在线学习的理论与实践

Theory and Practice of Online Learning

本刊今年第3期刊登了记者对国际知名远程教育专家、加拿大阿萨巴斯卡大学特里·安德森教授的专访。安德森教授在专访中提及他和同事法希·埃劳米的新著《在线学习的理论与实践》,“希望能得到我们中国朋友的青睐和欣赏”。该书收录了16篇论文,作者全部是阿萨巴斯卡大学的教师和研究者,也都是20世纪90年代中期以来阿萨巴斯卡大学为了应对日益裁减的政府资助和生源的锐减而进行大规模教育改革的实践者和见证人,这些论文既有经验总结又有前瞻性的思考,对我国的远程教育事业不无借鉴价值。鉴于此,本刊特邀肖俊洪先生谨将该书两位主编所撰写的“引言”中的有关全书内容概要的部分译成中文,以飨读者。

Distance education is a disciphne that subsumes the knowledge and practice of pedagogy, psychology and sociology, economics and business, production and technology. The book Theory and Practice of Online Learning attempts to address these perspectives through the words of those trained to view their work through a particular disciplinary lens. The book represents a blending of academics and research, practical attention to the details of teaching and provision for learning opportunity, dissemination of research results, and mindful attention to the economics of the business of education.