A Comparative Analysis of Learners Interaction in The Online Learning management Systems: Does National Culture Matter?  

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Wu, Bing ; Teoh, Ai Ping

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AAOU Journal vol. 3 no. 1 (Mar. 2008), page 1-16.
Topik: Learning Management Systems; Learner Interaction; National Culture; Open and Distance Learning
Fulltext: AA65_03_01_Wu Bing.pdf (166.77KB)

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: AA65.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Open and Distance Learning (ODL) connects leatrners across geographical boundaries. Through the support of the Internet and Learning Management Systems (LMS), learners nowadays are conveniently learning and communicating via the online mode. Nevertheless, will the cultural diversity of learners affect their learning and interaction behavior in the web-based environment? This article investigates the learners' online interaction of two open universities, namely Shanghai TV Univerity in China and Wawasan Open University in Malaysia. The effect of culutural diversity of learners is in fact prominent in several aspects in their online learning and interaction behavior as observed in the synchronous chat sessions and asynchronous forum board discussions. In order to better guide the learners as well as to eliminate the negative impact of national cultural diversity on learning out comes everal suggestions and recommendations are proposed.

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