Evidence of Learning in Educational Practices Mediated by Digital Technologies

Abstract

Based on the conviction of the need to advance in the understanding of the processes and results of online learning, this Special Issue focuses on the evidence of student learning as a consequence of their participation in educational practices mediated by digital information and communication technologies. In the call, authors have been invited to present their research, paying special attention to aspects such as the environments in which educational practices are developed, the digital technologies used, the pedagogical methodologies used in their design and development, the types and characteristics of the learning achieved by the students, the research methodology used to obtain and analyze the evidence and, of course, the nature and characteristics of the learning evidence itself. The choice of this focus responds to the somewhat paradoxical fact that student learning outcomes, as well as the nature of the evidence that supports them, are relatively infrequent topics in research articles on online learning. In addition, the quality criteria and the value attributed to this evidence have varied over time and also change depending on the context. Within this framework, the works included in the Special Issue offer a diversity of approaches to these issues, while reflecting a rich overview of state of affairs in the Ibero-American region. In several of them, the pandemic or post-pandemic context of COVID-19 plays a prominent role.