Thread:Do we need to use inspirational symbols, templates, slogans, which are content related and culture-inclusive to heighten the value awareness and quality conviction? (3)

Hi Peter,

Do you have any examples to illustrate how this might work. I'm trying to get my head around the differences between localisation versus culture-inclusivity as a criterion for quality.

Education is contextually bounded and culture is a determinant for educationally relevant materials. I'm not sure that it's practicable to develop indicators or criteria for culture-inclusive materials that are universal. For example -- the visual design of websites in South East asia are very different from the Western web design. Design elements which are considered good practice, for example in India would be considered poor design in the UK.

In this regard WE is really a pioneering project. In the case of an encyclopedia article authors are working to develop an objective article on some concept or topic adhering to principles like NPOV. When it comes to culture -- I'm not sure that its possible to implement the cultural equivalent of NPOV -- if you know what I mean ...:-)

Lets say, for instance, that Uganda develops some Philosophy materials on the meaning of truth, I would imagine that Asian philosophy might have a different take on the topic. I do think that there is tremendous value for indigenous communities to express their own world views in their respective educational materials --- especially for other learners around the world to learn about different cultures.

mmmm -- I'm not sure how we would integrate this into a QA framework.