开放大学的网上教学:亚洲地区七国九地的调查报告

日新月异的信息交流技术促进了网上教学大规模的飞速发展。然而,文献研究表明,关于亚洲地区开放大学网上教学的比较研究非常缺乏。为了了解亚洲地区开放大学网上教学的现状和最新发展,分析不同开放大学网上教学的特点,在亚洲地区进行大规模的网上教学的比较研究就显得十分迫切。本研究首次采用网上问卷的调查方法,问卷包括中文简体字、中文繁体字、英文、韩文四个版本,邀请了亚洲地区7个国家9个地区的10所开放大学参与合作研究,调查了1658名不同学科的网上学习者和90名从事网上教学的教师。本文从比较的角度汇报了11个方面的研究结果:采用网上教学的目的;网上教学的平台及功能;网上课程的数量;网上教学传递的方式;网上教学的场所;网上教学的优势;网上教学的不足;网上学习的困难;学习者喜爱的教学支持手段;学习者喜爱的网上教学平台成分;学习者喜爱的网上互动和管理方式。最后,作者从研究方法、网上教学平台、网上教学功能、网上教学的作用、教学媒体运用、技术和教学设计、网上学习支持、资源开发等方面,对发展和改进网上教学提出了策略性的建议。我们期望本研究能够帮助远程教育工作者了解亚洲地区开放大学网上教学的现状和特征,增进网上教学的知识,促进网上教学的合作,改进网上教学的实践。     

关于电大理工科课程网上教学现状的调查与对策研究

理工科课程的特殊性对电大网上教学的环境和技术提出了更高的要求。目前理工科课程的网上教学在板块设置、实时交互、资源建设等方面还存在一些亟待解决的问题。本文对理工科课程网上教学的功能和作用进行了阐述,对理工科课程网上教学的现状和存在的问题进行了调研,提出理工科课程网上教学板块的重构建议,探讨三级平台的功能、作用和教师的网上教学职责。     

网上实时答疑教学系统的有效动力学模型研究

实时在线答疑教学是网上教学中一个重要的教学环节。本文对网上实时在线答疑教学特征进行了分析,从统计物理学、动力学的角度建立了一个网上自动答疑系统的动力学模型,并根据此模型对网上实时在线答疑的一些基本的教学要素进行了逻辑分析,归纳出了网上实时答疑系统的一些基本规律。     

有效开展开放教育网上教学的几点思考

随着网络和信息技术的日益广泛应用,网上教学成为远程开放教育的基本教学方式．提高网上教学的能力和水平是提升开放教育教学整体水平的切入点。文章在分析当前网上教学中存在的突出问题的基础上,结合作者在网上教学中的实践与探索,提出了有效开展网上教学的三点建议：提高大家对网上教学的认识;加强管理部门对网上教学的制度规范;教师对网上教学的精心组织,注重过程管理。文章以《公司概论》课程为例重点阐述了责任教师如何有效开展网上教学的具体措施。     

网上教学交流礼节初探

本文分析了网上教学交流的形式和特点,指出目前网上教学交流中缺乏必要的基本网络交流礼节,从而导致教师与学生网络交流的有效性不足、效率不高.在此基础上,本文就一些必要的网上教学交流礼节进行了探讨,指出在未来网上教学交流活动中,应当有意识地加强对网上教学交流礼节的教育和习惯的培养.     

高等数学网上教学的体会

高等数学网上教学的实践说明 ,校园网网上教学是一种多媒体教学方式 ,为人机之间的信息交流提供了全新手段。网上教学具有多重感官刺激 ,能优化教学环境 ,能改变教师与学生的教学观念 ,使学生成为教学活动的主体 ,实现了学生对教师的选择、对课堂教学的参与     

网上教学环境评定指标体系之研究

随着因特网和万维网的迅速发展,网上教学已经成为教育领域中发展最快的一种教学模式。为了保证网上教学的质量,我们亟待建立有效的网上教学环境评定的指标体系。本研究的目的旨在探讨网上教学环境的组成部分及评定的指标体系。我们采用了文献分析、国际比较、问卷调查、专家论证的研究方法。研究过程可以分为七个步骤:文献综合和分析;比较分析国内外流行的17种网上课程开发平台,以及使用这些平台开发的上百门网上课程;对亚洲地区七国九地的1728名不同学科的网上学习者和105名从事网上教学的教师进行问卷调查;确定网上教学环境的8个维度,包括网上教学设计、网上课程内容、课程的网站设计、课程安排的灵活性、学生之间的互动、教师的网上教学支持、运用网络技术的支持,以及网上教学的评估,在每个维度下又细分为8至12个指标不等;邀请11位本地和国外网上教学研究专家,对这些维度和指标体系进行效度论证;先行性研究;采用测量一再测量的技术进行信度分析,修订后的指标体系的信度系数达0.728。我们希望,本指标体系能帮助网上教育工作者评定已有的网上课程,以便改进网上教学的实践,同时,也希望此指标体系能为准备开发网上课程的教师设计有效的网土教学环境提供一个框架。     

网上教学与人的和谐发展初探

随着信息技术的日新月异和全民学习的社会需要 ,网上教学这一新的远程教育模式在全球范围内盛行。那么 ,如何在我国的网上教学中贯彻人的全面发展的教育目标呢 ?本文旨在对网上教学和人的和谐发展这一新时期面临的新议题作初步的探讨。本文首先描述了现代远程教育的基本原理 ;继而概括了网上教学的基本功能 ;再而分析了网上教学的优势和不足 ;进而探讨了网上学习对人的发展所产生的积极和消极的影响 ;最后 ,文章对如何在网上教学中促进人的和谐发展 ,提出了两项建议 :一是教师通过各种途径促进学习互动 ,包括学生和教材的互动、教师和学生的互动、以及学生和学生的互动 ;二是建立网上教师的岗位规范制度 ,包括对网上教师的知识和素质要求等。作者希望 ,本文能起到一个抛砖引玉的作用 ,引起远程教育工作者对这一新时期的新课题的关注 ,并进行深入研究。     

浅谈电大网上教学的探索

本文对电大网上教学模式进行了分类,提出基于局域网与Internet上的教学模式,并分别讨论各种网上教学模式的信息流程、教与学的关系,以及网上教学具有时效性、共享性、交互性和个别化等特点。对加强网上教学的实践与应用。提出自己的见解。     

开放教育小专业网上有效教学论析——以湖州电大为例

人数相对较少的开放教育小专业在面授课教学组织安排上处于一个尴尬的境地。网上教学模式可以有效解决网上资源建设、网上课堂、网上小组讨论和网上答疑等问题。本文结合开放教育小专业各种网上教学的效果,从教学平台的升级、教学组织安排、管理激励方面探讨了进一步推进网上教学的有效性。     

网络学习环境中学习反思行为的交互分析

反思能力是一种涉及批判性思维、选择决策和自我管理等多方面的综合性能力。通过试验研究,根据各类交互言论的编码方式,对网络学习过程中的交互语料进行编码统计分析,研究网络学习中的反思行为,以更好剖析网络学习过程,实现高阶学习目标,为构建适宜的网络学习环境提供研究依据。     

海南网络高等教育顾客满意度实证研究

我国网络高等教育发展迅速,但在此领域中出现的服务质量问题影响了网络高等教育的可持续发展。学生是网络高等教育服务的直接顾客,学习者角色性质导致其成为网络高等教育质量评价的主体。服务业普遍用CSI（顾客满意度）测评来考量顾客对于服务质量的评价,这里以开放教育学员为对象,采用CSI测评方法对海南网络教育用户满意度进行实证研究。     

Attitude, Perception and Use of E-Learning at Open University Malaysia

To ensure the success of the e-learning initiatives, OUM has developed its own e-learning management system, known as myLMS. Since its introduction, many modifications and improvements have been introduced to increase its effectiveness. It is now timely that OUM take stock of its students＇ attitudes towards e-learning. Thus, a survey was conducted on about 1,000 students at one of OUM＇s own learning centres, that is, the Kelantan Regional Centrel. The study indicated that generally the teacher cohort had a somewhat neutral attitude towards e-learning. The use of e-learning was more specifically aimed at achieving short term goals of obtaining good coursework and examination grades by capitalizing on the use of the Discassion Board and Courseware. A closer examination reveals that the females prefer the Discussion Board while the males prefer the Courseware. Learners in the Engineering and English programmes had more positive attitudes towards e-learning compared to learners in the Mathematics and Science programmes. Learners with CGPA 〉 3.0 who are categorized as high achievers are more positive towards e-learning as compared to the low achievers （ CGPA 〈 3.0）. Age difference, learners＇ income per month, learners＇ Internet and e-learning habits were also found to be predictors of attitude towards e-learning.     

Using cloud computing services in e-learning process: Benefits and challenges

During the recent years, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a significant role in the field of education and e-learning has become a very popular trend of the education technology. However, with the huge growth of the number of users, data and educational resources generated, e-learning systems have become more and more expansive in terms of hardware and software resources, and many educational institutions cannot afford such ICT investments. Due to its tremendous advantages, cloud computing technology rises swiftly as a natural platform to provide support to e-learning systems. This paper focuses on the research on the application of cloud computing in e-learning. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the current state and the impact of the use of cloud computing for e-learning. Thus, at first the paper introduces concepts of e-learning and cloud computing infrastructure with their key characteristics. The paper analyzes also challenges facing e-learning systems deployment. In follow the paper considers cloud-based e-learning solutions by focusing on the raisons of the convenience of cloud computing for e-learning. Therefore cloud computing benefits are introduced as a solution for these challenges. Finally, the paper presents some solutions of cloud computing in e-learning and describes the most common architecture adopted. Issues in implementing cloud-based e-learning systems and some potential ways to overcome them are also discussed.     

引领式在线教师培训模式在大规模培训中质量保证要素分析——以“国培计划”中西部远程培训北京大学项目为例

随着网络教育的快速发展以及大规模教师在职培训需求的不断扩张,教师远程培训模式不失成为一种低成本、大规模培训的重要渠道。北京大学的引领式在线教师培训模块已经实践了接近4年的时间,那么如何在大规模教师培训中发挥它的有效性,并保证培训质量成为下一步需要继续研究的课题,文章以中西部远程培训北京大学项目为例,从课程资源、教学支持、过程性评价、交流交互四个方面来说明在线教师培训质量保证问题。     

基于CONTEXT技术的网络学习上下文环境浅析

随着网络学习平台的迅速发展,它在给用户带来便利的同时也涌现出一些问题。结合用户对网络学习平台的新需求,以CONTEXT技术为基础剖析网络学习环境中用户上下文范畴,并据此提出网络学习上下文环境分析框架,为构建新型的、个性化的网络学习平台进行有益探索。     

Designing a Responsive e-Learning Infrastructure: Systemic Change in Higher Education

As university administrators respond to increasing demands of the educational market to offer greater opportunities for online learning, their capacity to create an economically stable, sustainable, yet rich teaching and learning environment deserves immediate and continued attention. A university-wide study involving 130 participants examined the e-learning perceptions and needs of faculty, students, and staff as part of a needs assessment of the e-learning unit. Results suggest that faculty recognize the importance of e-learning, that students covet it for its convenience, and that real-time technology support was the top priority. Both the school and university resources, however, are not well aligned to meet these needs and remain largely separate and unintegrated. Implications suggest a need to increase the overall ease of use for the adoption of e-learning as a new technology for teaching and learning of both faculty and students and more closely aligned department and university resources.     

Research on e-learning in the workplace 2000–2012: A bibliometric analysis of the literature

Research on e-learning in the workplace has proliferated over the past decade. Various topics on e-learning in workplace settings have emerged, showing the complex, dynamic and multi-disciplinary nature of the field. In this context, there is a need for an extensive, thematic overview of related studies for a better understanding of this broad domain. Using co-word analysis and text analysis methods, this study presents a bibliometric analysis of 324 articles on workplace e-learning published in academic journals and conference proceedings from 2000 to 2012. The results identify six research themes in the field, which are further categorized into four dimensions: e-learning for continuing education and professional development, e-learning in the healthcare sector (as one of the most prolific e-learning initiatives), use of social media for e-learning, and the integration of knowledge management with e-learning. By incorporating the analysis results with relevant reviews, this study offers a comprehensive picture and a holistic view of the workplace e-learning domain, and suggests directions for further work.     

Learning materials recommendation using good learners’ ratings and content-based filtering

The enormity of the amount of learning materials in e-learning has led to the difficulty of locating suitable learning materials for a particular learning topic, creating the need for recommendation tools within a learning context. In this paper, we aim to address this need by proposing a novel e-learning recommender system framework that is based on two conceptual foundations—peer learning and social learning theories that encourage students to cooperate and learn among themselves. Our proposed framework works on the idea of recommending learning materials with a similar content and indicating the quality of learning materials based on good learners’ ratings. A comprehensive set of experiments were conducted to measure the system accuracy and its impact on learner’s performance. The obtained results show that the proposed e-learning recommender system has a significant improvement in the post-test of about 12.16% with the effect size of 0.6 and 13.11% with the effect size of 0.53 when compared to the e-learning with a content-based recommender system and the e-learning without a recommender system, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed recommender system performed better in terms of having a small rating deviation and a higher precision as compared to e-learning with a content-based recommender system.     

Comparing learning outcomes of video-based e-learning with face-to-face lectures of agricultural engineering courses in Korean agricultural high schools

This study investigated the effectiveness of e-learning by comparing the learning outcomes in conventional face-to-face lectures and e-learning methods. Two video-based e-learning contents were developed based on the rapid prototyping model and loaded onto the learning management system (LMS), which was available at http://www.greenehrd.com. Eighty-five Korean agricultural high school students were randomly assigned into the two groups: face-to-face lecture (control group), and video-based e-learning (experimental group). The students of the experimental group logged onto the LMS in the school computer lab and completed each e-learning module. All students were required to take a pretest and posttest before and after learning under the direction of the subject teachers. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine any difference between the two groups in terms of learning outcomes. One-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was also administered to verify whether there was any difference between the two groups after controlling for the covariate variable: pretest score. According to the results, e-learning resulted in better learning outcomes than face-to-face lecturing. These findings suggest that the use of well designed and appropriately applied e-learning could be worthy even in agricultural education, which stresses hands-on experience and lab activities. Further research should focus on a different e-learning content type in different agricultural subject fields and its relationship with learning outcome.