1. Cultural impact on
PLEs
Mahrukh Mirza
Arunangsu Chatterjee

2. Why Culture?

3. Influences our View

4. Need for Cultural
Sensitivity

5. Cultural Bump

6. Cultural Dimensions
Individualism, can be defined as a preference for a loosely-knit social
framework in which individuals are expected to take care of themselves
Individualism & and their immediate families only. Collectivism, represents a preference for
Collectivism a tightly-knit framework in culture in which individuals can expect their
relatives or members of a particular in-group to look after them in
exchange for unquestioning loyalty.
People in cultures exhibiting a large degree of power distance accept a
hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and which needs no
Power Distance further justification. In cultures with low power distance, people strive to
equalise the distribution of power and demand justification for inequalities
of power.
Uncertainty The uncertainty avoidance dimension expresses the degree to which the
Avoidance members of a culture feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity.
Cultures with a short-term orientation generally have a strong concern
with establishing the absolute Truth. In cultures with a long-term
Time Orientation orientation, people believe that truth depends very much on situation,
context and time.

7. Cultural Dimensions

8. Educational Landscape

9. Pedagogical Landscape

10. PLEs

11. PLEs and Culture
• Are PLEs better suited for Individualistic
cultures?
• Will PLE adoption be higher in low power
distance cultures?
• Will PLEs have the desired impact on
cultures with high uncertainty avoidance?
• Will demonstrating both long and short term
benefits improve PLE adoption across
cultures?

12. Etc. - Culture GPS

13. Thank You