Innovation in Adult Language Learning Programs: A Case Study of Livemocha Online Language Learning Community

Due to the increasing broadband Internet access, VOIP adoption as well as the Web 2.0 concepts, online language learning communities have gained great popularity among adult language learners. Based upon Malcolm Knowles’ adult learning theory, this paper analyzes the innovation that online language learning communities have brought to adult language learning programs. At the same time, the limitations of such programs have been pointed out.     

网络舆情中的政府回应策略分析

网络舆情是现实民意在网络空间的反映,政府对网络民意的反应事关政府的执政基础和执政能力。文章根据2009年地方政府应对网络舆情能力排行榜的数据,归纳并分析排名高低的原因,总结出一些规律性的经验教训,为政府应对网络舆情提供有效的理论依据,从而形成网络民意与政府工作的良性互动。     

学习者元认知作用机制:面授与远程学习之比较

本研究重点探讨了面授学习者与远程学习者在元认知作用机制上的差异。首先通过文献研究建立起预设概念模型,分别向面授学习者和远程学习者发放调查问卷,共回收有效问卷424份,然后通过责任教师取得研究被试的课程成绩,使用结构方程模型多群组分析方法比较面授学习者与远程学习者的元认知活动对其学习成绩和学习效能感的作用和影响,最后提出对远程学习者进行元认知支持的策略。     

高校网络教育公共服务体系与其他连锁机构的比较分析

虽然业界对网络教育公共服务体系(以下简称"公共服务体系")一直存在争议,但全国性、区域性、行业性和虚拟性等多样化、多元化公共服务体系并存发展已成为一种趋势,而且"学习超市"、"数字化学习港"和"学分银联"等隐喻也逐渐被认可.本文基于连锁经营理念,比较分析了公共服务体系与连锁超市、快餐店、网店和网校的经营与管理,探讨了公共服务体系的连锁经营与管理模式.     

宁德市旅游产业结构灰色关联度分析

旅游产业系统是一个灰色系统,运用灰色系统理论中的灰色关联度分析法对宁德市旅游产业系J统的各部门因素之间的关联性进行分析,提出宁德市旅游产业结构调整的基本方向和发展重点．     

2002-2009年我国硕士研究生教育科类结构研究——以招生规模为例

2002-2009年我国各层次的高等教育经历了大规模扩张,硕士研究生也不例外。硕士研究生教育的科类结构不仅影响着我国高等教育结构,而且还会对社会需求和产业结构调整产生重要影响。我国硕士生招生规模的扩张呈现出速度快的特点,且教育学和文学在各学科中所占的比例有较为明显的上升,而工学所占的比例有所下降,备学科硕士研究生招生比例的变化反映着社会需求的变化。     

With Tools and Strategies Teachers Use in Online Courses： A Mexican Public University Case

The rapid development of ICT （information technology and communication） in the last two decades has changed society substantially as a whole. For higher education institutions, the external environment pressure to incorporate ICT in their educational and administrative processes has forced them to invest in resources for infrastructure and training. In addition, teachers have found that they can use technology in their teaching, but lack of full knowledge of how to use it effectively from a pedagogical point of view. The incorporation of new education modalities depends largely on the contextual variables prevailing in the institution and teachers. In UABC （Autonomous University of Baja California）, the early days of online education go hack to 1996, so the study period was from 1996 to 2009. An online survey was designed to fmd out the teachers＇ backgrounds and involvement in online education, their experience as online teachers, and the tools and practices used. Of 97 teachers who were identified with some experience in online teaching, 70% responded to the Survey （68）. It was found that the highest percentage （33%） of teachers who responded the survey started teaching online between 2003 and 2006. 56% of teachers have been teaching between one and five online courses. On the other hand, most teachers recognized that 30%-79% of the content of their courses were online based. The most popular learning management system used is moodle followed by blackboard in teachers＇ preference. In general, teachers expressed using the three main communication tools of online education： forums, chat and e-mail, favoring the use of e-mail. The communication slrategies teachers often use in their courses promoted student-student and student-teacher interaction. In their evaluation strategies, most said that they used self-assessment, rubrics and to a lesser extent online exams and co-evaluation. The results show that most teachers who have been involved in online education in UABC campus have expressed havi     

学术型硕士研究生教育质量管理体系构建研究

学术型硕士研究生教育质量的提高依赖于研究生教育质量管理体系中各要素质量的提高。将优越的管理体系作用于高质量的体系要素并形成优化的结构,学术型硕士研究生教育质量水平在整体上可以获得提高。2008版ISO9001标准可以指导学术型硕士研究生教育质量管理体系的构建。将ISO9001标准引入研究生教育领域,会使更多的培养单位获得更多的发展机遇,提高教育质量,提高教育管理水平。     

一类具有分布时滞高阶微分方程的周期解

利用Mawhin重合度理论,研究了一类具有分布时滞的高阶P—Laplacian中立型微分方程,获得了其周期解存在性的一些新结果．     

东亚经济弱收敛的原因:对“东盟+3”的检验

东盟和中日韩三国的经贸联系日益密切,双边在自由贸易区领域内的合作不断深化。同时也应该看到,"东盟+3"体系内的各个国家地区经济发展水平有着一定的差距,但这种差距在逐渐缩小。事实表明,在加入以经济自由度为代表的制度因素之后,"东盟+3"的收敛速度有了负的增长趋势,显然,制度因素是阻碍缩小"东盟+3"经济发展水平差距的重要因素。