Are instructional design elements being used in module writing?

This paper discusses the elements of instructional design (ID) and technical design in module writing. An evaluation instrument was developed to evaluate the modules written by course lecturers from the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. In the study, fifty modules (12%) were selected from the Arts, Science and Engineering courses. The findings of the evaluation showed that instructional modules were weak in a number of elements. The study recommended that multimedia and distance learning strategies should be integrated in the learning activities. Post-test and pre-test may be considered to make the learning modules more self-contained, self-instructional, and interactive. Courses on distance learning theories, instructional design and development, media selection, media attributes, multimedia production, media integration, utilisation and management in distance and open learning may help course writers to write better modules. The Centre needs to have a standard guideline for module writing. The present guidelines need to be improved to include other ID and technical elements in module writing.     

新疆引进外商直接投资技术溢出效应研究

随着知识经济的日益发展,科学技术进一步成为一个地区或乃至一个国家经济发展的决定性因素之一。新疆作为一个欠发达地区,自身技术创新能力有限,因此应利用后发优势促进生产技术水平的提高。外商直接投资作为外来技术溢出的主要途径对新疆科技进步如何影响,是值得进一步研究和探讨的课题。采用1990—2010年新疆引进外商直接投资与技术进步的时间序列数据进行实证分析,得出结论是:外商直接投资通过示范效应、关联效应与职工培训效应等渠道,对新疆科技发展起到推进作用;与此同时,对社会经济增长、就业率提高的作用也不能忽视。     

基于主成份分析与聚类分析的新疆城市化发展水平综合评价

在新疆城市化发展状况的基础上,从经济、社会、人口三个方面设计14个地区的城市化水平综合评价指标体系,运用主成份分析与聚类分析对这些地区的城市化水平进行综合评价及聚类,同时为以后的城市化发展提出提高第二三产业就业比重,增加城市人口数量及质量,加快社会基础设施建设与加快生活环境建设等相应的建议.     

Preliminary study on teachers' use of the iPad in bachelor of education program at a private university in Malaysia

This paper examines the status of iPad (1st generation) use as a learning device among primary school teachers enrolled in an undergraduate bachelor of education program at a private university in Malaysia. A survey was conducted on 93 teachers who were given iPads to assist them in this online distance-learning program in the March 2011 semester. The result of the survey indicate that iPad has effective technical features and pedagogical tools that assisted the teachers in learning, particularly due to its lightweight, responsive touch-screen, text legibility as well as other mobility features. However, the tablet is highly dependent on the Internet and areas with no Wi-Fi make the iPad inadequate for teaching and learning. Regardless, most teachers prefer to use iPad compared to laptops for teaching and learning activities and believe that iPad is a good learning device to collaborate and share ideas among fellow users.     

塔吉克族学生语言使用情况调查研究

对塔县内外的塔吉克族学生语言使用情况进行了抽样调查,总结出因家庭居住地、周围语言环境、受教育条件和年龄结构不一样等原因,塔吉克族学生的母语、维吾尔语、汉语三种语言及三种双语使用呈现出较大的差别。社会要通过大力推进双语教育,提高塔吉克族学生国语水平,从而争取塔吉克族学生之间各种语言平衡发展。     

我国古代体育史研究的当代形态与学术超越——读王俊奇教授《中国古代体育文化》有感

我国古代体育史研究的当代形态折射出了我国体育史研究的现状,主要体现在问题化形态下我国古代体育史史料的文本回归和理论化形态下我国古代体育史论域的视界融合.面对古代体育史研究的当代形态,我国古代体育史研究在现实紧张与理论紧张中寻求突围,实现我国古代体育史研究的学术超越.     

大众媒介、足球与神话——传播学视野下的批判性解读

大众媒介在商业利益的驱动下利用其在公共领域内的话语权,将足球这一影响广泛的大众文化形式神话化,使其成为大众媒介体育信息传播的主体,导致体育受众享受多元体育信息的权利被剥夺,同时也使得大众媒介的体育传播行为在商业逻辑的主导下发生了畸变.给体育事业的健康发展造成了一定程度的危害.     

全国少数民族传统体育运动会理论研究应走出"现代化"误区

以往对全国少数民族传统体育运动会(简称民运会)理论研究较多陷入如何追寻"现代化"发展之路的误区,主张民族传统体育按照西方体育模式加以改造.文化相对论认为应在世界体育环境中认清民运会及民族传统体育独特价值.人类学整体观则将民运会的研究,置于中华民族传统体育相对宏观的背景之中,拒绝孤立地分析.跨文化比较的方法论,主张确立"他者"观念,将民运会在横向和纵向上与其他形态的民族传统体育进行全方位比较.