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In this paper, we present a solution how to test cultural influences on E-Learning in a global context. Based on a metadata approach, we show how specifically cultural influence factors can be determined to transfer and adapt learning environments. We present a method how those influence factors can be validated for both, to improve the dynamical meta-data specification and to be used in the development of (international) E-Learning scenarios.
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Pawlowski, J., Richter, T. (2010). A Methodology to Compare and Adapt E-Learning in the Global Context. In: Breitner, M., Lehner, F., Staff, J., Winand, U. (eds) E-Learning 2010. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2355-4_1
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