The construction of a harmonious information ecology environment in online education

Song Huiling and Yu Xingen
China University of Geosciences,
Wuhan, China

Based on the theory of information ecology, this paper analyses several factors in the information ecology environment of online education, such as the technology for developing teaching resources, information reconstruction and sharing, and the serving mechanism for teaching resources. The paper also proposes a theoretical framework for constructing a harmonious information ecology environment aimed at avoiding the harmful effects of a lack of balance in information ecology. Finally, ways of implementing such an ecology environment in online education are explored.