Lessons learned from two years of K-MOOC experience

In October 2015, Korea launched its first massive open online course (MOOC) program entitled K-MOOC. This study analyzes the K-MOOC learner data provided by the National Lifelong Learning Agency. The data include the 272 courses implemented between 26 October 2015, and 31 August 2017 and the participants who took the said courses. The number of participants in the K-MOOC courses in the same period stands at 289,163. The average completion rate of K-MOOC was 9.3%. It is not far below the average completion rate of MOOCs in general, which is known to be 10% or lower. A comparison between Korea’s K-MOOC and the United States’ edX, which consists of similar courses to the former, shows that the most visible difference between the two lies in the average number of participants per course. An average K-MOOC course is taken by 1,063.1 participants, whereas an average edX course serves 15,341.5 participants. Moreover, there were 91% of participants who accessed the K-MOOC courses from their host country, whereas it was 29% for edX.     

Lessons to be learned

The evaluative and reflective papers in this special issue of Education and Information Technologies show some interesting types of assistance information technology (IT) can provide to those who manage classrooms and educational organizations. Most of the papers are based on longitudinal research confirming the value of the applications of the IT presented. The papers strongly support the influence of the variable groups included in Fig. 1 in the introductory paper, and further comparison with the analysis framework can draw out inferences on what factors are of particular importance for successful implementation. We can conclude that, although the original framework was designed for more institutional level IT management implementations, it can additionally provide a guiding framework for evaluating the impact of IT on the wide variety of managing roles within the classroom, and should even provide a guiding and evaluative tool for a more virtual environment of the future     

Lessons learned from statistical reform efforts in other disciplines

Compelling arguments for reform of statistical practices have been made in many disciplines, in some cases over several decades, but achieving reform has proved difficult. We discuss how reform has progressed—or not progressed—in psychology, medicine, and ecology and describe case studies of attempts by pioneering journal editors to change statistical practices. Lessons for those seeking reform in education include the need to recognize the importance of journal editors and of provision of articles, books, and software that give practical guidance to researchers wishing to use the recommended statistical techniques. Research is required on recommended techniques so that statistical practice can become evidence based. Also, improvement in statistical practice should be encouraged along with improvement in the way a discipline theorizes. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 44: 441–449, 2007.     

Lessons learned and programme recommendations

Evaluations of school-based sex education programs for adolescents have emphasized the importance of a narrow focus on reducing sexual risk-taking behaviors that lead to unplanned pregnancy or HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, application of social learning theories as a foundation for program development, use of experiential educational techniques, attention to social and media influences on sexual behavior, reinforcement of group norms against unprotected sex, and opportunities to learn and practice communication and negotiation skills. A recent World Health Organization review of 1050 sex education programs further underscored the importance of different sets of messages for youth who have not yet initiated sexual activity and those who have, introduction of sex education programs well before the age when youth initiate sex, and a program goal of reducing the incidence of unprotected intercourse. Program needs identified in various reviews include identification and understanding of the target group, involvement of youth in program design, work with parents and community leaders, an evaluative component, and consideration of ways to sustain and expand successful programs.     

Prisons of the mind: Lessons learned from home confinement

As conservative political ideologies have shifted U.S. correctional policies toward a justice model orientation, efforts to escalate the “pains of imprisonment” have become increasingly prevalent. Although these attempts to enhance the punishing aspects of incarceration are primarily driven by political grandstanding and emotional appeal, it is not uncommon for today's postsecondary students to enter the classroom with punitive attitudes similarly based on rhetoric and emotion. Yet correctional students cannot be expected to develop an empathetic appreciation for the intrinsically punishing nature of confinement itself through traditional classroom techniques that rely exclusively on the cognitive dimensions of learning. In an effort to broaden personal perspectives on punishment by engaging the affective domain, students in an introductory corrections class participated in a simulated 48-hour confinement exercise. The intent was to enhance empathy for the intrinsic discomfort of imprisonment through experiential learning. The results not only point clearly in that direction, but also manifest parallels with the actual pains of confinement experienced by inmates in the real world.     

应急管理医疗拣选:汶川地震的教训

汶川地震的救援工作暴露出在突发事件应急医疗卫生救援中医疗拣选(triage)的不足。虽有一些研究注意到这一重要教训,但更多的研究仅讨论了相关医疗技术问题。医疗拣选作用的发挥更主要地依赖于在突发事件应急管理体系建设中相关管理问题的改进。首先,在不同的突发事件(对应不同的医疗资源稀缺程度)和不同的时间阶段中,应当应用从医疗需要原则到救治率原则等不同的医疗拣选原则。其次,在应急管理体系建设中,应采取改进现有应急预案、应急法制和应急机制等措施,强化实践中医疗拣选不同原则的应用,从而实现医疗拣选的有效实施。其中最重要的改进措施是应急预案中医疗拣选程序的具体化和制定医疗拣选的法定标准。     

Lessons learned from a community engagement initiative within Irish higher education

This paper focuses on a community–university partnership built around a programme of study co-created by residents of a disadvantaged community and situated, for the most part, within that community. The aim of this paper is to share lessons learned from this community engagement initiative, as identified through a research study which ran concurrent to the programme. The study involved 41 interviews (18 individual interviews and 23 focus groups) over a two-year period with 28 participants. Participants included students, lecturers and community and university stakeholders. The finding section focuses on the characteristics of the initiative which allowed it to positively impact those involved. The data indicated that (i) the authenticity of the partnership between the community and university, (ii) the suitability of the lecturers and (iii) the ability of the lecturers and management to adapt the programme to identified needs were all key to the success of the programme. The paper concludes with a discussion, incorporating relevant literature, regarding what can be learned from this programme for those interested in enacting truly engaged practice in Irish higher education.     

普林斯顿大学的文化培育

普林斯顿大学从创办以来,始终坚守小而精的办学传统和独特的文化氛围。历经200余年的发展,由一所宗教教育机构演变为世界一流的世俗大学。它以"为国家服务,为社会服务"作为办学宗旨,延续保持着欧式严谨的教育学风。通过创造一种平静和谐的环境,营造了宽容与自由的学术风气。我国在建设世界一流大学的过程中,应当借鉴普林斯顿大学的经验,注重大学精神的挖掘和培育,形成良好的学术品德,酝酿自由民主的大学氛围。     

Lessons from the Legacy of Canada-China University Linkages

This article looks at a series of university linkages between Canadian and Chinese universities that were supported by the Canadian International Development Agency as a result of a development agreement signed in 1983 between the two governments. It first reviews relevant theoretical literature on higher education in a global context, and discusses the methodology adopted for the study. Then it provides an overview of a major program of collaboration in management education between 1983 and 1996, presenting views of leaders and participants on both sides. The next section overviews parallel linkages in the areas of education, engineering, agriculture, and medicine over the period from 1988 to 2001, and draws on the literature around university partnerships to identify factors that led, in some cases, to long-term sustainable relationships, but not in all. The final section of the paper reviews two major culminating linkages in environment and law, and suggests that these may have significant lessons for current and future cooperation between Chinese and Canadian universities in a new era of global geo-politics.     

Working together: Lessons learned from school,family, and community collaborations

Recent advances in treatment modalities and the manner in which services are organized have made it possible to serve children with severe emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in a more responsive and less restrictive manner. Current approaches rely on collaboration among child‐serving agencies as well as between parents and service providers. In this article, we explore the role of schools in collaborative efforts on behalf of children with EBD. The demands on school personnel in local school districts are examined, the elements required for effective collaboration are articulated, and an exemplary model of comprehensive collaboration is described. Impediments to effective collaboration are summarized, and suggestions for how to create and sustain reliable partnerships are offered at the level of individual provider and child‐serving organization. Attention is given to contextual factors, such as financing and organizational structure, and also to programmatic issues. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 43: 419–428, 2006.     

Preparing our students to publish: Lessons learned

Doctoral students' inexperience in publication writing poses a challenge to higher education faculties. The approach detailed here to collegial writing—professors and students working as colleagues—offers one response. The assumptions guiding the course are followed by an elaboration of its key structuring components. The article concludes with a discussion of five lessons essential to the replication of a similar publication writing workshop in other settings. Among them are adopting a process model, electing a nontraditional course mode, employing cooperative learning as the dominant strategy, and drawing on schoolwide faculty to broaden perspectives on publication.Margo A. Figgins, Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Virginia, directs the University's Young Writers Workshop, co-directs the Central Virginia Writing Project and, as a poet, works with Virginia students and teachers through the state's Artists-in-Education program.Harold J. Burbach is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Virginia.     

Lessons to be learned from the history of anatomical teaching in the United States: The example of the University of Michigan

Although traditional departments of anatomy are vanishing from medical school rosters, anatomical education still remains an important part of the professional training of physicians. It is of some interest to examine whether history can teach us anything about how to reform modern anatomy. Are there lessons to be learned from the history of anatomical teaching in the United States that can help in the formulation of contents and purposes of a new anatomy? This question is explored by a review of US anatomical teaching with special reference to Franklin Paine Mall and the University of Michigan Medical School. An historical perspective reveals that there is a tradition of US anatomical teaching and research that is characterized by a zeal for reform and innovation, scientific endeavor, and active, student‐driven learning. Further, there is a tradition of high standards in anatomical teaching through the teachers' engagement in scientific anatomy and of adaptability to new requirements. These traditional strengths can inform the innovation of modern anatomy in terms of its two duties—its duty to anatomy as a science and its duty toward anatomical education. Anat Sci Educ 3:202–212, 2010 © 2010 American Association of Anatomists.     

Designing a knowledge harvesting tool: Lessons learned

Recognition of the need to maintain continuity through daily interruptions in an organization is not found often in the literature. The design and development of a knowledge harvesting process and tool as a means to address employee separation was investigated. The lessons learned suggest that a knowledge harvesting tool must be adaptable to the needs of the organization, be understood by the users, and be usable by the user and the organization.     

Teaching on the internet: Lessons learned from a substantive criminal law class

Universities across the United States offer classes taught entirely over the Internet. Teaching with this medium, however, is still relatively new so faculty and administrators need to understand the salient issues that attend to course offerings in a “virtual classroom.” This paper discusses the benefits and challenges that arose when a Substantive Criminal Law course was developed and taught on the Internet in the Fall of 1997. Pedagogical and technical issues that arose during the development and implementation of the course are addressed. Policy recommendations are also suggested.     

A navy video teletraining project: Lessons learned

Abstract

This paper discusses two modifications to the conduct of computer‐conference‐based master's degree courses: a maximum length for conference messages was suggested and, more importantly, conference moderators, or topic leaders, were appointed from among the student cohort. Drawing on previous work on conference moderation, it is argued that the differing power relationships between student and student and between instructor and student result in a context in which instructor and student moderators can perform complementary functions to ensure a more productive conferencing environment.     

西方教授治校思想的理性思考与借鉴

在西方大学史上,"教授治校"与中世纪大学自治和现代大学学术自由相伴而生。文章对教授治校的历史发展进行梳理,并结合现代高等教育改革与发展对其合理性进行重新审视与批判,以期对进一步加强和完善我国高校党委领导下的校长负责制、落实教授治学提供思路与借鉴。     

小而精:普林斯顿大学办学特色分析

普林斯顿大学在其发展过程中逐渐确立了"小而精"的办学理念,在这一理念支配下采取了若干策略,并形成了独特的办学特色。我国大学在创建过程中,必须认识到一所学校能否办出特色,不在于规模之大,也不在于学科之全,关键在于其是否能够对学校进行准确定位,是否能够坚持自身的优良传统,并且制定相应的大学制度予以贯彻、执行。