DocumentCode :
2363757
Title :
Perception Cultural Impacts: Principles for Trainer´s Skills for E-learning
Author :
Lahwal, Fathia ; Amaimin, Mohamed ; Al-Ajlan, Ajlan
Author_Institution :
Software Technol. Res. Lab. (STRL), De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK
fYear :
2009
fDate :
25-27 Aug. 2009
Firstpage :
986
Lastpage :
993
Abstract :
E-learning in higher education is a developing area for study in modern institution. As technology and software advance, e-learning is becoming faster, more reliable, more portable and easier to use. It makes the lives of individual´s easier, helping people learn whilst at work or in the home, flexibly and at times that suit them. It also meets corporate objectives for cost effective training and for introducing new procedures quickly. In the generalized e-learning environment, trainers coming from different culture and nations, have different background and need different support for their advance to skill and acquisition of skills. This paper discovers the ways in which cultural background impacts to provide a comparison on different characteristics of trainer´s skills for e-learning between Arab and Eastern world. The support carried out by using questionnaire that has been used as a tool to collect data on e-learning to be examine the level to which trainers felt prepared to develop and use e-learning material, and fill a clear information gap about how it is developing and trainer´s opinions of it in the and the Eastern world. The result of the study guided to set of principles being planned to direct trainers of e-learning environment and plan on the basis of cultural differences.
Keywords :
computer based training; further education; social aspects of automation; Arab world; Eastern world; cost effective training; data collection; e-learning; information gap; perception cultural impacts; trainer skills; Costs; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Environmental economics; Feedback; Humans; Internet; Multimedia databases; Proposals; E-learning; Economic; Strategy; Trainer´s skills of e-learning and Arab and Eastern world;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
INC, IMS and IDC, 2009. NCM '09. Fifth International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5209-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3769-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NCM.2009.375
Filename :
5331619
Link To Document :
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