Implications of E-Learning Access (and Divides): Teaching an Intercultural Communication Course Online (Pauline Hope Cheong, and Judith N. Martin)
ch. 6 Blended Learning Internationalization from the Commonwealth: An Australian and Canadian Collaboration Case Study (Shelley Kinash, and Susan Crichton)
ch. 7 Developing an E-Learning Course for a Global Legal Firm (Gemma Baltazar)
ch. 8 Integrating Culture with E-Learning Management System Design (Ray Archee, and Myra Gurney)
Section 3 - Content Globalization
ch. 9 Developing a Grassroots Cross-Cultural Partnership to Enhance Student Experiences (Iryna Pentina, and Veronique Guilloux)
ch. 10 Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics & Compliance Example (Randall Stieghorst, and Andrea Edmundson)
ch. 11 Culturally Significant Signs, Symbols, and Philosophical Belief Systems within E-Learning Environments (Caroline M. Crawford, and Ruth Gannon Cook)
Section 4 - Instructional Globalization
ch. 12 Collaborative Reflection in Globally Distributed Inter-Cultural Course Teams (Nicholas Bowskill, and David McConnell)
ch. 13 A Multidisciplinary Project Integrating Marketing Research, Art and Spanish Langauge for Social Sciences (Manuel Cuadrado-Garcia, Maria-Eugenia Ruiz-Molina, and Lourdes Hernández-Martin)
ch. 14 ORIENT: The Intercultural Empathy through Virtual Role-Play (Sibylle Enz, Carsten Zoll, Natalie Vannini, Mei Yii Lim, Wolfgan Schneider, Lynne Hall, Ana Paiva, Ruth Aylett)
ch. 15 Learning in Cross-Cultural Online MBA Courses: Perceptions of Chinese Students (Xiaojing Liu, and Richard J. Magjuka)
ch. 16 Integrated Cross-Cultural Virtual Classroom Exchange Program: How Adaptable Public Schools are in Korea and the USA? (Eunhee Jung O'Neill)
ch. 17 International Collaboration in Distance Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Trials and Tomorrow's Thrusts (Gbolagade Adekanmbi, and Bopelo Boitschwarelo)
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index
Expectations – of life, work, education, and so forth – are rooted in cultural values. As a result, access to an engagement with online learning is a culture-bound experience.
Cases on Cultural Implications and Considerations in Online Learning illustrates ways in which to reach and engage learners across cultures by using online learning that accommodates cultural differences and preferences. This casebook helps online educators understand what cultural expectations their students have before they create online programs and tailor their instructional designs for multicultural and international learners. (From the Publisher)
Cases on Cultural Implications and Considerations in Online Learning illustrates ways in which to reach and engage learners across cultures by using online learning that accommodates cultural differences and preferences. This casebook helps online educators understand what cultural expectations their students have before they create online programs and tailor their instructional designs for multicultural and international learners. (From the Publisher)