Deliberative communication goes to college: the ‘Deliberation Forum’ project as a democratic agent of empowerment for communication students

A new field of research has developed over the last few decades, called ‘Deliberative Communication’. It focuses on the potential contribution of public deliberations to strengthening the foundations of democracy and the promotion of social–political goals and objectives. The current research focuses on a unique case study, the ‘Deliberation Forum’ project, conducted by the Department of Communication at the Yezreel Valley College, Israel. The researcher sought to learn about students' experience of participating in this online forum and the effects they attributed to it, through unstructured interviews she held with them. The students indicated that, for the most part, the experience of participating in the deliberation forum was very positive: it enhanced their self-image as thinking people; strengthened their sense of self-importance as students within the department; developed and reinforced habits of keeping abreast of current affairs as well as critical thinking; and finally, the experience developed and strengthened habits of active participation in pluralistic debates. The study findings indicate that participation in projects of this kind has a clear empowerment potential, while also improving participants' attitude toward public deliberation and decision-making processes.     

‘You want us to teach outdoor education where?’ Reflections on teaching outdoor education online

This article reports on the experiences of two lecturers working at the University of Tasmania required to teach outdoor and sustainability education (O&SE) courses online. Using an (auto)ethonographic case-study approach, the lecturers were interviewed with a view to exploring their perceptions, challenges, ethical dilemmas, tensions, opportunities and experiences in this space. A number of themes emerged, including commitment to quality teaching and learning, the role of experience, and experiential learning, in the online space, the challenge of fostering a connection to place, difficulties faced when trying to develop a learning community, and the role of professional learning and support in terms of pedagogy and technology in the online space. These themes, and their implications for teaching and learning in higher education both generally, and specifically in O&SE, are discussed in light of what is a mounting body of literature exploring the move to online delivery in higher education.     

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.     

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     

在线学习中的多媒体、社会存在和社区(英文)

在在线学习环境中,社区感、社会存在感是影响学生成功和满意度的重要因素。在线学习领域的研究者和实践者越来越关注多媒体工具、富媒体教学方法对在线课堂中社区感、社会存在感的积极影响的有效性。此外,随着在线学习环境越来越多媒体化,计算机媒介学习环境的内在社会障碍可能会越来越少。因此,本文首先调研了相关的理论框架和概念,包括社会存在理论、计算机媒介交流环境中的社区;然后探讨了特定的多媒体方法对于社区建构、社会存在的有效性。     

对突发事件网上舆论若干热点的思考与对策

当前突发事件网上舆论的发展演变与“两新”人员、媒体工作者、社会闲杂人员、网络公关群体以及高校学生等几大网络群体关系密切。因而要重视网上舆论发展趋势中存在的若干最新走向,关注几类网络新技术对网上舆论传播速度、影响深度与传播广度的影响。对此,我们在网上舆论预警、引导和利用网络新技术等方面提出相关对策。     

浅谈网络银行存在的问题

近年来,随着经济的快速发展网络技术逐步融合、渗透到银行业务中,网络银行业务以它快捷和便利的优势逐渐被越来越多的人所接受。诸如,现在许多人都利用支付宝来进行网上购物,而且通过网络进行炒股也变成很平常的事情。但由于我国网络银行起步比较晚,再加上受到内外部诸多因素的影响,网络技术的发展还存在许多问题,有待于我们不断地探索解决。本文阐述了什么是网络银行和网络银行的特点以及网络银行在服务和功能方面,尤其是在网上支服方面存在的问题。