Nigel's+suggestion

Looking at the advice from Maggie and others on the course, we obviously needed to sharpen our focus. Here is a suggestion..

We look at elearning just within the context of adult education. Sean, I know you and I were more interested in the compulsory education sector but most of our course reading in this module relates to HE. This will also narrow our definition of e-learning to be more focused on distance learning. Again this is not what you and I wanted Sean but I think it will make this more manageable. Mercy, you should be happy so far! WIthin this narrowed sector we review the elearning scene in each of our countries. Then we look at our countries through the four lenses of Hofstede's dimensions of cultural variability to see how online courses from a western university could be tailored to meet the needs of our local populations. Things to comment on; Hofstede's sample was done in 1968 & 1972 have our target groups changed since then Hofstede's sample was a mix of clerical, technical, professional and managerial occupations is this relevant to our target groups Does the 'Arab countries' group in Hofstede's work accurately depict the cultural leanings of Abu Dhabi Does the 'New Zealand' group in Hofstede's work accurately depict the cultural leanings of Maori (I am assuming that you were looking at Maori students Sean) Have put more information on Hofstede's work on this page. Lucky I looked at this - a little late on my part will re phrase what i was doing.