| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
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Online Learning and Distance Education |
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Online learning and distance education.
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| 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 |
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""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"" |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Distance education -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Social aspects
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Multicultural education -- Computer-assisted instruction
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Education and globalization.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Education and globalization
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Multicultural education -- Computer-assisted instruction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jung, Insung, 1959- editor.
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Gunawardena, Charlotte Nirmalani, editor
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| ISBN |
9781579228569 |
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1579228569 |
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1000978648 |
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9781000978643 |
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1000973565 |
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9781000973563 |
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1003443966 |
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9781003443964 |
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