开放教育资源、大规模开放网络课程(MOOCs)和非正式学习时代中的等效交互

Interaction Equivalency in an OER, MOOCs and Informal Learning EraInteraction Era

本文是一篇理论性的文章,笔者试图从等效交互原理的视角来澄清开放教育资源、大规模开放网络课程(MOOCs)情境中,以及日益受到重视的非正式学习等教育领域中的设计问题。文中首先概述了等效交互原理中的核心概念,并阐述了如何将等效交互框架用于分析网络和远程教育中的交互设计。然后从交互设计的视角出发,将等效交互原理的观点用于MOOCs的三种变体中(xMOOCs,sMOOCs和cMOOCs),来阐述三者在设计方面的不同。在文章结尾处,本文探讨了在在线教育资源和教育机会都已能轻易获取且绝大部分基本免费的时代中,正式教育的角色转变的问题。

This theoretical paper attempts to clarify design issues that the field of education has encountered in the context of OER(Open Educational Resources), Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) and increased emphasis on informal learning, as examined through the lens of the Interaction Equivalency Theorem. An overview of the core concepts of the Interaction Equivalency Theorem(the EQuiv) is provided and an explanation of how the EQuiv framework can be used to analyze interaction designs for online and distance education. The paper applies EQuiv ideas to categorize three variants of MOOCs(xMOOCs, sMOOCs and cMOOCs), from the perspective of interaction design so as to elucidate the major design differences. In conclusion, this paper explores the changing role of formal education in an era of learning opportunity where online educational resources and opportunities are readily accessible and in many cases completely free of cost to the learner.