透视我国远程高等教育研究图景:主题、热点与趋势——基于8本CSSCI期刊2017年度文献的系统分析

The Landscape of Distance Higher Education Research in China:Perspectives on Theme, Hotspot and Trend——Systematic Analysis Based on Papers Published in the Eight Related CSSCI Journals in 2017

系统梳理我国远程高等教育领域的研究成果,有助于研究者和实践者整体把握其发展脉络,并为未来开展研究和实践提供依据。通过对2017年度刊发在8本CSSCI期刊上的641篇远程高等教育相关文献进行系统分析,可描绘出我国远程高等教育的研究图景。总体上,我国远程高等教育的研究主题聚焦为远程教育技术与媒体、远程学习者、远程教育教学模式、国外远程教育介绍、远程教育经济与管理等方面;研究热点集中在MOOCs应用、教育大数据与学习分析、教学模式改革与创新、探寻各类影响因素的实证分析等方面。但是,当前我国远程高等教育研究仍然呈现出传统研究范式占据主体地位、理论研究根基薄弱、新技术应用研究偏少的问题。因此,未来我国远程高等教育研究应该在如下方面重点加强:第一,促进基于实证方法的研究范式转型,提升远程高等教育研究水平;第二,鼓励跨学科交叉研究,进一步促进和丰富远程教育基础理论研究;第三,理性关注新兴技术,促进远程教育与技术融合的混合式学习和深度学习研究。

The systematic review of the research achievements in the field of distance higher education in China will help researchers and practitioners to grasp the development context as a whole and provide a basis for future research and practice.Through the systematic analysis of 641 distance higher education related papers published in the eight CSSCI journals in 2017,the research landscape of China’s distance higher education is depicted.On the whole,the research themes of distance higher education in China focus on distance education technology and media,distance learners,distance education teaching models,foreign distance education introduction,distance education economy and management,and the research hotspots focus on MOOCs applications,big data for education and learning analytics,teaching model reform and innovation,and the empirical analysis for exploring influencing factors.However,the current distance higher education research in China still presents the problems that the traditional research paradigm occupies the dominant position,the theoretical research foundation is weak,and the research on the application of new technology is less.Therefore,in the future,China’s research on distance higher education should be strengthened in the following aspects:first,promoting the research paradigm shift based on empirical methods to improve the level of distance higher education research;second,encouraging interdisciplinary research to promote and enrich fundamental theoretical research for distance education;third,paying rational attention to emerging technologies to promote blended learning and deep learning research by integrating distance education and technology.