基于Coh-Metrix的英文研究报告衔接与连贯研究

本研究基于语篇连贯理论，结合Coh-Metrix在线自动分析工具，对高校英语学习者的书面研究报告中衔接与连贯的使用情况和写作质量进行了考察，具体分析非英语专业学生在研究报告中使用的衔接与连贯模式的总体特征。本研究初步考察了自然语言处理工具对评价研究报告的适用性，拓展了对英语学习者书面语连贯评价方法的理论研究，同时期望能够为写作教学提供一定参考。     

全国教育科学“九五”规划课题成果简介(九)

课题名称：《中小学生个性品质培养的理论与实验》课题类别：教育部重点学科分类：教育心理课题承担人：西南师范大学心理系黄希庭联系地址：重庆北碚400715研究分四个阶段：文献综述与研究设计；理论建构研究；测查与评估；实验研究。最终成果是专著《中学生人格特征的形成：理论与探索》。课题的研究内容、观点及对策建议：1．关于中学生人格特征的初步研究分析了人格概念及西方的各种人格特征形成理论，讨论了中国人及中学生人格特征的结构模型，初步分析了在交互作用理论基础上的中学生人格结构特征的形成机制；验证了中学生人格结构特…     

基于学习分析的在线学习用户画像研究

画像技术在当前精准营销中的应用非常广泛,而其在教育领域尤其是在线学习者的特征识别方面研究较少。文章从学习者的一般特征、学习准备、学习风格、行为特征四个方面对学习者进行分析,提出在线学习者画像描述的总体框架。同时,通过机器学习对在线学习行为数据进行挖掘,文章分别从以上四个方面对学习者画像进行建模研究,重点讨论了学习风格的建模过程,并通过对在线学习者个案分析,阐述了学习者画像在指导学习资源精准推荐、评估在线学习者学业失败或退出风险等方面的应用,为个性化教育实施提供了实践案例。     

在线讨论中学习者批判性思维研究

在线讨论作为在线学习的主要活动形式之一,其产生的文本可以反映出学习者批判性思维水平。文章借助恩尼斯的FRISCO批判性思维编码体系,使用内容分析法和滞后序列分析法对S大学本科生一门课程的在线讨论文本进行分析,深入研究学习者批判性思维的变化情况。研究发现:在线讨论能够促进学习者批判性思维产生积极变化,学习者的批判性思维水平逐渐由低等级向高等级发展。教师可根据学习者的批判性思维转换情况进行适时的干预和引导,提高学习效果,助力学习者批判性思维的发展。     

在线教师培训中的群体社会认知网络特征分析

在线教师培训对教师专业发展具有重要意义。深入动态地分析教师学习者在线培训过程有助于提升教师参训效果,同时也充满挑战。社会认知网络特征分析方法综合运用了社会网络分析与认知网络分析的优势,能够对学习过程进行动态表征和分析。本研究采用社会认知网络特征分析方法分析教师在线评论和交互文本,探究了不同成绩教师学习者的社会认知网络特征及演变情况。研究发现,高分组与低分组的教师学习者的社会交互情况差异显著,社会网络特征的演变情况不同;认知主题存在差异,认知网络特征演变的趋势相似而程度不同;社会交互与认知演变存在内部一致性,但受个人特征与教学组织影响显著。对在线教师培训中的教师学习者群体进行社会认知网络特征分析,有助于精准把控教师学习者的学习情况,从而促进有效反馈和提升培训质量。     

特征与调适：高职院校在线学习者画像研究

利用在线学习者画像模型，从一般特征、心理特征、行为特征和习得表现四个维度对高职院校在线学习者给予精准画像分析。研究发现，高职院校在线学习者的学习动机、自我效能感、学习策略、资源访问、交互协作等要素是影响课程综合成绩的重要因素。因此，高职院校需要正确疏导学习者的学习心理，激发学习者自我效能感，引导学习者综合应用多种学习策略，加强线上学习行为调控，提高线上教学资源质量等，以提升高职院校学生的线上学习效果。     

在线讨论变革高校公选课学习模式的实证研究

在线讨论已成为契合公选课教学改革需求的选择之一。定量与定性数据分析表明:学习者在线讨论的时间与终端均呈分布式特征,部分学习者表现出较强适应性,学习者批判性思维得到一定锻炼。在线讨论契合学习者随时、随地与任何设备的网络生存方式,彰显增效、提质与创新升级的教育价值,能够消解公选课时空冲突和提升教学质量。提出加强公选课质量内涵建设、创造网络学习的便利条件、改革公选课选课管理制度的建设措施。     

利用网络资源优化英语教学

一、互联网拓展了英语教学环境 网络技术的发展，为英语教学带来了前所未有的机遇和挑战。首先，网络大大扩展了计算机在语言教学中的功能，使外语学习者能够跨越国界，同英美国家人士及其他国家的语言学习者用英语交流思想，为他们创设了一个适合于外语学习的环境；其次，在网上我们所接触的信息绝大多数是用英语来发布、传输的，这为外语学习者提供了接触标准英语的机会，学习者也可以通过Internet用英语发布自己的观点与信息；再者，网上有许多面向各级、各类外语学习者的资源，利用这些资源，学习者可以得到语言教学专家的在线帮助并参与实时外语学习活动，来提高外语交际能力。……     

基于问题解决的在线讨论模式分析与个案研究

基于问题解决的在线讨论倍受重视并逐步普及。在线讨论中教师适时的干预和引导对讨论质量有很大的影响。文章在没有教师参与的情况下,通过观察学习者基于问题解决在线讨论的过程,结合序列分析法和量化内容分析法对在线讨论记录进行编码分析,进一步了解学习者在讨论中出现的行为模式和知识建构的水平,探讨在线讨论过程中可能出现的局限性,为教师的指导和干预提供有效的策略,以期提高在线讨论的质量和学习者解决问题的能力。     

数据驱动的多维融合在线协作会话可计算模型及应用研究

在线协作会话是在线学习活动的重要组成部分，也是促进学习者进行协同知识建构的重要手段，因此越来越受关注。目前，由于分析框架和分析方法不够完善，导致当前在线协作会话存在分析维度单一、自动化程度较低等问题。为此，文章首先提出了一种数据驱动的多维融合在线协作会话分析框架和可计算模型，然后提出了协作水平系数和协作投入倾向两个核心指标对会话状态进行整体评估，最后进行了案例分析。案例分析的结果表明：协作水平系数能够准确表征学习者在在线协作会话中的协作状态；在线协作会话可计算模型可以直观地呈现学习者在线协作会话过程中的核心特征和学习者的个体差异性；学习者的在线协作会话模式包括领导型、思想型、中庸型和边缘型四种典型类型。文章通过研究验证了模型的有效性和其对于在线协作会话自动分析与评估的实践价值，期望能够为在线协作会话的自动化分析提供参考。     

Evaluating the quality of interaction in asynchronous discussion forums in fully online courses

Fully online courses are becoming progressively more popular because of their “anytime anywhere” learning flexibility. One of the ways students interact with each other and with the instructors within fully online learning environments is via asynchronous discussion forums. However, student engagement in online discussion forums does not always take place automatically and there is a lack of clarity about the ideal role of the instructors in them. In this article, we report on our research on the quality of discussion in fully online courses through analysis of discussion forum activities. We have conducted our research on two large fully online subjects for computing students over two consecutive semesters and used a grounded theoretic approach for data analysis. Our results reveal what students and instructors consider as quality interaction in fully online courses. We also propose two frameworks based on our findings that can be used to ensure effective online interaction.     

Using communities of practice as a tool to analyse developing identity in online discussion

In this article, we address the methodological implications of analysing online discussion boards with a focus on participants' changing identities. More specifically, we propose the use of a Communities of Practice framework as a heuristic method for considering how participants' contributions to online discussion play a role in changing who they become, as opposed to what they learn. We argue that many analyses of online communication fail to take account of learning as a change in identity – what/who the learner is (becoming) – and focus mainly on the opportunity for cognitive development – what they know. In doing so, we use a single case study from a discussion board for secondary-aged students of mathematics which acts as a ‘telling case’ before demonstrating what this might say about other contexts for online learning. We argue that this has important implications for both research into, and the design of, online education.     

网络教学平台功能之比较研究——以香港公开大学与上海电视大学为例

香港公开大学与上海电视大学都是国内远程教育领域里的领头羊,从办学方式、办学理念、教学模式、生源素质、网上教学等角度来看,两校有着诸多相似之处.站在学习者的角度,为他们提供优质的服务莫过于为他们提供功能强大的网络教学平台.为了能更好地践行"两个一切"办学宗旨,本研究采用问卷调查方法,分析两校网络教学平台功能上的差异,从而总结各自的优点和缺点,并分析学习者最常用、最喜欢和最关心的功能,对网络教学平台的改版升级有着非常重要的参考价值.同时,对于其他远程教育单位也有借鉴意义.     

Individual Learner Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition

In Second Language Acquisition(short for SLA) research,the study of individual learner factors plays an important role.In this paper,discussion will be restricted to five general individual learner factors which have received the most attention in SLA research:age,cognitive style,personality,motivation and attitude.The research will,to some extent,not only develop the SLA theory,but also enhance learners’ judgments to their own individual learner factors.It can also shed light on the practical foreign language learning.     

网络学习者应有的心理素养探析

网络学习带来的学习方式的变化对学习者的基本素养提出了新的要求,学习者的心理素养是提高网络学习质量和效率的保障。本文分析了心理素养的构成、在网络学习过程中的意义及其培养,以期教师和学生在日常教学过程中给予关注,提高网络学习质量。     

‘Quality and quantity’: the value of online seminars for media and cultural studies undergraduates

Much previous research into the effectiveness of CMC has suffered from a lack of clarity or of consistency in the adoption and explication of coding typologies or taxonomies. This has reduced the opportunities for comparison between studies and for the accumulation of evidences to guide pedagogy. In addition, most studies of CMC have used postgraduate students from the sciences, mathematics and engineering as their subjects. There is a notable dearth of studies with undergraduate students and, in particular, with students in the arts, social sciences and humanities. In this study, 104 undergraduate students on media‐related programmes undertook a three‐week online discussion (CMC) on the nature of cultural globalisation. The quality of the discussion was evaluated using an enhanced taxonomy rooted in Bloom and other more recent writers. The pattern of dialogue was also mapped and represented graphically. The results suggest that CMC as a method for enhancing peer‐led discussion of theoretical concepts, with media arts undergraduates, can be very effective. This article makes a contribution to thinking about the evaluation of CMC learning experiences and offers recommendations on maximising the quality for the learner of such experiences.     

CSCL中保持学生学习交流积极性的探讨

CSCL领域吸引了越来越多人的普遍关注.CSCL教学模式有着巨大的潜能,但需要解决的重要问题之一,就是提高在线学习者学习的积极性.讨论CSCL环境下的交流类型以及在线交流的优点,分析影响在线交流的一系列因素,并讨论通过提高在线交流的质量和保持合作,来达到提高学习保持的目的.     

Peter Jarvis and 30 years of the International Journal of Lifelong Education

We live in a time of constant change—in liquid modernity—and this has created a rapidly growing need for Transformative Learning (TL): we must be able to constantly change and develop ourselves in order to keep pace with the changes in our environment and life situation. However, the need for change has grown so fast and in so many directions that the term of TL has itself become uncertain or even confused. In 2000, Robert Kegan posed the question ‘What “Form” Transforms’? He advocated a new approach to TL but did not propose any new definition; this situation still remains: among several proposals for new approaches to TL, there is a general agreement that the traditional definition of the term as changes in the learner’s ‘meaning perspectives’, etc. is too narrow and too cognitively oriented. In this article, it is argued that TL should be re-defined as ‘changes in the learner’s identity’. The article explains why this definition is better and more up to date. Through discussion of range of issues, the article shows that the linking of the concepts of TL and identity open the way for new understandings and possibilities.     

Adult learners’ social connectedness and online participation: the importance of online interaction quality

ABSTRACT

Online interaction has been associated with positive outcomes, academically and psychologically. Regarding the latter, social connectedness has been recognised as an important outcome on the basis of its link to subjective well-being and course satisfaction. In adult educational settings, how online interaction can foster social connectedness has not been widely examined. The study investigates how (1) adult learners’ online participation operationalised as discussion contribution, collaborative facilitation, and social interaction, and (2) their perceived online interaction quality are related to their feeling of social connectedness. The role of online interaction quality related to the three types of online participation and social connectedness is also examined. A questionnaire was developed to collect data from adult learner participants in Belgium (N?=?170). Multiple regressions and mediation analysis were conducted. The result shows that collaborative facilitation and online interaction quality significantly contribute to adult learners’ perceptions of social connectedness. Furthermore, the finding reveals that online interaction quality fully mediates the relationship between discussion contribution, social interaction, and social connectedness. Thus, the implications for research and instructional design are discussed.