Research results of two personal learning environments experiments in a higher education institution

This paper focuses on institutionally powered personal learning environments (iPLEs). The concept of the iPLE can be seen as a way universities can incorporate learner-centred approach into the architecture of their technology-enhanced learning environments. The aim of this paper is to pose that there are other ways to learn complementary to virtual learning environments, such as using distributed Web 2.0 tools from personal learning environments (PLEs). With that aim in mind, this paper presents an exploratory study with two different iPLE configurations, analyses how they modify the learning–teaching process, and reports their perceived usefulness from the students' point of view. These two case studies were carried out by a research group of educational technology from a Spanish university in graduate and postgraduate courses. As reported by other case studies, the results revealed that students use the environment basically in the academic context and this usage is conceived as another time and effort requiring task. This fact can be observed in the low level iPLEs customization. The overall conclusions we can extract are, on the one hand, that the new environment to integrate informal and formal learning should be flexible and adaptable to the student's needs and preferences and, on the other hand, that academic tools might someday become personal tools.     

美国高等教育制度变迁及改革路径选择——一种历史的比较制度分析

从历史的比较制度分析视角看,美国的高等教育制度变迁经历了移植经验、内化和自主生长的过程。其制度变迁及路径选择具有三个特征:制度变迁方式的渐进性;"继承—变革"与"内生—创新"两种变迁模式相结合;高等教育制度在制度变迁中具有相对独立性。美国高等教育制度变迁及路径选择,对我国高等教育制度改革创新可以提供有意义的经验借鉴。     

先秦冠笄礼的德育意义及其对青少年思想教育的启示

冠笄之礼是青少年的“成人之道”,是以仪式为载体的“成德之教”;使青少年“明于人伦”,有利于个体构建和谐的人际关系,形成良好的社会风气。冠笄礼对当今青少年思想教育的启示包括：创新现代成人礼的形式与内容,帮助青少年树立成人意识;充分开发“通过仪式”的教育功能,强化仪式积极的心理暗示和感染作用;积极运用“体验式”道德教育方法,对青少年进行系统的角色教育;强化青少年“尊”与“敬”的意识,培养其对生命与自然的敬畏之情。     

高校辅导员队伍制度建设的现状与对策简

为了解全国各高校辅导员队伍制度的现状问题,以问卷的形式对全国范围内的123所高校的320名辅导员展开调研。通过对调研结果的分析,梳理了辅导员队伍制度的现实问题包括制度具体化程度不高、制度内容缺失及制度发展不均衡三个方面。     

美国照护社会救助制度及对我国的启示

在老年人的生活质量被日益关注的今天,处在社会最底层的贫困失能老人更应该得到社会的重视,应该对他们优先提供照护社会救助。通过对美国的照护社会救助制度进行介绍和分析,梳理美国在照护社会救助标准的设定、救助服务的提供、救助制度的支出等方面的成功经验,可对我国照护社会救助制度的建立提供启示。     

主位推进模式对大学英语写作的启示

随着经济全球化的发展,英语的重要性越来越凸显出来。作为英语的基本技能之一,写作考察的是学生综合运用语言的能力。在实际写作过程中,学生更多着眼于句子层面的词汇和语法等,最终导致所写语篇存在句式单调、结构混乱、观点不突出等问题。针对这一现状,本文通过引入语篇分析中的主位推进模式,旨在探索这一模式对于提高大学英语写作的启示。     

从制度建设规避著作权风险探析

探析科技期刊侵权构成条件,根据《深圳大学学报理工版》工作实践,认为:期刊社要从制度建设上规避著作权风险。通过落实与作者签订著作权转让合同,要求作者提交职务作品投稿介绍信、学术论文原创声明及原始数据证明,合理使用参考文献等措施,方可防止侵权,减少或消除一稿多投、抄袭或剽窃等学术不端行为,促进科研成果健康、快捷、广泛传播。     

高校机构知识库与用户的互动关联策略研究

分析国内外机构知识库建设的实践研究现状,借鉴彼此的发展经验,结合国内高校机构知识库建设基础,提出将其与高校其他管理平台关联的用户交流互动服务理念,以期将机构知识库建设成为数字校园的信息枢纽.认为应以个人科研助理、团队协同平台、机构知识仓储作为机构知识库的拓展功能,在提供比较完善的科研协同服务、学科知识服务、个性化服务的同时,实现科研过程成果和灰色文献的自动存档,确保机构知识库资源的可持续自动增长,提升机构的学术影响力和核心竞争力.     

Scholar Commons @ USF: Sharing Knowledge Worldwide

Librarians and faculty members are now working together through Open Access (OA) publishing to make faculty-produced scholarly content available to researchers worldwide. The University of South Florida Tampa Library has been working with the Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) Digital Commons platform to create a substantial institutional repository (IR) that includes OA journals, conference proceedings, and data sets, among other materials. Library staff members are currently involved in a variety of activities, including negotiating memoranda of understanding, loading backfiles, registering Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) with CrossRef, designing layout, doing final publication steps, and assisting with technical issues. In 2011, the IR, Scholar Commons @ USF, went live, allowing the library to pull fragmented collections previously hosted on other platforms into a single system with improved discoverability. This article discusses how the repository was established, what is involved, lessons learned, and plans for future directions.     

教育券:基础教育财政资源配置的制度性创新

教育券是将公平与效率融为一体的基础教育财政资源配置的有效方式,教育券是一种契约合同,明晰了基础教育财政经费的使用权(产权),降低了经费使用过程中的交易成本,提高了经费使用效率;同时,把竞争机制巧妙地引入教育领域,深化了基础教育市场的内涵,是对基础教育财政资源配置的制度性创新,对基础教育的发展具有开拓性的现实意义和实用价值,在理论或实践上值得进一步研究、探索。