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 contextsWritten 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.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2023

ISBN

9781000978643

Edition

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Higher Education

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of 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
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
17 Looking Ahead
Editors and Contributors
Index