国际教育信息化的现状与趋势 ——访新媒体联盟CEO拉里·约翰逊博士

State and Trends of Global ICT in Education

拉里·约翰逊(Larry Johnson)博士是美国新媒体联盟(New Media Consortium， NMC)的首席执行官，是国际知名的教育信息化专家，一直致力于为学习、研究和创新来探索和开发新技术。他曾担任过高等教育领域的多个研究机构的主席或高级管理人员，拥有将近30年的全球教育领域的经验。从教授到院长，教务处长到校长，从首席技术官(CIO)到首席执行官(CEO)，拉里·约翰逊博士具有丰富的跨领域工作的经历。到目前为止，他已出版了5本专著，参与7本著作的撰写，发表50多篇研究论文和研究报告，被世界各国的权威组织、科研机构和政府部门邀请作了125场主题报告。近20年来，新媒体联盟持续关注国际教育信息化的发展趋势，其成员来自于全球数百个知名大学、博物馆和顶尖企业。作为美国新媒体联盟地平线项目(Horizon Project)的创始人，拉里·约翰逊博士与来自世界各地的未来学家和思想领袖就新技术应用开展对话和合作，并探讨新出现的趋势和问题。该项目已发布了一系列《地平线报告》(Horizon Reports)，覆盖视觉素养，学习对象，教育游戏，沉浸学习和社交网络等议题。目前，地平线报告已通过六种语言发布，为全球100多个国家的教育机构提供信息化发展战略咨询，在全球150多个国家拥有超过125万读者，已成为高等教育学校和博物馆高级管理人员的重要参考资料。在访谈中，拉里·约翰逊博士与我们一起分享了《地平线报告》的发展历程，并对全球教育信息化的发展现状和未来趋势进行了介绍和评价。

Dr. Larry Johnson， an international renowned expert in ICT in education， works for New Media Consortium as Chief Executive Officer. He puts efforts in exploring and developing new learning technology to underpin learning， research and innovation. He has worked for several institutions in high education as presidents or advanced administrator. He has more than 25 years of experience in the global education， and has served in campus roles from professor to dean， CIO and provost， and president. Up to know， has written five books， seven chapters， published more than 60 papers and research reports on the topic， and delivered more than 100 keynote addresses to a long list of distinguished groups and organizations all over the world. In the past 20 years， New Media Consortium， which is a none-profit organization with hundreds of number from well-known universities， museums and top enterprises， is concerning on emerging technology in education. Larry is the founder of the Horizon Project， This project has released a series of Horizon Reports with six languages， which covers the topics such as visual literacy， learning objects， educational gaming， immersive learning， the future of scholarship and social networking. So far， all Horizon Reports are used by over 1.25 million educators in 150 countries. In this interview， Dr. Larry Johnson shares the history of Horizontal Report， gives a brief introduction， and comments on the state and trends of global ICT in education. He holds that the emerging technology goes to the trends of personalization， socialization， and mobilization， which are benefit to facilitating the deep integration between ICT and education. He suggests that ICT in education has made great progress globally， especially in the developing countries. He reminds us that we should not exaggerate the role of ICT because its capacity is limited. He points out that the big problem in the integration of ICT and education is lack of research on instructional psychology， learning psychology and pedagogy.