Cross-Cultural Adaptation of E-Learning

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Author(s): Emmanuel Blanchard (University of Montréal, Canada)and Claude Frasson (University of Montréal, Canada)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 13
Source title: Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Terry T. Kidd (Texas A&M University, USA)and Holim Song (Texas Southern University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-865-9.ch059

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter introduces the concepts of Culturally AWAre Systems CAWAS), a new family of adaptive systems that try to adapt learning contents and pedagogical strategies according to learners’ cultural background. CAWAS is based on the notion of cultural intelligence and on the representation of a culture as both a static system i.e. a “relatively stable system of shared meanings, a repository of meaningful symbols…” and a dynamic one i.e “a process of production of meanings. A methodology for evaluating culturally rate and selecting appropriate resources is described. A system implementing this methodology is finally introduced. The aim of this work is to develop systems that will be better accepted by learners and de facto will work more efficiently by showing a cultural proximity with learners during a learning session.

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