Culture and Computers: A Review of the Concept of Culture and Implications for Intercultural Collaborative Online Learning Export

@incollection{citeulike:1825271, abstract = {Our research is aimed at a systematic investigation of phenomena in the nexus of culture, technology and learning. The basic premise of our research is that social affordances of technologies might vary along cultural dimensions. In this paper we present a brief overview of the concept of culture. We then discuss empirical findings demonstrating cultural effects on social behavior, communication and cognition and draw implications to online collaborative learning. In the last part of this paper, we present a selective review of research in cross-cultural human computer interaction.}, author = {Vatrapu, Ravi and Suthers, Dan}, citeulike-article-id = {1825271}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74000-1_20}, comment = {Our research is aimed at a systematic investigation of phenomena in the nexus of culture, technology and learning. The basic premise of our research is that social affordances of technologies might vary along cultural dimensions. In this paper we present a brief overview of the concept of culture. We then discuss empirical findings demonstrating cultural effects on social behavior, communication and cognition and draw implications to online collaborative learning. In the last part of this paper, we present a selective review of research in cross-cultural human computer interaction.}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-74000-1_20}, journal = {Intercultural Collaboration}, keywords = {behavior, cognition, communication, cultural, intercultural}, pages = {260--275}, posted-at = {2007-10-26 15:23:01}, priority = {3}, title = {Culture and Computers: A Review of the Concept of Culture and Implications for Intercultural Collaborative Online Learning}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74000-1_20}, year = {2007} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:1825271 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1825271 N2 - Our research is aimed at a systematic investigation of phenomena in the nexus of culture, technology and learning. The basic premise of our research is that social affordances of technologies might vary along cultural dimensions. In this paper we present a brief overview of the concept of culture. We then discuss empirical findings demonstrating cultural effects on social behavior, communication and cognition and draw implications to online collaborative learning. In the last part of this paper, we present a selective review of research in cross-cultural human computer interaction. JF - Intercultural Collaboration EP - 275 TI - Culture and Computers: A Review of the Concept of Culture and Implications for Intercultural Collaborative Online Learning SP - 260 KW - behavior KW - cognition KW - communication KW - cultural KW - intercultural N1 - Our research is aimed at a systematic investigation of phenomena in the nexus of culture, technology and learning. The basic premise of our research is that social affordances of technologies might vary along cultural dimensions. In this paper we present a brief overview of the concept of culture. We then discuss empirical findings demonstrating cultural effects on social behavior, communication and cognition and draw implications to online collaborative learning. In the last part of this paper, we present a selective review of research in cross-cultural human computer interaction. AU - Vatrapu, Ravi AU - Suthers, Dan PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74000-1_20 ER -