Research issues to be useful in educational/learning field

Abstract

The educational/learning research field has counted up over 60 years since “Educational Technology” had been established as one of new research frontiers. For 60 years, the research viewpoints have been shifted from teaching-specific functions to learning-based functions, owing to the enormous evolution of information technology. This shift has enforced to evolve research issues with smart teaching/learning support systems. This research field is generally characterized as one of field-fusion types of existing related research fields, and may be often said that the original discussion points are not sharply recognized. In this paper, we survey our current educational/learning research viewpoints and re-consider innovative research topics over the accumulated results with a view to attaining the advanced educational/learning paradigm or framework as one step-up subject in the next age.