数字学习研究:过去、现在与未来

Research through the generations: reflecting on the past, present and future

本文反思了数字技术应用于学习、教学和科研的研究成果和现状,并展望这个研究领域的未来。文章剖析了哪些技术在过去三十年左右时间具有变革性,以及这种变革的性质和挑战。文章把本领域研究归为三大类:教学、技术和组织。文章阐述了数字学习作为一个领域的兴起及其本质,并从六个方面对作为一个研究领域的数字学习,尤其是数字技术展开讨论,即数字技术的优与劣、变化速度、话语和协作的新形式、了解用户的重要性、涌现出的新实践,以及对更大范围影响的反思。

The paper provides a reflection on the past and present of research on the use of digital technologies for learning, teaching and research, along with an extrapolation of the future of the field. It considers which technologies have been transformative in the last thirty years or so along with the nature of the transformation and the challenges. Research in the field is grouped into three types: pedagogical,technical and organizational. The emergence and nature of digital learning as a field is considered. Six facets of digital learning, and in particular digital technologies, as a research field are described: the good and the bad of digital technologies, the speed of change, the new forms of discourse and collaboration, the importance of understanding users, the new practices that have emerged, and finally a reflection on the wider impact.