ICDE质量评审中的跨文化意识

2008年6月,上海电视大学接受了国际开放与远程教育协会(ICDE)的质量评审,这在我国尚属首次.通过此次评审.我们对ICDE的质量评审有了较为全面深入的了解,其中最深切的就是ICDE评审中的跨文化意识.作为目前国际远程教育领域中的权威性组织,ICDE的质量评审体系中体现了对现代远程教育文化进行整合的愿望,对现代远程教育质量保证体系细则的认同化追求,对现代远程教育多元文化教育的追求以及对提升现代远程教育公众信心的追求,显示了强烈的跨文化意识.这种意识所引领的ICDE质量评审活动,将在世界范围内大大提升远程教育的公众信心,促使远程教育在人类教育文化中发挥越来越大的作用.     

以ICDE质量评审的标准浅析非学历远程教育教学质量评价

本文首先介绍了国际开放与远程教育协会（ICDE）与其在上海电视大学的质量评审情况,再分析了非学历远程教育的形式与特点,然后尝试用ICDE质量评审标准中的六条标准来分析非学历远程教育教学质量评价,以期能对非学历远程教育的评价系统的建立提出自己一些可供参考的建议。     

建立基于“学”的远程教育质量保证框架——ICDE质量评审的启发和思考

2008年6月,上海电大接受了国际开放远程教育协会(ICDE)的质量评审(Qualityr Audit).ICDE是联合国下属的享有国际权威的远程教育机构.它聘请国际远程教育专家制定质量评审的内容、实施现场的评审.ICDE质量评审的内容和关注点,或许对我国电大教学质量保证能够提供一些有益的启发和思考.     

建立基于学的远程教育质量保证框架——ICDE质量评审的启发和思考

享有优质教育是时代的教育理念,如何建立符合自身特点和需要的教学质量保证体系,是远程教育关注的要点之一.本文受上海电大开展的ICDE质量评审的启发,着重从"学"的角度,探讨如何建立远程高等教育的质量保证体系.文章首先分析了ICDE质量评审的内容及启发,然后针对我国远程教育的实际,提出了加强教学质量保证的措施和建议.     

高等教育的质量保证:评审与评估——兼论上海电大的ICDE质量评审

本文以上海电大接受ICDE质量评审为案例,详细地阐述了ICDE质量评审的内容、过程、结论等。读者从中可以了解评审（Audit）这一方法的独特性,也可以了解西方远程教育的办学理念和关注点。文章还以中央电大的总结性评估为例,将ICDE质量评审与中国高校的评估进行了简要的分析与比较。文章最后对中国高等教育的质量保证进行了思考,提出了相关的措施与建议。     

评审与发展

今年6月,上海电视大学顺利通过了国际开放与远程教育协会（ICDE）的质量评审。这是中国远程教育领域第一家获得ICDE质量评审的办学机构,更是中国高等教育领域首个得到国外质量评审机构首肯的大学。     

上海电大在国内首家通过国际远程教育理事会质量评审

2008世界开放与远程教育论坛在上海广播电视大学开幕。来自40多个国家的百余名开放大学校长齐聚上海,在会上正式宣布了国际远程教育理事会（ICDE）对上海电大的质量评审结论,ICDE主席雷茨·帕尼库克向上海电大校长张德明颁发了国际远程教育理事会质量评审证书。上海电大由此成为国内首家通过国际远程教育理事会质量评审的大学。     

ICDE国际质量评审的本体意义及其学术推论

本文运用远程教育学基本原理和教育评价理论,从国际开放与远程教育协会组织的国际教育质量评价活动中,对质量评审的理念、特点、过程和内容等本体意义作了写实性的阐述,并在此基础上对教育质量的内涵,教育目的的界定,课程设计的理解,教、学和测评的设计,教学及管理模式的活化,学习支持的思辨,博客和维客等网络新产品的应用以及网络时代的人格教育等质量评审中的焦点和热点问题作了推论并进行了必要的诠释,试图给人以启迪.     

远程教育教师的能力和责任——基于ICDE质量评审的启发与思考

2008年6月上海电视大学接受联合国教科文组织下属的国际远程教育协会（ICDE）质量评审,本文根据评审内容及其受到的启发,对我国远程教育教师的能力和责任提出了几点建议。     

上海电大首家通过国际远程教育理事会质量评审

<正>新华网上海10月19日电(肖春飞刘丹)国际远程教育理事会(ICDE)主席雷茨·帕尼库克19日向上海电视大学校长张德明颁发了国际远程教育理事会质量评审证书。上海电视大学由此成为国内首家通过国际远程教育理事会质量评审的大学。     

远程教育中基于对话理论的师生交互原则

师生交互是影响远程教育质量的关键因素之一,巴赫金的对话理论构成了其重要的理论基础,并为远程教育中的师生交互赋予了平等性、共通性、开放性和深层性等原则,彰显出重要的实践价值。     

论现代远程对话教育

真的教育是一种对话教育。在现代远程开放教育中,对话作为一种教育现象客观上无处不在,现代远程教育其实质是对话教育。对话是一种有效的导学方式和学习方式,它不断促使教师与学生构筑起现代远程教育的学习共同体。参与现代远程教育的师生,必须认识对话、尊崇对话、学会对话,对话是一种必须坚持的导学观、学习观、文化观。     

模拟对话式远程教材的设计探讨

远程教育教师与学生的时空分离使教材成为学生所依赖的主要学习资源。从理论上说,远程教材是学习支持的第一因素,应该是一个“教学包”,具有“教师”的作用,体现引导式模拟对话功能。相关的问卷调查和访谈,显示了学习对远程教材编制设计的特别要求。电大五年制高职教材《电子技术基础》的编制就是在教材中引入模拟对话元素进行设计的一次实践。     

Computer conferencing and the university community

In this paper, Terry Evans of the Institute of Distance Education at Deakin University (Geelong, 3217, Australia) and Daryl Nation of the School of Social Sciences at Gippsland Institute (Churchill, 3842, Australia) argue that Dialogue is the essence of the practice, research and theory in distance education. Dialogue is crucial for real understanding, and for ‘quality in learning’... students are actively engaged in constructing meaning rather than recipients of information as embodied in mechanistic conceptions of the learner.

The authors hope to develop international dialogue amongst teachers and researchers in distance education. The editors of this journal also want to encourage this dialogue through further publications, and correspondence.     

远程教育的两大攻坚战：学习评价与资源评价

这是围绕我国当前远程教育发展与改革的学者对话。我国第三代远程教育取得了显著成就,但也逐渐暴露出许多问题。如何超越当前远程教育发展的“瓶颈”,作者认为,健全、完善和创新远程教育评价体系是一个重要的突破口。这不仅要创新学生的考试模式,而且要健全、完善对教师、课程、资源的评价和对远程教育办学主体及学习支持服务体系的评价。围绕这一突破口需要开展两大攻坚战——学习评价与资源评价,落脚点是提高远程学习者的自主学习能力、自信心与综合素质。这是提高中国远程教育质量的难点和关键。     

Perspectives on the training of school governing bodies: towards an effective and efficient financial management system

Abstract

The argument of this paper is that the use of distance education methods is essential for the provision of all teacher education in South Africa – not just an option for a few programmes in one or two institutions. For this reason, the challenges of distance teacher education are the major challenges for achieving the goal set out in the National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development: ‘more teachers, better teachers’. Challenges include increasing the flexibility and location of current teacher education programmes in order to attract and support a more diverse teacher target audience, designing courses to nurture dialogue and integrate learner support, and moving beyond surface change in response to criticism. Finally, although external quality assurance processes are critical in creating a shared understanding of quality standards and the need for change, quality assessment needs to be followed up with support.     

Transactional distance and interactive television in the distance education of health professionals

Abstract

Distance education, in which learners are remote from the primary educational institution and the teacher, is increasingly delivered via interactive television technology. Moore (1980) described transactional distance between students and faculty in distance education as characterized by dialogue and structure. He hypothesized that high structure and low dialogue yield “remote” transactional distance and low structure and high dialogue yield “close” transactional distance. The variables in the current study were operationally defined following Moore (1973, 665): “A learner's ‘distance’ from his teacher [transactional distance] … is defined as a function of individualization [structure] and dialogue.” Student volunteers (n = 221) in thirteen public health and nursing graduate courses at the University of Hawaii at Manoa responded to an investigator‐developed questionnaire regarding elements of dialogue, structure, and transactional distance in their courses. Principal components and internal consistency reliability analyses verified the presence of three factors: structure, dialogue, and transactional distance. Dialogue was greater in the distance‐format courses than in the traditional‐format courses. Distance‐format courses did not differ from traditional courses on amount of structure or transactional distance.     

Marketing the telecommunications‐based adult continuing education program

Abstract

Theory driven, data‐based, and empirical studies are needed to verify and solidify distance education's conceptual foundation. The project reported here had two main goals: 1) to empirically verify the concepts of transactional distance, structure, and dialogue, and 2) to develop a methodology for achieving the first goal. Drawing on three different fields—distance education, system dynamics, and discourse analysis—the project measured nine key variables in distance education. Results suggest that transactional distance varies by the rate of dialogue and structure, and demonstrate the value of system dynamics modeling for verifying theoretical concepts in distance education.