Consensus among stakeholders about success factors and indicators for quality of online and blended learning in adult education: a Delphi study

Quality models for online and blended learning (OBL) have mainly been developed in higher education. The literature indicates that these models are often conceptualised from the providers’ perspective. What is important for the quality of OBL from the students’ perspective has recently received increased attention in the literature. Consensus among stakeholders about students’ quality needs is useful to support dialogue between professionals to strategically adopt OBL and to ensure that the needs of students are met. This study aims to validate a quality instrument for OBL, taking a set of 74 quality indicators and analysing them in terms of seven success factors (credibility, accessibility, transparency, flexibility, interactivity, personalisation, productivity). The Delphi method was selected as most suited. Participants from adult education were asked to indicate on a 7-point Likert scale to what extent the indicators add to OBL quality to meet students’ needs. After four Delphi rounds, the participants agreed on definitions of success factors and 30 indicators. The results are useful for institutions, ministries of education and external quality assessment agencies to assess the quality of OBL and can support institutions to implement improvement actions to ensure that the needs of students are met.     

Competence-based blended learning in building automation: towards a EU curriculum in ‘Domotica’

A competence-based approach was applied to a blended learning on line distance training in the Euroinno EU project aimed at vocational training in building automation. The current paper describes the experience gathered during the learning process and the definition of the curriculum. A number of issues emerged during the sessions concerning regional differences among the various European partners involved in the learning. Refusal to accept e-learning approaches has been considerable among teachers and students in piloting building automation courses, and mainly related to four factors in the tradition of adult education: curriculum tradition, oral tradition, lack of confidence in technical solutions to educational matters and lack of experience with the media.     

英语学科素质教育的关键-情感因素

进行英语学科素质教育的关键是学习者拥有良好的心理素质，其中起决定性作用的是焦虑和动机。文章以此为出发点，探讨如何更好地达到培养高素质人才的目标。     

藏族大学生的民族认同及其影响因素研究

藏族大学生的民族认同主要包括主流化认同、积极的民族认同以及消极的民族认同等三方面；藏族大学生民族认同的不同方面其影响因素互有差异，但总体而言，汉族朋友的数量、学习汉语的时间、父母的民族身份以及汉族的接受性等影响藏族大学生的民族认同；除了消极的民族认同与整合的化适应策略之间不存在相关外，民族认同的其他维度与化适应的其他维度之间都存在显的相关。     

党的十六大对社会主义初级阶段收入分配理论的丰富和发展

十六大报告中关于收入分配的论述立意深远。内涵丰富,充满了新思想、新观念、新论断。本文拟就按生产要素分配原则;效率优先,兼顾公平原则;“调高、扩中、提低”战略等方面来论述十六大报告对社会主义初级阶段收入分配理论的丰富和发展。     

开放型问题的解法

开放型问题有利于培养学生的思维能力和创新能力,作者就三种类型的开放型问题作简单归纳。     

网上信任评价模型及其因素研究

缺乏信任被认为是电子商务潜能充分发挥的主要障碍之一。在国外信任实证研究的基础上,提出了网上信任研究的拓扑结构,并分别阐述了这一模型中信任前因、信任表现因子及信任结果的构成要素。     

汉语重叠理据(二)——重叠的制约因素

汉语中有丰富的重叠现象 ,但又并非所有的词语在所有的场合都能重叠 ,“为什么这样重叠而不那样重叠”的制约因素有 :词性、词的内部构造、语用心理、语体色彩、句式等     

基于MATLAB的模糊控制器设计及其性能分析

本文首先介绍了模糊控制器的工作原理，并对一典型的二阶系统设计了模糊控制器。用MATLAB对所设计的控剞器进行了仿真验证，并详细分析了比例因子对模糊控制器性能的影响。     

情感因素与儿童外语学习

情感因素是影响儿童外语学习的最重要的因素。儿童的学习动机、焦虑和自尊直接影响着外语学习的成功与否；而社会环境与学校环境又左右着儿童的不同情感的形成。借用人本主义教学理念，引导帮助儿童发展健康情感．是儿童外语教学活动成功的重要保证。