Culture and online learning : global perspectives and research /
Culture and online learning : global perspectives and research /
edited by Insung Jung and Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena.
- 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
- Online Learning and Distance Education .
- Online learning and distance education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CULTURE AND ONLINE LEARNING -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- 1. PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURE AND ONLINE LEARNING -- 2. CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON ONLINE LEARNING -- 3. CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY -- 4. ONLINE IDENTITY AND INTERACTION -- 5. EMERGING VISUAL CULTURE IN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS -- 6. ACCOUNTING FOR CULTURE IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN -- 7. FACILITATING ONLINE LEARNING AND CROSS-CULTURAL E-MENTORING -- 8. SUPPORTING DIVERSE ONLINE LEARNERS -- 9. DIVERSITY IN EXPECTATIONS OF QUALITY AND ASSESSMENT ""10. DEVELOPING GLOBAL DIGITAL CITIZENS: A Professional Development Model""""11. LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN TRANSCULTURAL ONLINE EDUCATION""; ""12. GENDER ISSUES IN ONLINE LEARNING""; ""13. TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING THROUGH CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING""; ""14. INTERNATIONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF ICONS AND IMAGES USED IN NORTH AMERICAN ACADEMIC WEBSITES""; ""15. AN ANALYSIS OF CULTURE-FOCUSED ARTICLES IN OPEN, DISTANCE, AND ONLINE EDUCATION JOURNALS""; ""16. MANY FACES OF CONFUCIAN CULTURE: Asian Learners� Perceptions of Quality Distance Education"" 17. LOOKING AHEAD: A Cultural Approach to Research and Practice in Online LearningEditors and Contributors -- Index -- Also available from Stylus
"This volume contains 17 essays on the role of culture in online learning. Educators from around the world explore definitions of culture; diversity and designing a learning support system; the experience of Taiwanese students, teaching assistants, and North American instructors in a second-language teaching environment; facilitating learning, mentoring, and professional development; learning design and cultural identity, beliefs, values, gender, and technology; visual culture; leadership challenges in online education; quality issues; and research on culture and online learning."--Provided by publisher.
English.
9781579228569 1579228569 1000978648 9781000978643 1000973565 9781000973563 1003443966 9781003443964
Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction--Social aspects.
Multicultural education--Computer-assisted instruction.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement à distance--Enseignement assisté par ordinateur--Aspect social.
Éducation interculturelle--Enseignement assisté par ordinateur.
Éducation et mondialisation.
EDUCATION--Administration--General.
EDUCATION--Organizations & Institutions.
Education and globalization
Multicultural education--Computer-assisted instruction
LC5803.C65 / C85 2014eb
371.35/8
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CULTURE AND ONLINE LEARNING -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- 1. PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURE AND ONLINE LEARNING -- 2. CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON ONLINE LEARNING -- 3. CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY -- 4. ONLINE IDENTITY AND INTERACTION -- 5. EMERGING VISUAL CULTURE IN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS -- 6. ACCOUNTING FOR CULTURE IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN -- 7. FACILITATING ONLINE LEARNING AND CROSS-CULTURAL E-MENTORING -- 8. SUPPORTING DIVERSE ONLINE LEARNERS -- 9. DIVERSITY IN EXPECTATIONS OF QUALITY AND ASSESSMENT ""10. DEVELOPING GLOBAL DIGITAL CITIZENS: A Professional Development Model""""11. LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN TRANSCULTURAL ONLINE EDUCATION""; ""12. GENDER ISSUES IN ONLINE LEARNING""; ""13. TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING THROUGH CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING""; ""14. INTERNATIONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF ICONS AND IMAGES USED IN NORTH AMERICAN ACADEMIC WEBSITES""; ""15. AN ANALYSIS OF CULTURE-FOCUSED ARTICLES IN OPEN, DISTANCE, AND ONLINE EDUCATION JOURNALS""; ""16. MANY FACES OF CONFUCIAN CULTURE: Asian Learners� Perceptions of Quality Distance Education"" 17. LOOKING AHEAD: A Cultural Approach to Research and Practice in Online LearningEditors and Contributors -- Index -- Also available from Stylus
"This volume contains 17 essays on the role of culture in online learning. Educators from around the world explore definitions of culture; diversity and designing a learning support system; the experience of Taiwanese students, teaching assistants, and North American instructors in a second-language teaching environment; facilitating learning, mentoring, and professional development; learning design and cultural identity, beliefs, values, gender, and technology; visual culture; leadership challenges in online education; quality issues; and research on culture and online learning."--Provided by publisher.
English.
9781579228569 1579228569 1000978648 9781000978643 1000973565 9781000973563 1003443966 9781003443964
Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction--Social aspects.
Multicultural education--Computer-assisted instruction.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement à distance--Enseignement assisté par ordinateur--Aspect social.
Éducation interculturelle--Enseignement assisté par ordinateur.
Éducation et mondialisation.
EDUCATION--Administration--General.
EDUCATION--Organizations & Institutions.
Education and globalization
Multicultural education--Computer-assisted instruction
LC5803.C65 / C85 2014eb
371.35/8