Cultural Diversity and Instructional Design
Recently a paper was discussed on the ITFORUM list that caught my attention. It mainly caught my attention because of a chapter I am attempting to write for a book CDE is working on. The chapter is currently titled “Differences: Culture, Environment, and the Digital Divide”.
The paper that caught my attention was titled, “Cultural Competence and Instructional Design: Exploration Research into the Delivery of Online Instruction Cross-Culturally“. Once I read it I found that it had some really good information for instructional designers who may moving toward designing for diverse audiences. It also addressed the fact that we may not be giving our instructional design students the tools they need to succeed in these environments.
Here are some ideas that I especially found relevant to my writing and to my way of thinking…