Modern distance education refers to the educational form that students and teachers, students and educational institutions mainly use various media means to carry out systematic teaching and communication in distance education. It is a new form of education with the development of modern information technology, and it is the main means to build people's lifelong learning system in the era of knowledge economy.
Compared with traditional face-to-face education, distance education has several remarkable characteristics: during the whole learning period, teachers and students are quasi-permanently separated; Educational institutions or organizations exert influence on students' learning through learning materials and support services; Use various technical media to contact teachers and students and carry the course content; Provide two-way communication; During the whole study period, there will be no study group in a quasi-permanent way, and students will mainly study in their personal capacity, with necessary meetings for social and teaching purposes.
It is generally believed that distance education has experienced three generations: the first generation is correspondence education; The second generation is radio and television education; The basic feature of the third generation is to use computer network and multimedia technology to carry out teaching activities in the digital signal environment, which is called "modern distance education". The outstanding characteristics of modern distance education are: it is really not limited by space and time; The object of education is extended to the whole society; There are more abundant teaching resources for the educated to choose from; The teaching form has changed from teaching to learning.
2. What is the difference between distance learning and school learning?
A: The biggest feature of distance education is that learners are not limited by time and space, and they can choose their own study place and time, which provides good learning opportunities and convenient conditions for on-the-job personnel to study part-time while working locally. Therefore, it is different from the traditional school face-to-face education, mainly in the following aspects:
First of all, teachers and students in a school are relatively separated in time and space, which requires scholars to study mainly with the help of various media teaching resources and networks under the guidance of teachers, which puts higher demands on the teaching resources, guidance and services provided by the school, and also requires students to have the ability to use teaching media resources and information technology.
Secondly, due to the lack of campus environment in traditional schools, this learning method mainly does not take the form of face-to-face instruction by teachers, but provides an environment for online teaching and learning guidance, requiring students to focus on autonomous learning. Therefore, learners should establish the concept of autonomous learning and collaborative learning, gradually improve their autonomous learning ability and adapt to the methods and habits of distance learning, and give play to their own personalized learning characteristics. In fact, excellent students trained by distance education often have stronger self-learning ability than those trained by traditional classrooms.
Third, although distance learning lacks face-to-face communication between students and teachers, it needs to establish an interactive environment between teachers and students. The development of network has created such real-time or non-real-time communication conditions. It is very convenient to communicate by email, BBS and group discussion. Learners should take the initiative to get help, solve various problems in learning, broaden their horizons and strengthen their connection with society.
3. What are the advantages of modern distance education?
In traditional school teaching methods, only a few people can really enjoy the best teacher service, while modern distance education enables anyone to enjoy excellent educational resources! The main features are as follows:
1), flexible and effective anytime, anywhere, and active learning by individuals;
Where there is a network, you can take online classes! Time and place, whatever you want! Learning no longer conflicts with other activities.
2) Personalized learning
The teaching content is divided into classes/sections. Don't listen to what you understand, and listen to what you don't understand several times until you understand.
3), provide course questions and answers, and provide thoughtful service.
There is a special question-and-answer area for all kinds of courses on the Internet, so you can consult your teacher at any time and get satisfactory answers.
4) Perfect function and simple operation.
Course selection, schedule control, account management, online homework, online testing, online discussion, complete functions and simpler operation.
5) Higher efficiency and lower cost.
Save a lot of traffic, accommodation and precious time, and make learning more efficient.
6) The specialty setting is flexible, which is more suitable for the needs of talents from all walks of life.
Traditional school specialized courses lay particular stress on theory, which has a certain gap with the actual demand of society for talents from all walks of life; However, according to the development of social economy, distance education in colleges and universities will launch popular majors in time to truly meet the needs of professionals in all walks of life.
Therefore, distance education is the best way for on-the-job personnel to learn!
4. Can this learning method guarantee the learning quality?
At present, the pilot universities that can carry out distance education are all well-known domestic universities approved by the Ministry of Education, with educational resources and teachers' guarantee. However, due to the separation of teachers and students in distance education in time and space, learning support service has become a key factor to ensure learning quality. The Ministry of Education attaches great importance to the construction of learning support services in distance education. On the one hand, it issues normative documents and policies on learning support services, on the other hand, it actively promotes the construction of public service system for distance education to ensure the unity, standardization and professionalism of learning support services. The Open Distance Education Center is responsible for the specific operation of the "Public Service Body of Distance Education of Central Radio and TV University", which is the first public service system project approved by the Ministry of Education. There are also many successful experiences abroad for reference. So this way of learning can ensure the quality of learning.
5. How to take the entrance examination when applying for distance education with college degree?
Under the requirements of the relevant policies of the Ministry of Education, distance education is an independent enrollment and examination for colleges and universities, and colleges and universities will arrange entrance examinations according to their own training requirements and teaching conditions. But this kind of exam is a level exam, not a merit-based exam. Mainly to understand students' basic knowledge and learning ability, so as to ensure that students can adapt to the requirements of their major after entering school, and also to understand students' learning ability with the help of network and multimedia, so as to help students learn in a targeted manner. Most schools adopt the examination strategy of "lenient entry and strict exit". As long as they meet the basic learning conditions, it won't be too difficult to enter school. In addition, if you meet the relevant regulations, you can also enter the school without examination.
6. What are the diplomas and degree certificates of distance education?
According to the relevant documents of the Ministry of Education, colleges and universities that offer distance education with the approval of the Ministry of Education have the right to run schools independently, make plans independently, enroll students independently, take entrance examinations independently, and decide what diplomas to award independently. All majors offered can be awarded degrees. These diplomas and degrees are officially recognized by the state and participate in the online "electronic certification registration" of national academic diplomas.
7. Can I participate in "online education" without a computer and network?
Many students are concerned about this problem. Most of them think that there is no computer at home and work place or it is inconvenient to surf the Internet, so they can't participate in the study of online colleges in colleges and universities. Actually, not necessarily. Learning centers all over the country will provide corresponding online classrooms, related equipment and counseling environment. Therefore, it is difficult and inconvenient for students to surf the Internet by themselves. They can go to the learning center to study online or participate in distance education in colleges and universities. In addition, not all learning links are online. Only when you get teaching information, browse new learning materials, hand in homework, answer questions, discuss or need to communicate online, you need to study online, and there will be teachers' guidance, text textbooks and other books and multimedia materials. Don't worry about this.
8. Can all colleges and universities in China run "online education"?
"Actively developing modern distance education" is an important national policy of China during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period. In order to ensure the teaching level and quality of distance education, all institutions that want to carry out modern distance education, recruit students from the society and issue diplomas at this stage must be approved by the Ministry of Education. At present, there are 68 pilot universities approved by the Ministry of Education to carry out modern distance education. These approved institutions are all national key universities with strong educational strength in China. At the same time, the Ministry of Education will make adjustments according to the annual assessment. (See the website of the Ministry of Education for the list of modern distance education pilot universities approved by the Ministry of Education. )
9. What problems should I pay attention to when choosing an online university?
This problem may involve many aspects. To put it simply, first of all, you should choose the majors you are interested in according to your own wishes and needs, and define the scope of the school through these majors;
Secondly, different from traditional university education, modern distance education especially emphasizes the integration of traditional university teaching resources, teaching experience and network technology, which depends on whether the teaching resources are rich and the methods provided are easy to obtain and learn;
Third, we should pay special attention to whether the learning support service of distance education in colleges and universities is guaranteed. For distance education, learning support service is very important for students to successfully complete their studies. Distance open education centers approved by the Ministry of Education and open learning centers all over the country can provide refined and standardized services to help students complete their studies.
10. What cognitive changes are needed to participate in distance education?
With the formation of information society, learning society and the arrival of knowledge economy era, education is undergoing profound changes. Learning in distance open education needs to change one's learning concept and understanding.
Although there is less time for face-to-face instruction and higher requirements for autonomous learning, you can improve your learning ability through this new form of learning.
In the information society, people's living and working environment is changing faster and faster, and they need to face the emerging new knowledge and technology. One-off school education is increasingly unable to meet the lifelong social needs of individuals. Only by continuous learning can we keep up with the rhythm of life and work. Therefore, people are more and more aware that lifelong learning will accompany them all their lives.
Modern distance open education provides equal learning opportunities for all learners, making higher education no longer a right enjoyed by a few people, but a basic condition for individual survival. The opening of educational resources, educational objects and educational time and space provides the possibility for lifelong learning for the masses.
● Receiving education is not only about learning knowledge, but more importantly, learning to learn, cultivating good study habits and mastering the learning skills necessary for further study. Learning to use modern information technology for autonomous learning is very beneficial to continuously acquire knowledge and improve education level in the future.
1 1. What is the development prospect of online education?
The development of modern distance education has become a global trend. In order to solve the shortage of educational resources and realize resource sharing, many governments regard the development of modern distance education as an important strategic decision, make special plans and organize their implementation. Distance education has become an important educational means and development direction of schools at all levels, and it is also an important knowledge management model of enterprises.
At present, 100 countries have developed modern distance education. Almost all governments in developed and developing countries have formulated corresponding policies, so that distance education can be used in primary schools, middle schools and even universities. Virtual universities have also appeared in some enterprises, which may be an important symbol of world-class enterprises in 2 1 century. As a model of distance education, the Open University of Britain, as assessed by the British University Grants Committee, ranks 10/0 in the teaching quality of basic subjects and 27th in the scientific research level, which is remarkable. This shows that the development prospect of distance education is bright.
Distance education in China is in its infancy. According to the data of the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), at the beginning of distance education in 1998, there were only 293 1 students in China, and in 1999, it reached 32,000 students, and in 2003 it reached 2.3 million students, which shows that the scale of modern distance education in China is constantly expanding.
The state attaches great importance to the development of modern distance education as an effective way to solve the shortage of educational resources in China and build a lifelong education system. With the development of new technology and new media, distance education will have greater development.