Assuring Quality in Distance Education

Many traditional academics view the advent of on-line teaching in higher education with suspicion. They suspect that attempts to compare the outcomes of traditional and on-line instruction do not yield valid results. Nevertheless, on-line instruction is here to stay. It behooves an organization like the American Association of University Professors, a major role of which is to protect academic freedom in American higher education institutions, to make sure that the integration of on-line instruction into the activities of traditional higher education institutions will give rise, in the case of the new component, to the same guarantees as to academic freedom and quality, determined primarily by the faculty, as in traditional university activities.     

笔迹

通过人的笔迹。就能看出书写者的性格、能力和心理特点,那么,各种笔迹蕴藏了怎样的含义呢？一起走进笔迹学不一样的奇妙世界!     

远程教育质量保证研究综述

本文对近年来有关远程教育质量保证的研究情况进行了综述。首先对当前远程教育质量观的变化加以了概括，接着说明了近年来国内外对远程教育质量标准的研究成果；最后对国内关于远程教育质量保证的研究情况进行了总结。     

Assuring Quality in Collaborative Distance Education Programmes: The Experience of the University of Texas System TeleCampus

In 1997, the University of Texas (UT) System initiated the development of the UT TeleCampus, a centralized facilitation point for distance learning. The TeleCampus opened its virtual doors in May 1998. At the start, its focus was entirely on support services for students. By late 1998, however, the TeleCampus had begun developing what would become collaborative benchmark on-line programmes for the UT System. Since then, in developing more than twelve complete on-line degree programmes, the administrators of the TeleCampus have learned lessons about creating and maintaining quality in collaborative, Web-based, distance, for-credit, education courses and degree programmes. Some of the key issues arising from the collaborative nature of these programmes and methods that are used to ensure that each course meets a high-quality standard are discussed.     

工程力学中的素质教育

任何一门学科都有一部悠久的发展史。力学作为一门古老的学科,它展示了曲折辉煌的发展过程,也记录了阿基米德、牛顿、爱因斯坦等一代大师艰难开拓的历程和精彩趣闻轶事。将力学史渗透到力学的教学中,一方面可调动学生的学习兴趣,引发学生的求知欲;另一方面将不畏艰辛、执着追求的科学精神、辩证唯物主义科学的方法论和爱国主义的思想在潜移默化中传输给学生,从而达到教书育人的目的。     

Assuring Quality Distance Learning Programmes: the Emergence of a New Faculty

To assure quality in distance learning programmes, a new type of university teacher must emerge. He or she must be energized and challenged by meeting the needs of expanding categories of learners who are coping with new definitions of a semester, utilizing alternative methods for gaining access to and sharing information, incorporating emerging technologies into teaching and learning processes, and adapting to an increased focus upon student performance. To reach these goals, university teachers must be provided with the necessary training, instructional assistance, and incentives to develop basic changes in their behaviour for which few models exist and little experience has been realized. This article outlines seven characteristics of a university teacher who is ready to meet the challenges that a distance learning network provides.     

高等工程教育培养质量研究

实施“卓越计划”是我国中长期工程教育改革的关键一步,是全面提高工程教育人才培养质量的重要手段。培养引领未来技术和产业发展的人才已成为中国高等教育界、工业领域及国际社会关注的热点。     

工程素质教育平台的建设与实践

针对一些工科院校忽视工程素质教育,即重科学轻技术、重理论轻实践的现象,结合材料学科的专业特点改革实验教学,构建了跨专业方向的渐进式工程素质教育体系.其中基础实践平台旨在增强学生的基本实验技能,专业实践平台培养专业综合技能,项目实践平台以学生的创新精神和工程实践提高能力为目标.该体系的建立突破了传统的实践教学模式,改善了实践环境和实践手段,使学生的工程实践能力和创新能力得到较大的提高,为推进工程素质教育进行了有益的探索和实践.     

Quality and Management of Engineering Education in Italy

This paper discusses the alternative structure of engineering courses in Italy and how they prepare graduated engineers for entrance into the production field. It is stressed that a rational approach is necessary to face the problem of satisfactorily matching the increasing requirements of cultural and professional education to the response of the educational system in the scientific and technological area. This in turn requires an evaluation of development policies according to specific criteria, which may help international mobility in education.     

全面质量管理:工程硕士教育质量管理的新范式

简要介绍了全面质量管理的概念,分析了现行工程硕士教育质量管理的不足,阐述了全面质量管理对于工程硕士教育的意义,介绍了在工程硕士教育中引入全面质量管理的核心内容以及实施要点。     

工程硕士教育的理想、现实与抉择

认为目前工程硕士教育存在生源质量不高、课程教学针对性不强、学位论文缺乏特色、社会认可度降低等一系列问题,指出在新的历史条件下,应当重新思考工程硕士教育的发展战略和目标定位,开展实用而有效的个性化教育,保证培养质量,推动工程硕士教育的健康发展.     

吉尔吉斯斯坦“工程技术教育质量监督”项目的实施和启示

吉尔吉斯斯坦根据国际国内的具体形势和工程技术教育学科的发展要求,开展了"工程技术教育质量监督"项目。该项目构建了国际化的工程技术教育机构评价标准、多元化的工程技术教育评价机构组织。通过推广该项目,促进了吉国工程技术教育质量的提升,为中国工程技术教育质量的提高提供了借鉴。     

论艺术教育与理工科研究生创新素质的培养

艺术教育为创新素质教育营造了一种良好的社会环境与社会心理。通过分析与探索艺术与科学之间的相互作用,对艺术教育与理工科研究生创新素质的培养进行了探讨。     

Educational innovation and the knowledge society: development and issues of the clusters of excellence initiative in Malaysia

As nations worldwide strive to compete in a globally interconnected knowledge society the importance of innovative forms of education is being increasingly recognized. In doing so, many education systems look to comparative and international experience for guidance and inspiration. Malaysia aims to become a regional hub for high quality education and economic creativity by 2020, and educational reform is seen as a central component in this strategy. This article examines the key factors, at home and abroad, that have influenced changes in the Malaysian education policy context. It then documents the origins, nature and development of one contemporary educational innovation – the Malaysian Clusters of Excellence Policy. Conclusions reflect upon the place and potential of this key initiative in supporting broader development goals designed to transform the nation into a leading knowledge society within the Southeast Asia region.     

浅谈工程素质教育的教学模式

本文着重论述了工程素质教育的重要性,明确培养方向及教学定位。围绕着＂培养目标上注重素质;教学内容上注重综合;思维训练上注重创新＂的理念进行教学模式的建设,构建了＂工程认识、工程实践、工程综合＂完整的工程实践课程体系。并通过工程素质调查验证了教学模式科学性和可操作性。     

Consultation: Assuring the quality and outcomes

In this article, I outline a number of issues in the development of consultation practice in the Lincolnshire Educational Psychology Service. This includes the principles of operation that have guided our development of practice, our continual practice of review and our method of recording outcomes. The overall perspective on accountability is that it must start with the consultee.     

为教育质量提供保障:澳大利亚教师专业标准的比较分析

2003年澳大利亚首次颁布了《国家教师专业标准》,用于指导全国的教师专业发展工作。基于教育改革的发展和变化,2009年联邦教育部着手修订标准,旨在为每个儿童接受优质的教育提供保障。新标准最终由澳大利亚教育、就业和青年事务部认证通过后于2010年颁布。新标准顺应了时代的要求,更多地关注了教师专业发展。     

论基因工程课教学中的素质教育

素质教育注重培养学生的各种能力和综合素质,以促进学生德、智、体的全面发展,大学生素质教育的许多方面可以在专业知识学习过程中实现。在基因工程学的教学实践中,在讲授专业基础理论的同时,穿插讲授科学家的高尚人品及相关专业故事,既有利于大学生在轻松、活跃的氛围中接受全方位的素质教育,也有助于大学生更高效地掌握专业知识,以达到培养高素质综合型人才的目的。