关于美国教育技术研究发展的反思—设计科学的视角

A Reflection on the Advances and Challenges of Educational Technology Research: A Design Science Perspective

教育技术学经过了一个世纪的发展,在媒体研究和教学设计研究上取得了一定的成果,对推动技术在教育实践中的应用发挥了重要的作用。与此同时,教育技术学在核心知识体系的发展上还存在局限,在实践层面也未能有效地推动教育的深层变革。本文对教育技术学在美国的发展予以反思,梳理这一学科的研究脉络、定位和趋势,综合分析了如何采用设计科学的视角拓展和深化教育技术研究,并围绕这一定位讨论了研究发展的具体趋势。

This paper presents the author's reflection on the development of educational technology research in the U.S. and other western countries to highlight the focal research themes, challenges, and future directions. Researchers of educational technology have made important knowledge advances in the past century focusing on instructional design and learning media, contributing to the implementation of technology in educational practice. Meanwhile, researchers in this field face significant challenges to consolidate its conceptual knowledge base focusing on how people learn with technology and to fulfill the promise of new technology for transformative educational change. This paper discusses how a design science perspective may contribute to addressing these challenges by expanding the conceptual focus, design framework, and research methods of educational technology research, with specific research directions and issues identified.