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The Cultural Aspects of E-Learning and the Effects of Online Communication: A Critical Overview

The Cultural Aspects of E-Learning and the Effects of Online Communication: A Critical Overview

Amani Hamdan
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781613500712|ISBN10: 1613500718|EISBN13: 9781613500729
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-071-2.ch011
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Hamdan, Amani. "The Cultural Aspects of E-Learning and the Effects of Online Communication: A Critical Overview." Meta-Communication for Reflective Online Conversations: Models for Distance Education, edited by Ugur Demiray, et al., IGI Global, 2012, pp. 184-204. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-071-2.ch011

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Hamdan, A. (2012). The Cultural Aspects of E-Learning and the Effects of Online Communication: A Critical Overview. In U. Demiray, G. Kurubacak, & T. Yuzer (Eds.), Meta-Communication for Reflective Online Conversations: Models for Distance Education (pp. 184-204). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-071-2.ch011

Chicago

Hamdan, Amani. "The Cultural Aspects of E-Learning and the Effects of Online Communication: A Critical Overview." In Meta-Communication for Reflective Online Conversations: Models for Distance Education, edited by Ugur Demiray, Gulsun Kurubacak, and T. Volkan Yuzer, 184-204. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-071-2.ch011

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to build on the insights of educators regarding the relationship between culture and online learning. In this chapter, I shed light on the ways in which culture has a significant influence on online education and vice versa. The chapter is based on primary data drawn from undergraduate female students’ responses regarding how online education is changing their learning culture and how their culture is influencing online education. Sixty undergraduate Saudi female students participated in the survey in order to identify how using the Internet, online education and online discussion forums is challenging cultural norms. The literature in the field of online and distance education is also explored to help answer these questions. Students indicated that online education helped them to challenge some cultural norms, enhance their learning culture and improve their communication skills.

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