'Talk' about Culture Online: The Potential for Transformation.

Ziegahn, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ639483

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Publication Date: 2001

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'Talk' about Culture Online: The Potential for Transformation.

Ziegahn, Linda

Distance Education, v22 n1 p144-50 2001

Describes a study of a computer mediated graduate course on inclusive community building that explored how students talked about sensitive cultural topics and how the online nature of the course influenced reflection on multiculturalism. Discusses transformative learning, which provided the analytical framework for the study. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Pluralism, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Online Courses, Transformative Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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