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Culture and online learning : global perspectives and research / edited by Insung Jung and Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Online learning and distance educationPublisher: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781579228569
  • 1579228569
  • 1000978648
  • 9781000978643
  • 1000973565
  • 9781000973563
  • 1003443966
  • 9781003443964
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Culture and online learning : global perspectives and research.DDC classification:
  • 371.35/8 23
LOC classification:
  • LC5803.C65 C85 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

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

English.

"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.

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