The emergence of cross-cultural classrooms has been steadily increasing in Australian tertiary institutions, due to the growing population of international students enrolling to complete their degrees. This increase in international students has signified a change in the student demographics, thus recognizing the differences in students’ learning styles, and indicating that a more flexible approach is needed for learner content delivery. Research has suggested that students from different cultures have varying compatibility with different learning environments. With tertiary institutions now expanding towards the online forum for delivery of units, these compatibilities of students are even more evident. Hence, in order to ensure that all students are able to participate in this domain, preparations are needed to accommodate all cultural types. Therefore with the emphasis on creating flexible learning environments for all students the blended learning approach has been suggested as a solution.
History
Journal
International journal of computer processing of oriental languages
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pagination
275 - 292
Publisher
World Scientific
Location
Singapore
ISSN
0219-4279
eISSN
1793-6748
Language
eng
Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice
2003, Chinese Language Computer Society & World Scientific Publishing Co.