Cross-Cultural Challenges in Web-Based Instruction

dc.creator	Bolanle A. Olaniran
dc.creator	Natasha B. Rodriguez
dc.creator	Indi M. Williams
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:20:20Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:20:20Z
dc.identifier	2073-7904
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9461ad8e4e0448009a0b15bfcbd6cda4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28189
dc.description	Web Based Instruction (WBI) possesses great potential for delivering e-learning solutions into Lower Economically Disadvantaged Countries (LEDCs) and organizations with virtual networks of employees spread across the globe. However, these e-learning solutions are not without cross-cultural challenges. In order to adequately utilize these resources, it is imperative that developers and organizations understand how to address differences in norms, preferences and values of culturally diverse individuals when designing WBI. When instruction does not effectively address student needs, users can be distracted, or even discouraged, from completing instruction and quite possibly reject the technology through which the instruction is delivered. The purpose of this paper is to present an examination of cross cultural challenges in implementing WBI, through a discussion of Hofstede’s (1980) cultural dimensions, cultural technology perceptions, language barriers and user needs. The paper concludes with a discussion the implications of WBI and future trends in WBI design.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited
dc.relation	http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/84/69
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2073-7904
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Knowledge Management & E-Learning : an International Journal, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 448-465 (2010)
dc.subject	Individualism
dc.subject	Masculinity
dc.subject	Power Distance
dc.subject	Uncertainty Avoidance
dc.subject	Web-Based Instruction
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Cross-Cultural Challenges in Web-Based Instruction
dc.type	article