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Cultural conventions and the Virtual
Learning Environment
Maarten van Wesel
Jeroen ten Haaf
Antoinette Vesseur Full paper in the procedings on http://www.s-ict.org
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Faculty name
To acculturate or not to acculturate
• Distance education• No dominant culture
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Faculty name
Jargon
• Mental program:– Personality, culture and human nature
• Affordances:– The perceived and actual properties of an
artifact, mainly the properties which determine how the artifact can be used
– Aspects of both the user and the artifact
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Faculty name
Mental Program
HUMAN NATURE
CULTURE
PERSONALITYSpecific to individual
Universal
Specific to group or category
Inherited and
Learned
Learned
Inherited
reproduced from Hofstede (2003)
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Faculty name
ArtifactIntended
affordancePerceived affordance
Learner Designer
Mental program
Mental program
Human nature
PersonalityCulture Personality Culture
Physical ability
Physical ability
Usability
Learning
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Faculty name
Perceived Affordance, intended affordance and usability
ArtifactIntended
affordancePerceived affordance
Usability
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Faculty name
Perceived Affordance, intended affordance and usability
Source: iqcontent.com
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Faculty name
Usability and Learning
Usability
Learning
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Faculty name
Usability and Learning
• Focus on the instructional content• Influences the perception• Influences affect
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Faculty name
Physical Ability and Affordance
ArtifactPerceived affordance
LearnerPhysical
ability
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Faculty nameSource: Wikipedia
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Faculty name
Culture and Affordance
ArtifactPerceived affordance
Learner
Mental program
Culture
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But First: Cultural Onion
Symbols
Heroes
Rituals
Values
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Faculty name
Hands on
Source: runelogix.typepad.comSource: img211.imageshack.us/
Source: davidicke.com
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Faculty name
Culture and Affordance
ArtifactPerceived affordance
Learner
Mental program
Culture
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Faculty name
No place like Home
Philadelphia Source: Photos4Travel.comal-Azariyeh Source: christusrex.org
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Faculty name
What is in the first square?
X Y
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Faculty name
ArtifactIntended
affordancePerceived affordance
Learner Designer
Mental program
Mental program
Human nature
PersonalityCulture Personality Culture
Physical ability
Physical ability
Usability
Learning
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Conclusion
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Questions?