CALL FOR CASES
Cases on
Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning:
Challenges and Solutions
A book edited by Dr. Andrea Edmundson, CPLP
CEO, eWorld Learning, Inc. USA
Founder, Global eLearning Community
Introduction
In 2007, Dr. Edmundson published Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges (http://www.igi-global.com/books/details.asp?id=6045). Since then, more research has been done in the field and practical examples are available. This book will cover actual cases that encompass cultural influences on e-learning and how challenges were resolved. The ability to provide culturally appropriate e-learning requires an integrated approach from several disciplines: Translation, localization, interculturalism, cultural analysis, instructional design, web interface design, and so forth. This book will address such challenges as interdependent.
Overall Goal of the Book
The goal of this book is to share contemporary knowledge (practical experiences and recent research) on how to adapt or develop e-learning that promotes equitable learning outcomes for targeted learners by addressing interdependent disciplines. In the first book, Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges (2007), culturally appropriate e-learning was a pioneering topic. Now, with more empirical research and experience in the field, the goal of this book is to make research and theory 'come alive' by presenting case studies that illustrate the different challenges faced when offering e-learning to learners of other cultures but, most importantly and how they were resolved.
1. To provide organizations with information and data about the e-learning needs of learners in other cultures.
2. To illustrate how educational and multinational organizations can find, create, or adapt e-learning for use in other cultures - the techniques of instructional design, what content is appropriate, what media can be used, etc.
3. To provide an overview of contemporary (last 5 years) research on culture and cross-cultural dimensions, especially as it pertains to online learning.
4. To demonstrate how cultural values and perspectives affect how education is provided, structured, promoted, created, and designed in various countries.
5. To illustrate the challenges and successes of adaptation techniques when designing e-learning for another culture, or when matching the needs of a culture to the characteristics and features of an e-learning course.
6. To offer a multicultural perspective of the challenges, not an ethnocentric American one, by soliciting contributions globally, especially from the countries heavily invested in e-learning such as in India, China, Japan, and Korea.
To read the call for cases, visit either link below:
http://www.RunMyClub.com/eWorldLearning/ClientFiles/Call for Cases-EdmundsonA.pdf
Dr. Andrea Edmundson, CPLP
CEO, eWorld Learning, Inc.
Editor/Author Globalized eLearning Cultural Challenges
Ph: 1.520.245.5116
Email: CEO@eWorldLearning.com
Web: www.eWorldLearning.com
eWorld Learning, Inc. shows companies how to adapt elearning for other cultures. We support the design, implementation, and responsible governance of culturally appropriate e-learning. Our Global eLearning Community [GEC] is a virtual professional association that promotes the use of elearning to extend educational opportunities globally and to support socioeconomic development.
CEO, eWorld Learning, Inc.
Editor/Author Globalized eLearning Cultural Challenges
Ph: 1.520.245.5116
Email: Info@eWorldLearning.com
Web: www.eWorldLearning.com