Within every learning environment there is a prevailing
culture that influences all the other components. In most learning environments, culture is often taken for granted or may be even beyond the consciousness of learners or even teachers. The faculties, instructors and teachers should pay special attention to cultural factors, so that they can make conscious decisions about how the different components of a learning environment are implemented. Although the concept of culture may seem a little abstract at this stage, and how critical it is for designing an effective online learning environment. The choice of content, the skills and attitudes that are promoted, the relationship between instructors and students, and many other aspects of a learning environment, will all be deeply influenced by the prevailing culture of an institution or class. In a learning environment, every one of the components are described and influenced by the dominant culture. For example, the parents tend to place their children in schools that reflect their own values and beliefs, and so the characteristics of learners in that school will also often be influenced by the culture not only of their parents but also of their school. This is one of the many ways that culture can be self-reinforcing. According to Jennifer Nais an article writer of the Primary Teaching as a Cultural Care, said that every teacher will be able to recall individuals whose personal characteristics they found disagreeable or offensive or whose behavior was insupportable (the current debate about exclusion suggests), and classes with whom a comfortable relationship was established only after repeated negotiation. Nevertheless, she also added that the feeling positive towards children is the more or less universal backdrop to work in any schools. Nais also added that some teachers are moved beyond liking into a much deeper relationship with individual students or the whole class, although the extent of their involvement is normally masked by their assumed calm and their professional pleasantness. Culture is a critical component of any learning environment. It is important to be aware of the influence of culture within any particular learning context, and to try and shape that culture as much as possible towards supporting the kind of learning environment that you believe will be most effective. However, changing a pre-existing, dominant culture is very difficult. Nevertheless, new technologies enable new learning environments to be developed, and thus provide an opportunity to develop the kind of culture within that learning environment that will best serve your learners.