Cultural and educational infrastructure in designing and implementing electronic learning environment

When utilizing technologies in educational settings, it is important to note that this is not a culturally neutral phenomenon; rather, they are cultural-specific ventures that are grounded and provided in a specific cultural context. Despite increasing acknowledgment of the cultural and cultural pedagogical issues fundamental importance in educational settings, these issues have hardly been addressed and thus may not be taken in to account in the design and implementation of e-learning services and products such as LMS and CMS. This article, therefore, aims to shed some light on culturalpedagogical issues in designing and implementing elearning. Exploring and understanding the embedded cultural-pedagogical norms in educational institution is critical not only for successful design and implementation of e-learning services and products but also for drawing the intended educational outcomes. Because only with a clear sense of these theoretical foundations that underpin assumptions about learning and teaching, can e-learning courses be appropriately designed, used and qualified.