Giani Umberto
Department of Preventive Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2004;109:182-202.
This paper is an attempt to define the main features of a new educational model aimed at satisfying the needs of a rapidly changing society. The evolutionary epistemology paradigm of culture diffusion in human groups could be the conceptual ground for the development of this model. Multidimensionality, multi-disciplinarity, complexity, connectivity, critical thinking, creative thinking, constructivism, flexible learning, contextual learning, are the dimensions that should characterize distance learning models aimed at increasing the epistemological variability of learning communities. Two multimedia educational software, Dynamic Knowledge Networks (DKN) and Dynamic Virtual Learning Networks (DVLN) are described. These two complementary tools instantiate these dimensions, and were tested in almost 150 online courses. Even if the examples are framed in the medical context, the analysis of the shortcomings of the traditional educational systems and the proposed solutions can be applied to the vast majority of the educational contexts.
本文试图定义一种旨在满足快速变化社会需求的新教育模式的主要特征。人类群体中文化传播的进化认识论范式可以作为该模式发展的概念基础。多维性、多学科性、复杂性、连通性、批判性思维、创造性思维、建构主义、灵活学习、情境学习，这些维度应是旨在提高学习社区认识论多样性的远程学习模式的特征。文中描述了两款多媒体教育软件，动态知识网络（DKN）和动态虚拟学习网络（DVLN）。这两个互补工具体现了这些维度，并在近150门在线课程中进行了测试。即使这些例子是以医学背景为框架的，但对传统教育系统缺点的分析以及提出的解决方案可应用于绝大多数教育背景。
