SLC Catalyst: Learner Diversity and Technology Enhanced Learning

这个SLC催化剂项目有一个长期目标，即确定整合不同人群的观点如何能够改进技术设计、培训和使用，以增强学习。为了准备一份完整的提案，该项目将(1)从学习者多样性(性别、族裔/种族、社会经济地位和残疾)的角度对现有的学习技术文献进行荟萃分析；(2)召集一系列小型、多样化的跨学科小组参加论坛，旨在挑战假设并确定关键的研究线索；(3)编写三份讨论文件，将荟萃分析与学习科学中心的创新研究议程联系起来；(4)确定最终的合作伙伴关系，并编制一份5-10年战略计划，作为学习科学中心提案的基础。通过定义一个将学习理论与多样性和技术结合在一起的研究领域，该项目将(1)为在社会背景下理解学习技术奠定基础，(2)将多样性理论引入学习理论。它将确定这对支持广泛学习者学习的新技术的开发意味着什么。该项目将影响计算机媒介通信、在线学习和学习技术开发等领域的研究。它将与企业、政策制定者以及正规和以社区为基础的教育建立牢固的伙伴关系，制定一项整合多样性以改善基于技术的学习的国家议程，特别是针对目前代表性不足的人群。

This SLC Catalyst project has the long-range goal of determining how integrating the perspectives of diverse populations can improve technology design, training, and use to enhance learning. In preparation for a full proposal, the project will (1) conduct a meta-analysis of the existing learning technology literature from the perspective of learner diversity (gender, ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, and disability); (2) convene a series of forums with small, diverse, interdisciplinary groups designed to challenge assumptions and identify key research strands; (3) produce three discussion documents that link the meta-analysis with an innovative research agenda for a science of learning center; and (4) identify final partnerships and prepare a 5-10 year strategic plan that will form the basis for the Science of Learning Center proposal. By defining an area of research that brings together learning theories with diversity and technology, this project will (1) lay the groundwork for understanding learning technologies within a social context, and (2) introduce diversity theories into learning theory. It will define what this implies for the development of new technologies that support learning among a wide range of learners. The project will influence research in such areas as computer mediated communication, online learning, and learning technology development. It will build strong partnerships with business, policymakers, and both formal and community-based education that will develop a national agenda for integrating diversity to improve technology-based learning, especially for currently underrepresented populations.