Coping with Isolation: The Role of Culture in Adult Distance Learners' Use of Surrogates

Katharine Venter

Open Learning Vol. 18, No. 3 (September 2003) pp. 271–287

Conceptions of learning and preferred learning approaches have been suggested to vary cross-culturally. The extent to which learning is "student-centred" or "teacher-centred" also appears subject to cultural variation. This has led some to conclude...