Andrea L. Edmundson

Andrea Edmundson, CPLP is the Global Learning Strategist and CEO of eWorldLearning, Inc., (www.eWorldLearning.com). She is an expert in designing culturally appropriate training courses and materials (online or in classroom) in order to increase their effectiveness in other cultures and countries. She created the research-based Cultural Adaptation Process (CAP) Model, a unique process that helps instructional designers to align courses – content, instructional approach, and multimedia - to the cultural characteristics and preferences of targeted learners. She also founded the Global eLearning Community, an online membership association for professionals whose work encompasses culture, learning, and technology. She authored the pioneering book, Globalized eLearning Cultural Challenges (2007) and introduced the concept of Cross-Cultural Learning Objects (XCLOs). Dr. Edmundson served 3 terms as President of the American Society for Training and Development (Greater Tucson Chapter). She teaches graduate courses on distance learning and educational technology for several online universities. During her 25-year career in training and development, she has provided training courses - in the classroom and online - in 30+ countries for thousands of learners.

Publications

Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics and Compliance Example
Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics and Compliance Example
Randall Stieghorst, Andrea Edmundson. © 2015. 12 pages.
Web-based and self-paced learning modules have become a common-and sometimes primary-tool used by the Ethics & Compliance departments of global organizations to educate employees...
Cases on Cultural Implications and Considerations in Online Learning
Cases on Cultural Implications and Considerations in Online Learning
Andrea Edmundson. © 2013. 480 pages.
Expectations – of life, work, education, and so forth – are rooted in cultural values. As a result, access to an engagement with online learning is a culture-bound experience....
Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics & Compliance Example
Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics & Compliance Example
Randall Stieghorst, Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2013. 18 pages.
Web-based and self-paced learning modules have become a common-and sometimes primary-tool used by the Ethics & Compliance departments of global organizations to educate employees...
Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions
Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions
Andrea Edmundson. © 2011. 408 pages.
E-learning is a cultural artifact and thus, is embedded with the cultural preferences, learning styles, and values of the designing culture, usually western. Yet, the largest and...
Cross-Cultural Learning Objects (XCLOs)
Cross-Cultural Learning Objects (XCLOs)
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2011. 10 pages.
“Networked virtual organizations outperform competitors by responding more quickly to customers, collaborating better with partners to perform value added activities, and fully...
Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics & Compliance Example
Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning Courseware: An Ethics & Compliance Example
Randall Stieghorst, Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2011. 17 pages.
Web-based and self-paced learning modules have become a common-and sometimes primary-tool used by the Ethics & Compliance departments of global organizations to educate employees...
The Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning: Using Appropriate Content, Instructional Design, and Media
The Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning: Using Appropriate Content, Instructional Design, and Media
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2011. 18 pages.
Culturally appropriate instructional design requires the integration of instructional design skills with intercultural knowledge. In e-learning, as in classroom-based courses...
Culture Matters!
Culture Matters!
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2011. 3 pages.
I have had my mantra since my first trip overseas–a six-month internship as an undergraduate spent in New Zealand–“Culture matters!” On my first international trip, I asked...
Cross-Cultural Learning Objects (XCLOs)
Cross-Cultural Learning Objects (XCLOs)
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2008. 8 pages.
“Networked virtual organizations outperform competitors by responding more quickly to customers, collaborating better with partners to perform value added activities, and fully...
The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning
The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2008. 12 pages.
This exploratory study examined the effects of cross-cultural learning dimensions on e-learning outcomes for employees in functionally equivalent jobs in Western and Eastern...
Addressing the Cultural Dimensions of E-Learning: where to Begin?
Addressing the Cultural Dimensions of E-Learning: where to Begin?
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2008. 16 pages.
In an exploratory study, the researcher examined the effects of cultural dimensions on e-learning outcomes for employees in functionally equivalent jobs in Western and Eastern...
The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning
The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2008. 13 pages.
This exploratory study examined the effects of cross-cultural learning dimensions on e-learning outcomes for employees in functionally equivalent jobs in Western and Eastern...
Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges
Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges
Andrea Edmundson. © 2007. 374 pages.
Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges explores the issues educators, administrators, and instructional designers face when transferring knowledge and skills to other cultures...
The Cultural Adaptation Process (CAP) Model: Designing E-Learning for Another Culture
The Cultural Adaptation Process (CAP) Model: Designing E-Learning for Another Culture
Andrea Edmundson. © 2007. 24 pages.
At the conclusion of the study, The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning (Edmundson, 2004), the cultural adaptation process (CAP) model was introduced as a proposed...
The Treasure Trove
The Treasure Trove
Andrea Edmundson. © 2007. 2 pages.
Referring back to Gert Jan Hofstede’s words in the Foreword, we have a treasure-trove of ideas and concepts to sort through with respect to globalized e-learning cultural...
Addressing the Cultural Dimensions of E-Learning: where to Begin?
Addressing the Cultural Dimensions of E-Learning: where to Begin?
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2007. 21 pages.
In an exploratory study, the researcher examined the effects of cultural dimensions on e-learning outcomes for employees in functionally equivalent jobs in Western and Eastern...
The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning
The Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Globalized E-Learning
Andrea L. Edmundson. © 2005. 15 pages.
This exploratory study examined the effects of cross-cultural learning dimensions on e-learning outcomes for employees in functionally equivalent jobs in Western and Eastern...