Research Commentary: Technology-Mediated Learning—A Call for Greater Depth and Breadth of Research
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Universities and corporate training facilities have been investing in information technologies to improve education and training at an increasing rate during the past decade. Many new companies are emerging to provide tools and services to enable the effective design of IT-based learning solutions. Although research on technology-mediated learning has increased in recent years, it still lags behind developments in practice. This essay suggests potential research avenues in the area of technology-mediated learning. It seeks to motivate greater depth of research into the question of how technology enhances learning. This question requires an explicit consideration of relationships among technology capabilities, instructional strategy, psychological processes, and contextual factors involved in learning. The essay also recommends attention to a greater breadth of research questions, including issues of how technology-mediated learning affects program design and what structures and processes universities can employ to facilitate innovation.
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Lee et al. (2010) developed and proposed a framework that incorporates constructs relevant for learning in desktop VR based upon several previously proposed media technology models.
“These studies empirically tested a framework developed and proposed by Lee et al. (2010), which incorporates constructs that are relevant for learning in desktop VR based upon several previously proposed media technology models (e.g., Alavi and Leidner 2001;Piccoli et al. 2001;Salzman et al. 1999;Wan et al. 2007).”
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- Authors
- Alavi, M., & Leidner, D. E.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- INSEAD (FR)
- Venue
- Information Systems Research
- Published
- 2001-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-10
- ISSN
- 1047-7047 (ISSN-L)
- 1526-5536
- OpenAlex
- W2045341770
- Cited by
- 689
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Information Systems Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology and E-Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
- Keywords
- technology-mediated learning, educational technology, instructional design, technology-enhanced learning, psychology of learning, program design, university innovation, corporate training, research agenda
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