Culture and Online Learning: Global Perspectives and Research (Online Learning and Distance Education)

Culture plays an overarching role that impacts investment, planning, design, development, delivery, and the learning outcomes of online education. This groundbreaking book remedies a dearth of empirical research on how digital cultures and teaching and learning cultures intersect, and offers grounded theory and practical guidance on how to integrate cultural needs and sensibilities with the innovative opportunities offered by online learning. This book provides a unique analysis of culture in online education from a global perspective, and offers: \* An overview of the influences that culture has on teaching, online learning, and technology \* Culture-sensitive instructional design strategies and teaching guidelines for online instructors and trainers \* Facilitation and support strategies for online learners from different cultures \* An overview on issues of design, development, communication, and support from a cross-cultural perspective \* An overview of how online education is perceived, planned, implemented, and evaluated differently in various cultural contexts Written by international experts in the field of online learning, this text constitutes with a comprehensive comparative introduction to the role of culture in online education. It offers essential guidance for practitioners, researchers, instructors, and anyone working with online students from around the world. This text is also appropriate for graduate-level Educational Technology and Comparative and International Learning programs. Culture plays an overarching role that impacts the investment, planning, design, development, delivery, and learning outcomes of online education. This groundbreaking book remedies a dearth of empirical research on how digital cultures intersect with teaching and learning cultures, and offers grounded theory and practical guidance on how to integrate cultural needs and sensibilities with the innovative opportunities offered by online learning. This book provides a unique analysis of culture in online education from a global perspective and offers: An overview of the influences that culture has on teaching, online learning, and technology, Culture-sensitive instructional design strategies and teaching guidelines for online instructors and trainers, Facilitation and support strategies for online learners from different cultures, An overview of issues of design, development, communication, and support from a cross-cultural perspective, An overview of how online education is perceived, planned, implemented, and evaluated differently in various cultural contexts, Written by international experts in the field of online learning, this text constitutes a comprehensive comparative introduction to the role of culture in online education. It offers essential guidance for practitioners, researchers, instructors, and anyone working with online students from around the world. This text is also appropriate for graduate-level Educational Technology and Comparative and International Learning programs. Book jacket 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 Learning Editors 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 Edited By Insung Jung And Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.