E-learning research , e-lärande, forskning,

1. e-learning research
From organization and
hardcore technology
to
mobility and feelings
Eva R Fåhræus
Fåhræus & Rydberg
Ulf Olsson
Stockholm University

2. The Research field
of e-learning
Touches many fields
• Pedagogy
• Computer Science
• Sociology
• Ethnography
• Psychology
• ….

3. The Research field
of e-learning (ctd.)
Conferences Journals
• NU2010 • Per Distans
• Internetforskning.se • LearningNet
• CSCL • Digital kompetanse
• ICDE • E-learning
• mLearn • EJISDC
• ICODL • EMI
• …. • Computers &
Education
• ReCALL
• ….

4. E-learning research
before 2003
• Typically: a teacher (re)makes a
course for distance and studies how
it works (descriptive, explorative)
• Implies new research questions,
structures, definitions
• Creates models for classification and
pedagogic design

5. E-learning research
before 2003 (ctd.)
• Perspective on learning:
behaviorist, constructivist, later:
socio-cultural
• Focus: distance, economy,
quality; later also technology and
pedagogy
• Study object: organization,
course, teacher, student

6. Categories for
recent research
• Technology, • Organization
use of • Individual
technology
• Method,
pedagogy

7. E-learning research
examples 2003-2007
• Technology, use of technology
– Direct communication (S Hrastinski,
2007)
• Method, pedagogy
– PBL (U Björck, 2004)
– Collaborative learning (E R Fåhraeus,
2003)
– Communities of learning (L
Svensson, 2004; O Lindberg, 2005)

8. E-learning research
examles 2003-2007 (ctd.)
• Organization
– University level (G Grepperud, 2005)
– School level (J Almqvist, 2005)
– Business & administration (M
Baumgarten, 2006; J Lundin, 2005)

9. E-learning research
examples 2003-2007 (ctd.)
• Individual
– Success factors (U Olsson, 2007)
– Identity on the Net (F Moinian, 2007)
– Importance of context (R-M Olsson,
2005)
– Female students (G Wännman
Toresson, 2002)
– Cheating, plagiarism (L-E Nilsson,
2008)
– Use of information (M Stigmar, 2002)

10. Recent research
examples 2008-2009
• Technology, use of technology
– Modularization of the learning
architecture (F Paulsson, 2008)
• Method, pedagogy
– Flexible education in practice (A
Mattsson, 2009)
– Multiple dimensions of context (A Kurti,
2009)
– Communication and meaning-making in
web-based teacher training (L
Reneland-Forsman, 2009)

11. Recent research
examples 2008-2009 (ctd.)
• Organization
– New professionals and new technologies
in new higher education? (A Hudson,
2009)
• Individual
– ICT in teacher education: thinking and
learning in computer-supported social
practice (E Mukama, 2009)
– Conditions of connectivity (S Angen
Rye, 2009)
– Adult learners on the Net (B Östlund,
2008)

12. Trends
within e-learning research
• The border between distance and campus
education is dissolving
• Developing views on knowledge; learning
as social process encourages use of ”the
social web”
• Young learners as ”digital natives” meet
teachers without digital competence
• Mass education creates new needs
• Pedagogic needs encourage technological
development and vice versa