This paper explores the influence of the concept of interdisciplinarity on the work of educational technologists and others involved in technology-enhanced learning (TEL) research. There is a growing recognition of the need for interdisciplinarity in solving complex research problems in many areas of science. Technology-enhanced learning is a relatively young area of research adopting a multidisciplinary approach to investigating the use of technologies for learning. This makes it a field that is worthy of exploration in terms of how the ways of working developed by its practitioners inform our understanding of the challenges of the field as well as its benefits. This paper reporting on work commissioned by the Joint Research Councils’ programme on Technology Enhanced Learning provides a discussion of the growing literature on this topic, and a study of the working practices of academics in TEL research. An interview study of 18 participants was conducted as part of the project. The paper reports on the key findings from the interviews and concludes with some practical suggestions to help participants deal with the challenges posed by interdisciplinary working in TEL research.

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技术增强学习中的跨学科性：一项访谈研究

本文探讨了跨学科概念对教育技术人员以及从事技术增强学习（TEL）研究的其他人员的工作的影响。人们越来越认识到在解决许多科学领域中的复杂研究问题时需要跨学科性。技术增强型学习是一个相对年轻的研究领域，它采用多学科方法来研究技术对学习的使用。就其从业者所开发的工作方式如何使我们理解该领域的挑战及其益处而言，这使其成为一个值得探索的领域。这份由联合研究委员会的技术增强学习计划委托进行的工作的报告报告，讨论了有关该主题的越来越多的文献，以及有关电话研究学者的工作实践的研究。作为该项目的一部分，对18名参与者进行了访谈研究。该论文报告了访谈的主要发现，并提出了一些实用的建议，以帮助参与者应对TEL研究中跨学科工作带来的挑战。