Cross Cultural Adaptation in E-Learning

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Author(s): Emmanuel G. Blanchard (McGill University, Canada)and Claude Frasson (University of Montréal, Canada)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 13
Source title: Selected Readings on Global Information Technology: Contemporary Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Hakikur Rahman (SDNP, Bangladesh)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-116-2.ch011

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Global Information Technology / Information Science Reference

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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, that is, a “relatively stable system of shared meanings, a repository of meaningful symbols…” and a dynamic one, that is, “a process of production of meanings.” A methodology for cultural evaluation and selection of 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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