This is a good article (trolled today by eLearningPost) arguing that at least one cause of the failure of e-learning to take hold in an international (read: non-U.S.) market is that it must be adapted to different cultures. The authors provide a nice metric for describing cultural differences in learning style and cite David Jonasson to provide theoretical support. In particular, "We learn from experiencing phenomena (objects, events, activities, and processes), interpreting these experiences based on what we already know, reasoning about them, and reflecting on the experiences and the reasoning." I agree with this observation and agree with the suggestion that elearning designers need to adapt to local conditions.
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