Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
CROSSING CULTURES AND BORDERS IN INTERNATIONAL ONLINE DISTANCE HIGHER EDUCATION
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2009
Языкрусский
  • Sadykova Gulnara Vasilevna, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Sadykova, G. & Dautermann, J. (2009). Crossing cultures and borders in international online distance higher education. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 13(2), 89-114.
    Annotation The growing demand for higher education worldwide, along with global expansion of telecommunication technologies, give online distance education a potential world-wide reach for institutions in many countries. Given the persistent international digital divide and the potential for the host institutions and languages to be those of wealthy, industrialized countries, international online distance higher education (IODHE) has great potential for educational and cultural imperialism. Therefore institutions contemplating expansion into international distance education must accommodate a number of changes that would enable building the safe learning/teaching environment needed for development of a successful course. Drawing on literature of domestic and international online teaching and learning, multicultural studies, as well as personal international teaching and learning experience, the authors examine four domains where these changes are of critical importance: 1) host institution, 2) te
    Keywords дистанционное образование, межкультурная коммуникация, сетевая коммуникация, eLearning, distance education, online education, international students, higher education, culture, cultural differences, institutional policies, educational technology, teachers' beliefs, students' expectations
    The name of the journal Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks,
    URL http://sloanconsortium.org/jaln/v13n2/crossing-cultures-and-borders-international-online-distance-higher-education
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