Designing a WWW-based Course Support Site for Learners with Different Cultural Backgrounds: Implications for Practice

摘要

The acceptance, use of and impact of learning resources are influenced by culture. This article presents ten design guidelines for culture-related flexibility in WWW-based course support sites and shows how they can work in practice. Two case studies, one from the University of Twente and one from the University of British Columbia, both involving WWW-based course-support sites designed for a culturally diverse group of learners, are described and related to the proposed guidelines.