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tikarai2003 s blog 4 out of 5 dentists recommend this wordpress com site tikarai2003 s blog 4 out of 5 dentists recommend this wordpress com site menu skip to content home about moocs for developing nations leave a reply although online education has been evolving in the last few years few people in developing nations have been able to benefit from it it is not the content its quality or the delivery mechanism rather it is the effect of sociocultural dynamics on how students in these countries learn i have been both an online student advancing my academic stream of interests and a professor at universities in nepal in engineering and project management courses students seem to learn more effectively in groups than individually and independently this way of learning may have stemmed from the communal setup in some developing nations societies most things are taken care of more effectively when there is a group doing it another factor in learning seems to be the language in developing countries high context language is part of the embedded high context culture in such cultures communications are engaged through fewer words or use of silence often a prolonged one in contrast developed nations use comparatively low context language which involves explicit and low level usages of words online course content is written in low context language because that specificity is needed to communicate effectively as opposed to the ambiguity that we find in high context language thus students from low context cultures are better positioned to interpret online course materials additionally as anthropologist edward t hall identified in his 1976 book beyond culture high context cultures will be relational collectivist intuitive and contemplative they place a high value on interpersonal relationships thus knitting the community members into a very close group this is where moocs can really impact learning in high context communities first and foremost within the user based learning moocs allow interaction amongst the students forming a virtual group where they engage as if they are in the real world classroom when students get to do this in an environment where world class learning content is offered and interactive direction from the domain scholar is present this platform becomes hard to resist as a result moocs may begin to address underpinning challenges to online learning in developing nations with as said earlier high context culture second as we all can relate to the substantial reduction in cost is a plus the course is free and associated costs of commuting text books etc are not nearly as much as when taking a classroom based course in the context of the countries in question the low or zero cost is highly relevant and a much needed element for overall growth of the community through online learning third and final is that the platform also provides an opportunity for local scholars to start providing lectures and virtual classes without having to go through an institutional arrangement with the local universities and institutes on the other hand this change overflows not only into degree and curricula related lectures but also beyond that to anyone who may be interested whether in the country or across the globe engr tikajit rai president of project management association of nepal founder ceo of magnus consulting group nepal visiting professor at kathmandu university school of management nepal this entry was posted in uncategorized on march 9 2013 by tika rai blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed tikarai2003 s blog sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy tikarai2003 s blog subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar design a site like this with wordpress com get started