Collaboration or competition? The value of sector-wide collaboration in educational technology research


Huijser H., Ames K., Bozkurt A., Corrin L., Costello E., Cowling M., ...More

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, vol.40, no.3, pp.1-8, 2024 (SSCI)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.14742/ajet.10077
  • Journal Name: AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), INSPEC, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-8
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Collaboration or competition? This question is at the centre of this editorial, which explores the importance of sector-wide approaches to research into educational technology. This has become particularly relevant in recent years in response to a range of significant challenges or disruptions the tertiary education sector has had to face, for example, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic or the emergence of new generative AI tools. To address these challenges, we have taken a collaborative approach to writing this editorial, with contributing authors from across the world responding to four key questions. The responses to those questions were then arranged into four key themes: collaboration in response to disruption, individual benefits from collaboration, communal benefits from collaboration, and ensuring collaborative wisdom. The editorial concludes with a section that situates the preceding discussion in a broader context and challenges us to consider our wider impact on the world as a sector and, in particular, as related to educational technology. We conclude that collaboration is a must and has the potential to empower us to push the boundaries of what is possible.