Title

Culture's impact on technology mediated learning: The role of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism

Authors

Authors

S. Hornik;A. Tupchiy

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Glob. Inf. Manag.

Keywords

contructivism; culture; individualism; technology-mediated learning; SOCIAL PRESENCE; VALUES; SELF; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENT; OUTCOMES; MODEL; Information Science & Library Science

Abstract

The horizontal and vertical dimensions of individualism and collectivism are an important characteristic of cultures. These dimensions have many implications for the ways in which individual learners use and respond to interactive technologies. This article reports on a study that investigated the impact of culture, specifically horizontal individualism (HI), vertical individualism (VI), horizontal collectivism (HC), and vertical collectivism (VC) on the effectiveness of technology mediated learning. Results indicate that the four dimensional patterns have differing effects on the use of TML communication capabilities, feelings of sense of community, satisfaction with the TML experience, perceived learning, and declarative knowledge acquisition.

Journal Title

Journal of Global Information Management

Volume

14

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

31

Last Page

56

WOS Identifier

WOS:000239746300004

ISSN

1062-7375

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