Social Constructivism and Asynchronous Text-Based Discussion: A Case Study with Trainee Teachers

The paper reports a case study using asynchronous text-based discussion. It considers the role of the tutor and discusses the extent to which online discussions can facilitate social constructivist approaches to instruction and the creation of knowledge. Participants were 17 trainee teachers studying on a post graduate teaching course. The asynchronous text-based discussion (using e-blackboard) focused on planning for progression in children's learning in history and culminated in the trainee teachers writing individual assignments on the topic. The paper analyses the different types of contributions made and reports on the trainees' evaluations of the benefits and limitations of using e-blackboard. It concludes with recommendations and areas for further research.     

在线课程质量观和质量要素的质性研究--基于专家、实践者和学习者的视角

本文采用扎根理论研究方法,通过对学术专家、实践者和学习者三类相关群体的访谈,调查高等教育和继续教育在线课程相关人群关于在线课程的质量观与对质量构成的认识,探索在线课程质量框架与要素,以期为促进人们对在线课程质量的共识,为改进和优化现有在线课程质量标准提供参考。研究通过对20位受访者累计22万字访谈文本的编码分析,发现四种质量观--服务质量观、系统性质量观、目标性质量观和增值性质量观,并定义出设计开发与实施运行两大类的九个在线课程质量要素--课程目标、课程内容、学习过程、学习支持服务、学习评价、媒体与技术环境、实施效果、改进发展和社会影响。其中,课程目标、学习内容与实施效果被定义为核心要素。本文基于TF-IDF关键词统计方法对三类群体的在线课程质量观差异进行了分析,并结合已有远程教育质量观和在线课程质量标准相关成果对本研究发现和定义的在线课程质量观、质量框架和质量要素进行了讨论与反思。     

回归课程本质：大学在线课程的质量管理

随着慕课回归大学,大学在线课程迅速发展。由于教学对象不同,慕课与大学在线课程的质量目标产生差异———前者需满足消费者需求,而后者则以促进学生发展、实现学校人才培养目标为质量目标。文章从课程本质出发,阐述大学在线课程作为学校课程体系的重要组成,必须有明确目标和有效组织的教学活动。高校应强化管理,通过制定质量标准、对关键质量控制点实施保障和开展审核与评价等举措,确保大学在线课程质量和人才培养质量。     

在职教师网上学习困难之调查报告

网上学习为在职教师提供了一种灵活的进修机会,促进了教师终身学习的发展。然而,通过几年的实践,学员们在这一新的学习模式下会产生哪些困难呢?本研究以华东师范大学网络教育学院在职进修教师为样本,采用网上问卷调查的方法,旨在探讨在职教师网上学习的主要困难及影响因素。本研究收回的有效问卷为196份。研究发现,教师网上学习的困难包括基础设施条件、操作技能、资源,以及个人等方面,影响网上学习主要因素包括网上教师水平、网上学习环境、网上学习支持等等。根据在职教师网上学习困难的综合分析,作者提出了一系列改进网络教学的策略性建议,可供网上教学工作者参考。     

Enhancing the facilitation of online groups in higher education: a review of the literature on face-to-face and online group-facilitation

There still appears to be a gap between what online learning promises and what it can deliver in terms of student learning. Developments in online pedagogies and professional learning appear to lag behind the developments in technology and the promised benefits of technological transformation may not be realised. In this paper, we bring together perspectives that highlight vital aspects of online group-learning by reviewing the group-facilitation literature and the latest online learning literature to interrogate the pedagogical theories and practices currently used in online group-learning in higher education. We specifically focus on the interpersonal interactions between teachers and students, which are described in the online learning literature using the terms instructor immediacy, teaching presence, and social presence. We note differences in the literature regarding how teacher presence is interpreted and enacted and we expound the importance of the personal characteristics of the online teacher. Finally, we provide some signposts that might help course designers and teachers to improve online group learning: the intentional use of effective online learning pedagogies; a deeper understanding of what constitutes teacher presence; and strategies to enact that teacher presence with online groups. Recommendations for further research in online group facilitation are provided.     

联机编目的质量保证机制建设

编目是图书馆一项基础性和关键性的工作，做好编目工作是图书馆实现计算机管理的基础，计算机和网络技术的发展促进了编目工作的现代化，网上联机编目则是其必然结果。而联机编目必须构建相应的质量保证机制。     

基于双边市场理论的网上技术市场定价策略

通过分析国内外主要网上技术市场的盈利模式,基于双边市场理论研究网上技术市场在3种不同收费方式下追求垄断平台利润最大化和社会福利最大化2种视角下的定价策略。在分析比较各种定价策略的基础上,得出垄断平台下网上技术市场建设初期应在社会福利最大化视角下制定价格策略,而随着平台发展成熟,应在平台利润最大化视角下制定价格策略的结论,并给出3种不同收费方式下网上技术市场具体的定价策略。     

New Media/Internet Research Topics of the Association of Internet Researchers

This study summarizes prior reviews of new media and Internet research, and the growth of the term Internet in academic publications and online newsgroups. It then uses semantic network analysis to summarize the interests and concepts of an interdisciplinary group of Internet researchers, as represented by session titles and paper titles and abstracts from the 2003 and 2004 Association of Internet Researchers conferences. In both years, the most frequent words appearing in the paper abstracts included Internet, online, community, social, technology, and research. The 2003 papers emphasized topics such as the social analysis/research of online/Internet communication, community, and information, with particular coverage of access, individuals, groups, digital media, culture; role and process in e-organizations; and world development. The 2004 papers emphasized topics such as access; news and social issues; the role of individuals in communities; user-based studies; usage data; and blogs, women, and search policy, among others.     

关注“非物质遗产”:从博物馆定义看科技藏品/展品的价值与表达

国际博协2007年的博物馆定义,将教育确定为博物馆的首要目的,将征集、保护、研究、传播并展出的对象规定为“人类及人类环境的物质及非物质遗产”。从这一视角分析,科技藏品/展品最重要的价值在于它所承载的自然、科技、历史和文化信息;科技博物馆基于科技藏品/展品的研究、传播与展示设计的基本出发点,是以“科学教育”为目标,揭示其中的“非物质科学文化遗产”,即“物”与“人”的关系。     

科技期刊在线审稿系统应用中的问题及对策

为缩短审稿时间,降低出版时滞,许多科技期刊编辑部相继建立了在线审稿系统.分析科技期刊在线审稿系统应用中存在的问题,并提出对策.