Cross-cultural Usability Issues in E/M-Learning

TL;DR

This paper reviews cross-cultural usability challenges in electronic and mobile learning, discussing adoption trends, models, security issues, and the impact of cultural differences on usability and effectiveness.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of cross-cultural usability issues in E-Learning and M-Learning, highlighting challenges and potential solutions in diverse cultural contexts.

Findings

Cross-cultural differences significantly affect usability in E/M-Learning.

Web services and cloud computing introduce specific security concerns.

Mobile learning enhances accessibility but faces usability challenges in different cultures.

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of electronic learning (E-Learning) and mobile learning (M-Learning) adoption and diffusion trends, as well as their particular traits, characteristics and issues, especially in terms of cross-cultural and universal usability. E-Learning and M-Learning models using web services and cloud computing, as well as associated security concerns are all addressed. The benefits and enhancements that accrue from using mobile and other internet devices for the purposes of learning in academia are discussed. The differences between traditional classroom-based learning, distance learning, E-Learning and M-Learning models are compared and some conclusions are drawn.