Mark provided an overview of some points. The language used is an important factor and globalisation is not internationalising. Meanings of words, situations are not the same in all cultures and when planning the integration of cases studies and online materials you need to be sensitive to this. The curriculum is never neutral there is always a hidden curriculum and this is important. Who controls the curriculum is also of interest. Chemsky said that technology is not a neutral tool and Burble and Callister (2000) said that the tools shape us as we use them.

Education is transformative and should include reference to global and intercultural perspectives. There should be reference to learning to change and making a better future. There was reference to teaching and learning in a digital world and how programme redesigns needed to take this into account. The speaker also referred to the architecture of buildings and how these could also have cultural impact such as traditional lecture theatres which are very important in some countries still and the more innovative learning spaces used now by many UK institutions where students could work together in groups but some students might find this threatening.

Many examples were used of different cultures and some of the things that were both important to them and could be a concern. There was a discussion around how it is difficult to predict all this prior to students arriving but that we needed to develop greater insight into how to share our knowledge.