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This influences many aspects of teaching and learning and causes ongoing threat to societies, cultures and communities outside the global and national mainstream, especially those that are small, marginal or fragile in terms of the preservation and enhancement of their own culture and institutions. This paper addresses these threats within the Palestinian context by reporting on a study that explored educators’ perceptions of the influence of culture on social media use in education. The conceptual framework that guided this study includes theories of Connectivism such as Siemens’ and theories of cultural dimensions such as Hofstede’s’. The study used semi-structured interviews with 18 educators at three Palestinian educational institutions who apply different teaching modes. The findings reveal nine cultural aspects that influence educators’perceptions of social media and its use for educational purposes. They also demonstrate the influence of culture on some Connectivist practices in the Palestinian context. Other factors, such as the Israeli occupation were found to affect educators’ practices and perceptions. The study reveals cultural aspects that are not included in Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions theory, and this serves to underline that Hofstede’s cultural dimensions only provides a partial or incomplete understanding of how culture influences educational technology use in the Palestinian context. The study provides a foundation for future thinking about decolonizing research methods, developing modern pedagogies and appropriating some global concepts within the Arab context.  \nKeywords: Arab Culture, Connectivism, Digital Learning, Informal Learning, Social Media  \nHighlights  \nWhat is already known about this topic:  \n• Social media offers various tools and resources that can support formal and informal learning.  \n• Local culture impacts educators’ and learners’ use and acceptance of emerging technologies, but our understanding of this is currently not systematic or objective nor applied.  \nWhat this paper contributes:  \n• Educators identify a set of cultural factors affecting Palestinian educators’ use and selection of social media tools and resources.  \n• The Connectivist Cultural Synthesis of the two theories-Connectivism and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions-within the Palestinian education context.  \nImplications for theory, practice and/or policy:  \n• More efforts are needed to promote culturally responsive integration of digital technology in education.  \n• The study highlights the necessity to examine western theories before being applied in the Palestinian context.  \nIntroduction  \nFast-growing advances in digital technologies have increased the opportunity of investing in these technologies in education. Educators and learners have used diverse tools to form learning communities where they can connect, interact, and share content and resources. This advance is often accompanied by a dominance of Anglophone digital corporations and tools, as well as a dominance of Western models of education, resources, practices, and conceptions. Additionally, this has an impact on many aspects of teaching and learning and poses a persistent threat to societies, cultures and communities that are not part of the global mainstream, particularly those that are small, marginal or vulnerable in terms of the preservation and development of their own culture and institutions. Mawasi et al. (2020) observe:“What we see as a “new” digital divide, however, are the disparities between the increasing use of technologies to automate, control, and surveil students of his","cbCaiusm8zrbhNVZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiusm8zrbhNVZ","pdf",520272,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# The Palestinian Context\n# Highlights\n## What is already known about this topic?\n## What this paper contributes?\n## Implications for theory, practice and/or policy?","[{\"question\":\"What practical and policy implications does the paper propose?\",\"answer\":\"It calls for more efforts to promote culturally responsive integration of digital technology in education. It also emphasizes the need to examine Western theories before applying them in the Palestinian context.\"}]","Educators’ Perceptions of the Influence of Culture on Social Media Use in Education in Palestine | PDF",1792076756,76]