Resources for Designing and Managing Learning
for the Global Audience

TechTrends (Nov/Dec. 2001). 45(6) about teaching internationally
- One tale of how and why to teach and learn online internationally
- Globalizing instructional materials: guidelines for higher education
Performance Improvement Quarterly, 13(2) (2000) Special issue on global organizational change.

Cultural and ethical issues in international distance education
A cross-cultural study of group process and development (also, Chief learning officer article—Developing and Leading Effective Global Teams)
Cultural Issues and the Online Environment
Designing for differences: Culture-based model
Culture, cognition, and communication in global education
Cultural considerations in online instruction and learning
Opportunity and e-quality: intercultural and linguistic issues in global online learning
Inclusivity and alignment: principles of pedagogy, task and assessment design for effective cross-cultural online learning
Contextualizing content through rapid localization
Talk' about culture online: the potential for transformation
Understanding cross-cultural meaning through visual media
Cultural issues and the online environment
High-context vs. low-context culture

A cross-cultural study of group process and development in online conferences
Designing Online Courses that Effectively Engage Learners from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds (pdf)
Facilitating those dreaded discussions on diversity, through threaded discussions: an inter-institutional, Internet-based model
Affects of culture on educational systems, curricula, instructional design, learning, teaching, educational artifacts
Affect of cultural values & perspectives on e-learning, learning outcomes
A Perspective on cultural and linguistic problems associated with distance education in developing countries
Technology evaluation centers: an on-line, interactive, evaluation center to help companies compare and select learning management and e-learning systems that best fit their business needs.

Something Borrowed: China's Baidu
Awesome teacher, a fun video, a must-see (from the Facebook group Ufun)
Application of Hofstede's Cultural dimensions: Mapping user-interface design to cultural dimensions
Application of cultural dimensions in training (IBM, Sun)

Culture in the Virtual Worlds

Localization Industry Standards Association
GALA: The Globalization and Localization Association
Developing Localization Friendly E-Learning
Contextualizing Content Through Rapid Localization
Case Study: Localization of an E-learning Solution
Nelson Croom Learning
Extending the global reach of an organization
Culturally-dependent methods for evaluation and assessment of learning
Designing Online Courses: A taxonomy to guide strategic use of features
Constructing culture in Online learning
Key global trends by e-Learning sector: corporate training, K-12, nonprofit organizations, continuing education, Higher Education, and government
An intriguing website comparing fastfood chains