Twelve papers representing 59 authors from 16 different nations are included in this special issue addressing the theme of ‘Learners and Learning Contexts: International Perspectives on New Alignments for the Digital Age’. Collectively, the papers represent a synthesis of international perspectives on next steps for bringing educational technology research findings into policy and practice that will benefit learners locally. Three meaningful clusters of topics have been identified among this collection of international collaborative works: (a) Learning and learning contexts, (b) Technology integration and teachers, and (c) Partnerships. Recommendations spanning the macro, meso and micro levels are addressed withing these papers, with an overall focus on learning.

本期特刊包括代表16个国家的59位作者的12篇论文，主题为“学习者和学习环境：数字时代新趋势的国际观点”。总体而言，这些论文代表了国际观点的综合观点，这些观点涉及将教育技术研究结果纳入政策和实践的下一步措施，这将使本地学习者受益。在这套国际合作作品中，确定了三个有意义的主题组：（a）学习和学习环境，（b）技术整合和教师，以及（c）伙伴关系。这些论文涵盖了从宏观，中观和微观三个层面提出的建议，并着重于学习。