I. THE CHALLENGES OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY FOR THE EDUCATIONAL DOMAIN

Abstract: The paper has as main goal to present a multidimensional educational model for foreign languages learning, in a multicultural perspective, especially in the frame of a transnational company. The model integrates the educational paradigms of the intercultural communication and the principles of the development of web based training systems. The design of the generic educational architecture was based on cognitive and behaviour psychology, adapted to the web environment, in order to facilitate the development of the attitudes and behaviour stereotypes adequate to a specific culture and/or to a specific organizational culture. The design of the educational model which will be integrated in an e-Learning system, represents a component of the research project e-Multicult (“Educational portal for the interactive learning of foreign languages in the perspective of the insertion in a multicultural environment”), financed under the national budget for research and innovation. Keywords:e-Learning, educational portal, training engineering, educational model