Matches and Mismatches in Intercultural Learning: Designing and Moderating an Online Intercultural Course.

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Matches and Mismatches in Intercultural Learning: Designing and Moderating an Online Intercultural Course. Macfadyen, Leah P. Chase, Mackie Reeder, Kenneth Roche, Jörg

Abstract

This paper explores communicative trends in an online, facilitated course for intercultural learners. We examine participation rates and communicative interactivity between culturally diverse learners, and find that participation rates differ by cultural grouping, by gender and by role, and that online interactions are dominated by facilitator- learner exchanges (rather than by peer-to-peer communications). Ongoing case study analysis will examine the ways that differences in facilitator practices, the use of story, identity construction, and facilitator/learner expectations conspire to facilitate or hinder interaction and participation in the online culture of this e-learning environment.

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Title	Matches and Mismatches in Intercultural Learning: Designing and Moderating an Online Intercultural Course.
Creator	Macfadyen, Leah P. Chase, Mackie Reeder, Kenneth Roche, Jörg
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and Teaching); University of British Columbia. Arts Instructional Support & Information Technology
Date Issued	2003
Description	This paper explores communicative trends in an online, facilitated course for intercultural learners. We examine participation rates and communicative interactivity between culturally diverse learners, and find that participation rates differ by cultural grouping, by gender and by role, and that online interactions are dominated by facilitator- learner exchanges (rather than by peer-to-peer communications). Ongoing case study analysis will examine the ways that differences in facilitator practices, the use of story, identity construction, and facilitator/learner expectations conspire to facilitate or hinder interaction and participation in the online culture of this e-learning environment.
Extent	178225 bytes
Subject	online learning; intercultural communication; internet; culture
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
Date Available	2008-08-09
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0058422
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1326
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; Science, Faculty of
Citation	UNESCO Conference on International and Intercultural Education, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 2003
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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