美国K-12数字学习最新进展——一项基于常青教育集团2014年度报告的研究

The Latest Progress of K-12 Digital Learning in the U.S.

常青教育集团2014年K-12数字学习最新进展报告系统全面地介绍了美国K-12数字学习实践与政策的最新情况。分析并研究美国K-12数字学习的最新进展对我国中小学信息技术教学应用实践开展和政策制定有着重要的启示和借鉴作用。该文基于常青教育集团的报告,对美国K-12数字学习2014年的实践与政策进行了研究。研究结果发现:美国公立学校和学区、特许学校和私立学校都开展了各种类型的数字学习活动;州虚拟学校和慕课学习获得了进一步的发展;不同年段学生的数字学习活动呈现不同的特点,数字学习已融入美国中小学生的学习生活;州与学区层面出台或更新了数字学习的有关政策,为数字学习在美国中小学的进一步发展提供了有力的保障和支持。基于以上结果,该文建议进一步加大我国中小学数字学习的政策支持力度,并根据我国中小学生的实际情况,开发适合学生的数字学习资源,组织适当形式的数字学习活动。

Keeping Pace with K-12 Digital Learning, an Annual Review of Policy and Practice which is written by Evergreen Education Group gives elaborate data and details of K-12 digital learning in the States in 2014. Researching on the latest progress of K-12 digital learning is conductive and enlightening for the development of ICT applying in instruction and learning in the elementary and secondary schools in our country. Based on the report, this paper analyzes the practice and policy of K-12 digital learning in the States. Research result shows： in the U.S., public schools and districts, charter schools, and private schools all have various kinds of digital learning activities; state virtual schools and moocs have gained further development in 2014; the most common types of digital learning vary significantly between high schools, middle schools and elementary schools, and digital learning has been incorporated into K-12 students lives; State and district have set up or update relative digital learning policies, providing strong support for the development of digital learning in K-12 schools. On the basis of the results above, this paper suggests： further strengthening the policy support to digital learning in K-12 in our country, and develop suitable digital learning resources and organize appropriate digital learning activities according to the condition and needs of students in our country.