Immerse in the culture, integrate learner feedback up front, and use formative evaluation to find gaps needing bridges¶

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Description¶

The article identifies three commonly mentioned ways to find gaps where bridges are needed: "immersing oneself in the culture, integrating learner feedback in up-front analysis, and integrating learner feedback through formative evaluation." Designers should ask what learners' frames of reference are, whether objectives fall within them, and whether prerequisite knowledge is being assumed. Foreign examples may be used if accompanied by more support and explanation than typically assumed.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Time and organizational support for learner analysis and evaluation, which participants reported is often squeezed out

Constraints¶

• In practice, evaluation is often cut under budget and deadline pressure; the article notes ADDIE Analysis should take closer to half the time in cross-cultural situations

Target Learners¶

• International and cross-cultural online learners

Target Learning Goals¶

• Culturally responsive design; identifying prerequisite-knowledge gaps

Related Strategies¶

• Use ethnographic research methods to authenticate culture-specific designs for target audiences
• Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Rogers, P. C., Graham, C. R., & Mayes, C. T. (2007). Cultural competence and instructional design: Exploration research into the delivery of online instruction cross-culturally. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-007-9033-x