This study provides a foundation for future research that addresses all of these questions.
Perhaps most needed is additional research that will validate and expand the proposed
framework.
The global distance learning community must work together to create a process that addresses
cross-cultural analysis and design for global learners. The purpose in presenting
the model is to persuade organizations and instructional design professionals to acknowledge
the need for cultural considerations and to seek and incorporate such knowledge within
their instructional design practice. The global reality of distance education means that
instructional design of any form and in any part of the world must consider the cultural
diversity inherent to it. This study is an invitation to initiate discussion on how to address
this reality.