DISTANCE LEARNING AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY: POTENTIAL USERS' PERSPECTIVE
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This study examined the impact of cultural differences (individualism‐collectivism) on potential users' receptivity towards distance learning. Using a sample of 424 students enrolled in two northeastern universities, we addressed three research questions: Would an individual's culture affect his or her receptivity towards distance learning? Would an individual's culture affect his or her preference for particular distance learning media? Would an individual's culture affect his or her preference for distance learning in a particular course type? Findings reveal that an individual's culture affects his or her overall attitude towards distance learning. Specifically, we found that individualists' motives and communication patterns are in synch with distance learning as a medium of instruction or communication; whereas collectivists' motives and communication patterns shun any form of mediated instruction or communication as in distance learning. Implications and direction for future studies are discussed.
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Anakwe and Christensen (1999) found that distance learning was more compatible with individualists' motives and ways of interacting.
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Anakwe and Christensen (1999) found that differences arising from individualistic and collectivistic cultural orientations impacted 424 undergraduate and graduate students' perceptions of distance learning in two American universities.
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Relationship building is foremost for students from collectivist cultures.
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- Authors
- Anakwe, U. P., Kessler, E. H., & Christensen, E. W.
- Affiliations
- Pace University (US)
- Monmouth University (US)
- ORCID
- Kessler, Eric H.
- Venue
- The International Journal of Organizational Analysis
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 1999-03-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 224-243
- ISSN
- 1055-3185 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1989397005
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The International Journal of Organizational Analysis (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
- Social Sciences › Education › Technology-Enhanced Education Studies
- Keywords
- distance education, cultural diversity, individualism-collectivism, student receptivity, attitudes toward distance education, mediated instruction, university students
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