Cultural competence and instructional design: Exploration research into the delivery of online instruction cross-culturally

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-217

  Rogers, P Clint ^a   Graham, Charles R ^a   Mayes, Clifford T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Culture; Global; Instructional design; Instructional design practice; International; Online instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250836506     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-007-9033-x     Document Type: Article

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