Junhong Xiao

Critiquing research published in SSCI and ESCI CALL journals between 2023 and 2024: a research design perspective CALL publications are not short of systematic literature reviews. The majority of these reviews aim to identify publication trends, research themes, types of technology used, factors influencing techn...

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The Contribution of Open and Distance Education to Higher Education in China | Open Praxis

Hot off the press! A comprehensive review of the contribution of open and distance education to higher education in China。
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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Chinese Higher Education This study could be used to as a reference for digital transformation and innovation in higher education institutions in Asia and beyond

Hot off the press! A new addition to the SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education.
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Revisiting the Theory of Transactional Distance: Implications for Open, Distance, and Digital Education in the 21st Century The Theory of Transactional Distance (TDT) can be traced back to the early 1970s when Michael Grahame Moore was conceiving a theory for the emerging field of distance education. It was ground-break...

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Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research - TechTrends Advocates of AI in Education (AIEd) assert that the current generation of technologies, collectively dubbed artificial intelligence, including generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), promise resul...

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"unless we can ask the right questions now, we may find that, in the pursuit of greater efficiency, we have lost the very essence of what it means to educate and learn."
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This is not the scientific stance that we expect from leading global agencies, especially UN’s specialized agency for education – UNESCO.

Instead of challenging the justification of the wholesale adoption of AIED, the seemingly balanced discourse of UNESCO and OECD accepts and indoctrinates this inevitability, encourages the acceleration of AIED, and naturalizes AIED.

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technologies which are more cutting-edge and more expensive are not necessarily better suited for (open and distance) education.
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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Chinese Higher Education This study could be used to as a reference for digital transformation and innovation in higher education institutions in Asia and beyond

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Hot off the press! A work of collective wisdom from 47 researchers at 41 higher education institutions in 20 countries!

The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future 🤖
GenAI is revolutionizing education—but at what cost?
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The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future | Open Praxis Open Praxis is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal focusing on research and innovation in open, distance, and flexible education. It is published by International Council for Open and Distan...

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