在线学习对口头对话的诉求

A Plea for the Oral Dialogue in Online Learning

在线学习的重要意义已经在世界范围内被普遍认可。其证据包括" 网络一代"新的学习行为(Tapscott, 1997)，一些国家的在线硕士学位课程的成功( Bernath & Rubin 2003)，以及虚拟企业大学的成立等(Ryan, 2001;Schulmeister, 2001; Hazemi & Hailes, 2002)。虚拟教学空间中发生的教学活动在不断增加，而变化的教学范式也带来了前所未有的观念变化。学习者、大学教师、专家们常常确信在线学习具有教学可能性和创新能力，并对此寄予厚望，他们会认为传统模式的教与学，比如在教室中讨论，已经落后于时代了。关于在线学习的大量文献也提到了这一点(如Ryan 等，2000)。这让我决定去研究这些态度和观点是否正确，是否能从教育学出发看到在线学习未来的发展趋势？

It is obvious that the significance of online learning is growing all over the world. This is indicated among other things by the new learning behaviour of members of the"netgeneration"(Tapscott, 1997), the success of virtual Master's degree courses in several countries( Bernath & Rubin, 2003) and the development and trial of virtual and corporative universities( Ryan, 2001; Schulmeister, 2001; Hazemi & Hailes, 2002). The proportion of teaching events that take place in virtual teaching spaces is growing. The paradigm change that this necessitates is bringing about a change in consciousness that has never before been experienced. Students,university teachers and experts are frequently encountered who are so convinced of the specific pedagogic possibilities of online learning and its innovative powers,and expect so much of them, that they regard traditional forms of learning and teaching, for example, talking together in a classroom or seminar,as outdated or even obsolete. There are publications on topics of online learning in which presence phases are no longer even mentioned( e. g. Ryan et al. , 2000). This situation has caused me to examine whether such attitudes and opinions are correct. Can a trend be seen here that should lead to concern for pedagogical reasons?