Culture's impact on technology mediated learning: The role of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 31-56

  Hornik, Steven ^a   Tupchiy, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contructivism; Culture; Individualism; Technology mediated learning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONTRUCTIVISM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL PATTERNS; HORIZONTAL INDIVIDUALISM (HI); TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED LEARNING (TML);

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846219191     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2006100102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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