Cross-Cultural Delivery of e-Learning Programmes: Perspectives from Hong Kong

Autor/in	Wong, Andrew Lap-sang
Titel	Cross-Cultural Delivery of e-Learning Programmes: Perspectives from Hong Kong
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 8 (2007) 3, S.1-16 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Computer Uses in Education; Teaching Methods; Educational Environment; Global Approach; International Cooperation; Cultural Influences; International Programs; Distance Education; Internet; Political Issues; Politics of Education; Language of Instruction; English; Foreign Policy; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Computernutzung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Globales Denken; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Politischer Faktor; Educational policy; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English language; Englisch; Außenpolitik; Hongkong
Abstract	The growing popularity of e-learning may pose one of the greatest challenges currently facing traditional educational institutions. The questions often asked are how, rather than whether, to embrace this new form of instructional delivery and how to create an appropriate learning environment for the learners. Educational institutions in Hong Kong have the option of adopting programmes or learning materials developed in other parts of the world for local learners, or not. Such an approach of acquiring learning materials is not without risks in terms of the suitability of materials embedded with cultural contents "foreign" to local learners, or in terms of the suitability of assumptions in the communication context. What are the issues involved in the globalization of education through e-learning? This paper explores--from a critical-dialectical perspective--the implications of globalization on educational policy through cross-border delivery of educational programmes by e-learning, with particular attention given to the threat of cultural imperialism. The paper concludes that Hong Kong seems to be coping with "cultural imperialism" rather well because of its unique history of being a cross-road for East and West, and also with some recommendations to e-learning providers to mitigate the potential damage of cross-cultural delivery of e-learning. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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