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Global & Cultural Perspectives -- How NOT To Get Lost In Translation
#359: Hello, Hola, Alló
Always offer students technical support, but also be sure the support speaks the language of the students.
Eduardo Ramos
Instituto Infnet
#360: Turn The Audio On/Off As Per Your Bandwidth
If yours is a large organization with many offices across the globe with varying bandwidths, go
for two versions of a course: audio enabled and audio disabled. You can then deploy the
audio-disabled version to those centers that have poor bandwidths.
Linda Al Ansari
Emirates
#361: Going Globally Primer
Before you decide to go global with your e-Learning offerings, consider cultural differences such
as language, technology, local business practices, learning methodologies, and training needs.
Evaluate the following data from your target markets: 1) market demand – user profile and
course preference, 2) technology - internet access and cost, 3) language - web support for
localized pages, and 4) culture - local learning practices.
Karina Jensen
Global Minds Network
#362: Steady, But Surely
In some cultures, it's necessary to build e-Learning acceptance slowly and with small successes.
Laura Amick
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
#363: Group e-Learning Works Best For Some Cultures
The 2 major challenges we are facing to deploy e-Learning in EMEA (Europe Middle East and
Africa) are: 1) The motivation barrier: we can say whatever we want about an e-Learning event
whether it be a WBT, a virtual classroom, a simulation, a remote lab exercise ... but many
students feel isolated and lonely in front of their screens and 2) the language barrier:
English/American is the common language for all of us but how good are we at using it for
learning purposes? So, the idea I am currently piloting is to deploy local learning facilities for
e-Learning events. What does it change? It's not purely virtual any longer because you will find
classmates in the local learning facility participating in the same event ... or in another one. You
are not lonely any longer because you can share with your colleagues in your native language
the learning experience you are having. You can go with them for a coffee. This way, we rebuild
in the local learning facility something we had in the classroom and attempt to rebuild something
we have partially lost in most purely virtual events - the atmosphere of friendship that supports
learning by engaging learners with the content, the instructor, and their peers. Motivation is an
enabler or a catalyst for learning. My own experience has shown that in most cases, learners
still need proximity their peers to be motivated and engaged.
Olivier Lavergne
Hewlett-Packard
#364: Totally Lost In Translation
If you are training internationally (which will happen more and more w/ remote solutions), you
need to be very sensitive to your language, pronunciation and slang. "It isn't rocket science" or"
Let's put together a straw man" doesn't mean anything to many people.
Carmela Southers
Ken Blanchard Companies
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