A Call for Dynamic Research in Information Technology in Education

Abstract

This article issues a call for dynamic research in the field of using information technology in education. I have (a) reviewed the quality of current publications in the field, (b) summarized the progress of research in educational information technology in terms of three stages of research along with three stages of technology integration, (c) discussed some factors related to the progress with respect to research design and research ideas in the field, and (d) proposed a dynamic research model in relation to a set of dynamic factors in current research that can be used to systematically generate meaningful research ideas.