Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspectives on Culture and Online Learning—Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena and Insung Jung -- Cultural Influences on Online Learning—Insung Jung -- Culture and Technology—Insung Jung -- Online Identity and Interaction— Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena -- Emerging Visual Culture in Online Learning Environments—Ilju Rha -- Accounting for Culture in Instructional Design—Casey Frechette, Ludmila C. Layne, and Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena -- Facilitating Online Learning and Cross-Cultural E-Mentoring—Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena and Buddhini Gayathri Jayatilleke -- Supporting Diverse Online Learners—Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena -- Diversity in Expectations of Quality and Assessment—Albert Sangrà, Stella Porto, and Insung Jung -- Developing Global Digital Citizens: A Professional Development Model—Chih-Hsiung Tu and Marina Stock McIsaac -- Leadership Challenges in Transcultural Online Education—Michael F. Beaudoin -- Gender Issues in Online Learning—Colin Latchem -- Transformative Learning Through Cultural Exchanges in Online Foreign Language Teaching—Kerrin Ann Barrett -- International Interpretations of Icons and Images Used in North American Academic Websites—Eliot Knight, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Elena Barbera, and Cengiz Hakan Aydin -- An Analysis of Culture-Focused Articles in Open, Distance, and Online Education Journals—Aisha S. Al-Harthi -- Many Faces of Confucian Culture: Asian Learners’ Perceptions of Quality Distance Education—Li Chen, Xinyi Shen, Aya Fukuda, and Insung Jung -- Looking Ahead: A Cultural Approach to Research and Practice in Online Learning—Insung Jung and Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena.