AECT新定义的特色与启示

The Characteristics of and Inspiration from AECT’s New Definition

美国教育传播与技术协会（AECT）在2008年出版的《教育技术定义与评析》一书中正式发布了新的教育技术定义。为使广大中国教育技术工作者、教育技术专业师生了解新定义的内容与其相关的全面理论观点，中国教育技术协会组织专家翻译了这本着作。该书即将由北京大学出版社出版，新书出版之际，该文作者作为新定义的主要译者，通过AECT新定义与AECT94定义的比较，从学习、创造和职业道德规范等要素入手，阐述了新定义的主要特色以及对我国教育技术领域的启示。

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology（AECT）announced its new definition of educational technology in Educational Technology， a Definition with Commentary in 2008. The book translation from its English edition into Chinese one was organized immediately by China Association of Educational Technology（CAET）to help Chinese practitioners in educational technology in their studies as soon as possible. The book of its Chinese edition will be published by Beijing University Press very soon this year. The authors of this article， as the principal translators of the book， give a clear explanation on the characteristics of and the the inspiration fro the new definition by comparison between AECT’94 definition and the new one through the key words such as “learning”， “creation”， and “ethics”.