如何初步培养学生自主、合作的学习习惯

培养学生自主、合作的学习习惯，是顺应新课改的需要。首先，应丛培养学生良好的预习习惯做起，其次，应尽量激发学生课堂学习的兴趣，让学生自由发展。另外，还应着重培养学生课外自主、合作的学习习惯。若做到以上这些，学生势必学得主动、学得快乐，课堂教学也才能焕发出生命的活力。     

基于“支架”理论的远程开放英语教学模式

支架式教学模式是建构主义的典型教学方法,培养学生自主学习能力是现代远程开放教育的最终目标。文章结合开放英语教学经验和具体教学实践,探讨支架式教学模式在远程开放英语教学中的应用,旨在更好地满足成人学生的要求,希望能对开放英语教学质量的提高起到一定的促进作用。     

Exploring the challenges experienced by international students during work-integrated learning in Australia

This study explores the challenges experienced by international students during Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in Australia. Student participation in WIL not only enhances individual student employability but also the attractiveness of Australia as a study destination. WIL, in particular work placements, is in high demand by international students who seek to gain relevant experience in their host country and increase their chances of employment post-study. Data were gathered from employers, academics and students on the challenges faced by international students during the WIL experience and how WIL is currently being managed for the international cohort. Stakeholders identified a number of challenges which impact on student performance and the success of their WIL experience. These include cultural differences, inflated expectations, difficulties managing assessment tasks, relatively weak language skills and an imbalance in the support needed by international students in comparison to what is on offer. Stakeholder strategies to manage these challenges are discussed.     

学案式教学的知识生态学分析

学案式教学是以＂学案＂为导向来实施教学过程的一种教学模式。从知识生态学的角度来分析学案式教学是一个新的视角。知识生态学把知识分为数据资料、信息、知识和智能四种不同的知识形态,其核心是探讨知识如何向更有价值的形态转化及其所需的条件。学案式教学营造了从信息向知识、技能和态度转化的生态环境,并使其教学关注信息、知识如何经过集体和个体交融的学习活动,转化为学习者的能力、意愿、素质、心态以及集体高成效可持续的学习习惯。     

开放大学网络教学资源整合模式研究

组建开放大学离不开优质的教学资源,而网络上存在大量分散、异构的教学资源。为充分利用这些网络教学资源,节省人力、物力和财力,有必要对这些资源去芜存菁,分门别类,进行整合,从而构建一种开放大学网络教学资源整合模式。在整合的过程中,要保护自身网络教学资源的知识产权不受侵犯,同时,也要保证自己在发布教学资源时不侵犯他人知识产权。     

International conferences: Significant measures of success

This article reviews the literature on evaluating international conferences identifying significant factors which contribute to measured success. Extensive previous research over the last twenty years has identified criteria for evaluating success which continue to be ignored as international conferences repeat the same mistakes. More systematic research is needed. A framework of 25 evaluation measures is described for future research on the assessment of international conferences.Responses to three items of a questionnaire sent out by the East-West Culture Learning Institute as part of a project studying international conferences are also discussed, relating to evaluation measures, problems of evaluation and potential benefits of evaluation. Guidelines and suggestions are provided synthesizing the available research toward planning more successful international conferences in the future. In conclusion, six issues are identified for further clarification in future research on international conferences.     

Blending Learning视域下的高校网络课程探析

为了有效地实施网络教学,许多高校开发、建设大量的网络课程。基于Blending Learning理念,分析当前高校网络课程存在的问题,提出解决的对策：教师应转变教学理念,网络课程的教学目标应合理定位,课程学习资源建设应当加强,学习活动设计应当高度关注,加强对网络学习的评价。     

Open innovation in SMEs—An intermediated network model

In spite of increasing interest in open innovation, discussion about the concept and its potential application to the SME sector has been excluded from mainstream literature. However, given that the argument about the effect of firm size on the effectiveness of innovation is still ongoing, it is worth addressing the issue from an SME perspective. That is the focus of this article, which seeks, firstly, to place the concept of open innovation in the context of SMEs; secondly to suggest the input of an intermediary in facilitating innovation; and finally to report accounts of Korean SMEs’ success in working with an intermediary. The research results support the potential of open innovation for SMEs, and indicate networking as one effective way to facilitate open innovation among SMEs.     

Full time adult credential students’ instructional preferences at California State University,Long Beach: pedagogy or andragogy?

This study investigated the instructional preferences of full time adult credential students after they took a live course called Principles of Adult Education at California State University, Long Beach, (CSULB) in the fall semester of 2002. These full time adult credential students had been working on their adult teaching credentials to meet the competencies specified by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The course introduced students to Andragogy developed by Malcolm Knowles out of the andragogical model, developed by Lindeman (1926). The study used Principles of Adult Learning Scales (PALS), advanced by Gary Conti in 1983 to measure instructional preferences. Data were collected from 30 (100% of 30) full time adult credential students enrolled in a live course to, determine their instructional preferences of helping adults learn. The results of the study showed in most cases these adult learning professionals taught adult students andragogically: in some cases they taught adult students pedagogically.     

Exploring the relationship between students’ learning styles and learning outcome in engineering laboratory education

Abstract

It is a commonly accepted notion that people take different approaches in learning. Although attention has been given to learning styles as one of the determinants of learning performance, there is are limitations to the inferential approach to understanding the impact of learning styles on learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of learning preference on student learning outcome in engineering labs. The findings of this paper contribute to the existing literature in two ways. This study describes the typology of participants’ learning styles, confirming some results from similar research. Additionally, it examines the impact of learning styles, using the Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic (VARK) inventory as indicators of students’ learning outcomes, and how the findings confirm or contradict prior research results in important ways. Further, this study includes demographic information to investigate the influence on learning outcome. Discussions of the results from both analyses will contribute to an academic understanding of the critical success factors of the learning process and their practical application in laboratory learning.