reflection

Thoughts about the Culture and Online Learning Article

1. What are the main thoughts you carry away with you after reading this article? Although I am listed an co-author, Clint wrote most of it. I like the section on culture and online learning. It gave me a nice overview of existing studies and their main findings.

2. Are there any specific research ideas, studies, articles, or authors cited that you think seem most relevant in this article?They all seem relevant to me. Researchers approached culture and online learning from different perspectives. The Wang and Reeve's article has an impressive list of research questions. I like those most.

3. Can you think of any (ideas, studies, articles, or authors) that might be missing from this article - but which should be included? For a short article like this, the references are sufficient.

4. Do any of the suggestions for future research interest you in particular, and why? Or are there any suggestions for future research that you would add?
I am most interested in:• What is the process by which learners change and adapt to instructional techniques and approaches that are foreign to them—and how can we help to bridge the gaps more effectively?People have put great burdens on designers and instructors to practice cultural responsiveness; I think the learners can do so too. As a person from a completely different educational system, I had to adapt to the American teaching and learning. It took lots of efforts, but it helped me grow professionally and personally. 

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