大学英语精品资源共享课建设思考与建议

教育部《关于国家精品开放课程建设的实施意见》（2011年10月）的颁布又将在高校掀起新一轮精品课程建设和申报的热潮。《大学英语》作为覆盖面最广的高校基础课程也必将被列入建设名单。本文将结合教育部文件,从建设目标、建设理念、建设内容、建设途径等方面探讨《大学英语》精品资源共享课建设应关注的事项,从而为提高《大学英语》精品资源共享课的效益提供参考。     

精品资源共享课网络资源共享平台体系模型的构建

概述 精品资源共享课建设是国家精品开放课程建设项目的组成部分,是在原国家精品课程建设成果基础上的扩展与扩充,精品资源共享课旨在推动高校优质课程教学资源的共建共享,其本质目的是服务于广大高校师生,促进高校教学观念的转变,以及教学内容与教学方法的改革,从而提高高校人才的培养质量。     

“临床技能学”国家精品资源共享课建设的探索与实践

国家精品资源共享课是对原有国家精品课程的转型与升级。课程通过现代信息技术构建适合于网络椽笔的共享系统,向高校师生和社会学习者提供优质教育资源服务。文章结合“临床技能学”资源共享课的建设经验,从课程沿革、课程建设目标、课程内容及资源建设、师资队伍建设以及课程管理建设几方面探讨国家精品资源共享课的有效途径。     

关于“水污染控制工程”国家精品资源共享课建设的思考

国家精品资源共享课是对原有国家精品课程的转型与升级。课程通过现代信息技术构建共享系统,向高校师生和社会学习者提供优质教育资源服务。文章结合水污染控制工程资源共享课的建设经验,指出明确课程定位;从理论教学、实验教学和工程教育几方面完善教学内容;精心组织课程资源;注重师资队伍建设和课程长效管理机制等措施是建设国家精品资源共享课的有效途径。     

关于“水污染控制工程”国家精品资源共享课建设的思考

国家精品资源共享课是对原有国家精品课程的转型与升级。课程通过现代信息技术构建共享系统,向高校师生和社会学习者提供优质教育资源服务。文章结合水污染控制工程资源共享课的建设经验,指出明确课程定位;从理论教学、实验教学和工程教育几方面完善教学内容;精心组织课程资源;注重师资队伍建设和课程长效管理机制等措施是建设国家精品资源共享课的有效途径。     

高职高专精品资源共享课的可持续发展——以《英语精读》课程为例析

"十二五"以来,高职高专院校的精品资源共享课已建成一定的规模,但其建设的现状和应用情况还存在一些问题和不足,本文以英语精读课程为例析,从学科建设的适用性、网络教学平台的交互功能、社会职业需求、各种相关机制建设以及课程教学团队的信息技术能力这五方面,总结了精品资源共享课可持续发展的相关策略。     

生物化学精品资源共享课程建设的实践与探索

精品资源共享课是精品开放课程的重要组成部分。本文从课程资源建设规划、课程内涵建设、网络平台建设等方面,探讨了生物化学精品资源共享课程建设的实践与探索,希望推动高等学校优质课程教学资源共建共享,服务学习型社会。     

“互联网+”背景下高校课程资源共享模式的研究

随着"互联网+"技术的不断发展成熟,传统的课程资源共享模式逐渐被以在线开放课程为代表的"互联网+教学资源"的模式所取代。针对目前高校网络课程资源共建共享过程中存在问题,分析了资源共享建设过程中应遵从三个原则,并提出促进大学课程资源共享实现的若干保障对策,从多个方面调动教师参与课程共享的积极性,为高校课程资源共享提供新的思路。     

慕课与大学英语教学策略调整

慕课在全球范围掀起了教育资源共享热,使得英语的重要性更加凸显,而传统填鸭式的大学英语教学模式捉襟见肘。结合大学英语教学内容,在课堂教学中引入慕课资源,组建课程资源库,改革教学策略,推广双语课程,有利于提升学生学习英语的兴趣和学习效率。     

计算机精品资源共享课建设与协同创新模式分析

课程是提高学生学习质量的核心内容,是学校培养人才的重要手段。计算机精品资源共享课建设可以通过教学内容、学习环境、师资队伍、教材建设培养学生的创新能力,提高学校教学质量。协同创新模式是高校对教学课程开发的新措施,在协同创新模式的指导下,为解决计算机精品资源共享课建设所存在的问题进行分析和探讨。培养计算机专业人才,创新教学改革。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

Low doses of a red wine ingredient figh diabetes in mice

Aresearch group led by Prof. ZHAI Qiwei from the Institute for Nutritional Sciences under the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences has discovered that even relatively low doses of resveratrol--a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine--can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October,2007 issue of Cell Metabolism. As insulin resistance is often characterized as the most critical factor contributing to the development of Type 2 diabetes, the findings“provide a potential new therapeutic approach for preventing or treating” both conditions, the researchers said.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system

Active biological molecules and functional structures can be fabricated into a bio-mimetic system by using molecular assembly method. Such materials can be used for the drug delivery, disease diagnosis and therapy, and new nanodevice construction.     

Our Own Devices: Heterotopic Communication, Discourse, and Culture in the Information Society 1

The main premise of this article is that in information societies generally, and in virtual social contexts particularly, a distinctive style of interaction to facilitate the communication of difference, heterotopic communication , has emerged. It rests on two cultural foundations: an ideological belief in the positive, socially integrating power of communication, and a prevailing ethic of instrumental rationality, subjective individualism, and strategically practiced self-interest. The former is demonstrated by the use of simulation and spectacle as sources of information; exhibitionism/voyeurism as a communicative style; and the awareness of surveillance. The latter is seen in the competitive use of knowledge as a commodity; a surface globalism masking deep parochialism; lateral as well as vertical information inequity; and the use of public versus private as strategies for engagement rather than as spaces. Those who engage in heterotopic communication resort to their 'own devices' both in the sense of personal agendas, strategies, interests, and interpretations, and in the form of the telecommunication tools that help realize them. These personal and technological devices allow individuals with the right educational and technical resources to avoid exposure to disagreement, difference, or other information that does not serve their direct purposes or reflect their particular views of the world; yet they also help convey the appearance of openness, availability, and cooperation. This style of interaction is used strategically in combination with information and communication technologies to gain social or economic advantages, but it may encourage social separatism and parochialism, inhibit the negotiation of disputes, and emphasize competing interests.