Using Complexity Theory to Construct a Digital Learning Environment Facilitating Experiential Life Education Programs on Elementary School Teachers and Students
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: E-learning has become a global trend, however, the entire globe isfacing the problems of social disruption and disorder, overwhelmed with sensualdesire, and filled with distorted sense of ethics and morality, it has a strongneed to guide the younger generation to understand the meaning and purpose oflife through life education. Therefore,there is an urgent need to understand how to develop, implement, and promoteexperiential life education programs with technology support environment. Complexity theory has been pervasivelyapplied in education and management to adapt multiple environmental changes andmultidisciplinary collaboration in recently research. Evolving from chaos theory, complexity theorynot only keeps the unpredictability and nonlinearity in education models butalso develops mutual-adaptation, co-evolution, dynamic interaction andself-organization. Therefore, it isappropriate to use this theory to construct educational models in complicateeducational areas. The study used complexity theory as the theoretical basisand utilized a series of high-definition digital TV programs as teachingmaterials to develop life experiential education courses model and understandits effectiveness for elementary school teachers and students. The study wasconducted by observing volunteer classes to understand the design of digitallearning. One unit of a national popularTV program, “Let’s Play Stories”, was be utilized as the teachingmaterials. Attitudes and behaviors ofteachers and students during participating, suggestions from teachers, feelingsand learning of students, and interactions were investigated. Purposive sampling was used to collect fiveschools in northern and central Taiwan. Qualitative research methodology was the major research approach toconstruct the teaching model. The results of the study showed that four themes,mutual-adaptation, co-evolution, dynamic interaction and self-organization,could be found in qualitative information from teachers, students andvolunteers. The study help us tounderstand how to establish digital learning model and effectiveness of usingcomplexity theory to construct a digital learning environment facilitatingexperiential life education programs on elementary school teachers and studentsin real teaching sites.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3000106923