浅谈英国开放大学的全日制研究生教育

与英国开放大学著名的远程教育模式相比,她的全日制研究生的教育模式还未被世人所了解和熟悉。针对这一情况并结合作者在该校学习全日制硕士课程的经历和体会,文章介绍了英国开放大学的全日制研究生教育的主要特点、培养模式以及分析了其存在意义。     

信息技术在陕北高校课堂中的应用调查与分析

为了了解信息技术在陕北高校课堂中的应用情况,作者采用问卷调查与访谈的方法,在延安大学全校范围内展开了关于信息技术应用的实地调查。通过整理与统计的数据,作者从中发现了信息技术在陕北课堂教学应用中所存在的问题,并给出相应的可借鉴性建议及对策。     

中外面向教师的国家ICT标准的比较研究

ICT的发展为教育带来了巨变,为教师的能力标准提出了新要求。面向教师的ICT标准研究已经成为世界各个国家关注的热点问题,我国在2004年也适时地推出了《中国教师教育技术能力标准(试行)》。文章就中美英日四国的ICT标准从不同维度进行了比较、分析,并对我国面向下一代教师的ICT标准发展提出了几点启示。     

面向教育行业的信息化知识库系统的框架研究

教育信息化知识库是对教育信息化建设起支撑作用的知识集合。构建教育行业信息化知识库对于教育信息化的深化发展意义重大。在分析教育信息化的知识库的建设背景、目的和意义的基础上,文章对教育信息化知识库系统的整体框架作了研究,重点阐述教育信息化知识库的内容构成和支撑软件的参考模型,并对其建设、应用和管理模式做了初步的探讨。     

从教育视角谈电子游戏分级标准的制定

文章在介绍国内外游戏分级制度的基础上,分析了游戏分级的必要性,并从教育视角提出了游戏分级标准中存在的问题。针对这些问题作者提出了相应的改进策略:游戏评定标准多样化;注重教育工作者的参与;关注文化传播的影响;重视教育游戏的推广。     

时间管理:远程教育学习支持的新视角

在分析远程学习者时间管理问题的基础上,初探了时间管理支持对远程学习者的重要意义,并提出时间管理支持应包含的主要内容,即进行时间管理行为训练;信息技术能力培养;建立在线时间管理监控系统。     

中小学科学探究学习平台的设计

从科学探究的基本理念出发,通过对国内外相关研究项目的调研,以及对科学探究支持软件的案例分析,总结它们的优缺点,构建了一个集科学探究学习活动管理与探究数据处理于一体的科学探究平台模型,并指出了该模型的应用前景。     

A Study of the Effectiveness of Web-Based Homework in Teaching Undergraduate Business Statistics

Web-based homework (WBH) Technology can simplify the creation and grading of assignments as well as provide a feasible platform for assessment testing, but its effect on student learning in business statistics is unknown. This is particularly true of the latest software development of Web-based tutoring agents that dynamically evaluate individual students' skill level and purport to respond with appropriate, targeted teaching to improve learning efficiency. In this article, we compare traditional, textbook-based homework assignments with three systems of WBH for undergraduate business statistics courses: ALEKS, PH Grade Assist, and custom-made online quizzes in Blackboard. These systems represent a range of media from artificial intelligence–based tutoring to instructor-controlled objective testing. Using a common assessment test, we compare the performance of students taught with these different systems. Our study finds, as we anticipated, that student performance depends significantly upon teacher experience and student academic competence. Once these factors are controlled for, however, the technique used to deliver homework makes little difference in student success. In contrast to other published research, we do not find any advantage to automated tutoring and identify some limitations of this approach based on both instructor and student feedback.     

A study on the effects of education welfare action zone policy in Korea

This study was designed to analyze the effects of the support programs provided in education welfare action zones. Education welfare action zone policy came into effect by government from 2003 to guarantee actual educational opportunity to disadvantaged children in urban areas by providing educational, cultural, and welfare service. Education welfare action zones were selected in low-income group area in the metropolis. In this regard, both quantitative and qualitative analytical methods were used to ascertain the effects of the program. The qualitative analysis included a preliminary examination of conditions prior to the actual commencement of the program, which was then followed by an investigation of specific schools used, as case studies in order to identify the changes that had taken place during the program’s implementation process, and the program’s effect. Meanwhile, a quantitative analysis was employed to verify the actual changes that took place in several different aspects, changes that were revealed by the case studies.     

农村幼儿教育现状分析及对策

八十年代以来,农村经济体制的改革、计划生育政策的实施,使贫穷山村发生了巨大的变化.农村幼儿教育逐步得到了重视,并且有了很大的发展,但发展中的农村幼儿教育,存在着前进中的困难和问题.本文就农村幼儿教育的办学形式,教学内容、存在问题三方面对农村幼儿教育的现状进行分析并提出建议,以期能使我们更清晰地认识现行农村幼儿教育的现状,更重视农村幼儿教育的发展.