The Cultural Variation of E-Learning Strategies, Beliefs, and Behaviors between Easterners and Westerners: First Look at the Model

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Lu, M.T. & Song, S. (2008). The Cultural Variation of E-Learning Strategies, Beliefs, and Behaviors between Easterners and Westerners: First Look at the Model. In C. Bonk et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (pp. 3461-3465). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
November 17, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-66-5
  Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee & Tom Reynolds
AACE

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Authors

Ming-Tsan Lu, Teachers College Columbia University, United States; Steve Song, Geary Institute University College Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to urge the inclusion of the factor of cultural variation in e-learning by presenting related evidence of cultural variation and to further provide guidelines for designing culture-sensitive e-learning tools, environments, and programs. From extensive literature review, we have found that people from different cultural backgrounds think and behave differently. A cultural variation of e-learning model is therefore developed and presented. Suggestions of ways to deal with language-triggered cultural variation effects in e-learning and responses to e-learning triggered by sociocultural effects are offered.

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