Learning Sciences Perspective on Engineering of Distance Learning. Part 1

Abstract

There is an on-going debate in the literature on theoretical underpinnings of distance learning. Scholars consider different theoretical perspectives including but not limited to theory of independence and autonomy, theory of industrialization, and theory of interaction and communication through the lens of a traditional Learning Theory approach. There is a lack of discussion on a potential role of a newly emerging field of Learning Sciences in framing the theory of distance learning. Thus, in this paper we provide a theoretical analysis of the Learning Sciences as a new approach to understand distance learning in the era of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Learning sciences is an interdisciplinary field that studies teaching and learning. This emerging innovative field includes but is not limited to multiple disciplines such as cognitive science, educational psychology, anthropology, computer science, to name a few. The Learning Sciences’ major objective is to understand and design effective learning environments, including distance learning, based on the latest findings about the processes involved in human learning.

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“…According to professor of Tallinn University of Technology, T. Ruütman, in modern conditions a theoretical basis can be a combination of "behaviorism (practical training), cognitivism (knowledge transmission), social constructivism and humanism (responsibility, self-motivation, etc.). We find a similar point of view in the work (as cited in Tchoshanov, 2021), the main idea of which is a need to provide the theoretical basis for https://doi. org/10.15405/epsbs.2022.02.99 Corresponding Author: Alexander N. Solovyev Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 2357-1330 803 the distance learning that is relevant today.…”

“…org/10.15405/epsbs.2022.02.99 Corresponding Author: Alexander N. Solovyev Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 2357-1330 803 the distance learning that is relevant today. In addition, Tchoshanov (2021) points out that the ability to learn is of particular importance for the distance learning effectiveness, and the role of teacher is precisely to teach student to learn. He names three basic principles that must be followed in this process.…”