Southern agency and digital education: an ethnography of open online learning in Dili,Timor-Leste

ABSTRACT

This ethnography, based on fieldwork in Dili, Timor-Leste between 2015 and 2017, adopts an orthodox sociological theorising of agency to investigate the ways in which people in Dili negotiate the numerous interacting structural barriers to digital education. Having identified a lack of attention to learner agency in the literature on the promotion and adoption of MOOCs and OER in the Global South (King, Pegrum, and Forsey [2018]. ‘MOOCs and OER in the Global South: Problems and Potential’. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 19 (5): 2–20. doi:10.19173/irrodl.v19i5.3742), the paper addresses Connell’s [(2008). Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin] influential criticism of the imbalances in global knowledge production, and explores the parallels in technologically enhanced learning. A new concept- Southern agency- is developed through the stories of three Timorese students and their engagement with digital education, focussing on the influences of local infrastructure, family, literacies and the colonial legacy. The paper highlights the need for more extensive research into local practices of learning with technologies and advocates Southern agency as a heuristic device to gain valuable insights into the lived experience of Southern learners.     

慕课在国内外的发展与运行现状

慕课平台发展至今,已受到国内外政府、企业、高校以及学者的广泛关注。自美国学者推出慕课教育理念以后,全球教育资源共享不再遥不可及。本文通过调研国内外慕课平台建设、课程设置和教学管理等,发现相比国外平台建设与运行现状,国内慕课平台大多处在建设阶段,其教学管理制度、课程设置与质量监控等仍在探索阶段。     

基于MOOCs的高校通识课翻转课堂教学模式探索

慕课是一种新的教学模式,针对目前高校通识课程选修课中存在的问题,创造性地将MOOCs和翻转课堂相辅相成地融合到通识课程教学中,给高校通识课程教学建设和改革提供了新的发展机遇,这将促进通识教育选修课程资源建设、建立师生新型的“授”与“学”的沟通关系,将“学”的主动性交给学生,构建合理的考核方案,促进整个通识课程教学环节的水平提升。     

MooCs与SPOC的比较及发展方向

为了实现信息技术与教育的深度融合,从而实现"互联网+教育",本文首先分析了MOOCs、SPOC的内涵,并对两者的差异性进行梳理。在此基础上提出未来发展方向:搭配混合式教学、加强教学资源开发、转变教学角色。     

Who is taking MOOCs for teachers’ professional development on the use of ICT? A cross-sectional study from Spain

ABSTRACT

Research on the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for teacher professional development (TPD) and the characteristics of their participants is scarce. This article presents a case of a MOOC initiative supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education aiming at teachers’ professional development on the use of ICT for teaching and learning. The analysis is focused on (a) the sociodemographic and school characteristics of the teachers participating in MOOCs; (b) their experience and beliefs about lifelong learning; and (c) the relevance of MOOCs for their work. By contrasting the characteristics of the participants in this initiative with the characteristics of the whole population of teachers in Spain, and a sample of Spanish participants in MOOCs not aimed at TPD, the article sheds light on the specificities of the teachers who use this way of TPD. The results have implications for the design of programmes aimed to develop MOOCs for TPD.     

MOOCs与SPOCs：在线课程发展的不同路径与共同问题

MOOCs掀起了一场世界范围的教育技术海啸。然而,MOOCs也给教育界带来至少三个方面的压力,即阻碍提高个性化教学质量目标的实现、阻碍技术本身内在教育价值的实现、影响大学教育的本质功能等．SPOCs是小型的、私人的、在线的课程,可以说在一定程度上改善和重塑MOOCs效果,并受到了哈佛大学等众多知名大学的大力支持。对MOOCs与SPOCs从课程规模、课程开放程度、课程收费、机构盈利、商业模式、课程要素、学分认证、证书获取等方面进行比较,可以发现SPOCs在提高个性化质量、提供优质和可持续的课程、实现技术内在教育价值、提供完整在线课程等方面具有优势。MOOCs与SPOCs发展也面临共同的问题与质疑,比如,传统课堂中诸如小组讨论和教师面对面交流等种种因素会导致MOOCs的失败：MOOCs转移了教师提高学校教育质量的注意力;M00Cs将会减少教师的数目和教学方法的多样性等。     

Web挖掘技术支持的在线视频学习资源智能化管理——来自VOD的应用实践

针对教育视频点播系统等在线学习资源的访问用户剧增和点播效率低下这一突出的矛盾,通过对视频点播系统的智能化视频分类算法的研究和优化,寻求如何通过Web数据挖掘来提高VOD系统的整体功能和服务质量的途径,同时在实现智能化点播信息的排序系统中加强系统的交互性,以改善VOD系统的运行和维护难度,提高站点的工作效率,加速和优化视频点播系统的教育教学应用,为席卷全国高校的MOOCs热等在线开放网络课程建设提供借鉴和支持。     

“慕课”冲击与高等教育厘革趋向——应用型高等院校课程建设研究探微

慕课(MOOCs)起源于基于互联网的开放课程,以其大规模、自组织、个性化、社会性和免费开放等新型课程优势,成为跨越时空的超级课程、聚合能量的巨型课程。慕课强烈地冲击与挑战着传统课程体系,颠覆着传统的高等教育模式。网络化的学习潮流,探索出一个新的学习前沿,带来一场新的学习革命。当下,中国大学到了自我转型升级的关键时刻,课程改革势在必行!     

A phenomenology of learning large: the tutorial sphere of xMOOC video lectures

The current discourse surrounding Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is powerful. Despite their rapid and widespread deployment, research has yet to confirm or refute some of the bold claims rationalizing the popularity and efficacy of these large-scale virtual learning environments. Also, MOOCs’ reputed disruptive, game-changing potential for education remains unsubstantiated. A sober counterbalance is needed, in particular, via attending to students’ everyday accounts of the complex realities of learning in these massive online courses. This article reports on an exploratory, phenomenological study of the xMOOC learning experience. Our interest was not the xMOOC experience of students in general, but in its singular, lived particularities. What we discovered was a unique and intimate tutorial sphere that seemed to develop for some xMOOC students in the context of the video lectures, an experience sometimes marked by a sense of fandom surround.     

MOOCs的兴起及图书馆的角色

大规模开放在线课程(MOOCs)的出现是近年来高等教育领域的热点话题。本文回顾国内外MOOCs的发展现状,分析MOOCs与第一代网络公开课的区别,重点探讨图书馆在MOOCs浪潮中扮演的五种主要角色:版权顾问、信息素养培训师、多媒体制作指导师、学习场所提供者、课程内容提供者。MOOCs发展面临完成率低、交互指导缺失、评分手段不足等问题,以及诚信保证、课程标准与评估机制、可持续发展的商业模式等挑战。图书馆员应采取积极的态度参与到MOOCs的发展中。表1。参考文献33。