What is online education?

Network education now refers to modern distance education (also known as network university), which is a new type of education with the development of modern information technology. Online education can earn credits by completing the prescribed course learning tasks and passing the exam. You can graduate if you reach the required total credits, and the academic certificate will be recognized by the state after electronic registration. Students who meet the conditions for degree granting will also receive a bachelor's degree certificate.

In 2007, the Ministry of Education approved 67 key universities nationwide to provide online academic education for pilot universities. Students can arrange their own study time and choose their own study content. There are two major settings: one is the signature major of the university; There is also a popular major with good employment prospects, which pays attention to practicality and is very popular with employers. Network education is a new thing. With the continuous development of online education, it is more and more accepted by society.

Suitable object

Network education requires students to have strong self-control and autonomy, and be able to plan and arrange their studies independently; Suitable for students with "famous school complex", taught by famous teachers and sharing excellent teaching resources of famous schools. Online colleges generally have off-campus learning centers all over the country, and students can sign up for study nearby. Because you can study in your spare time, it is very suitable for improving your classmates while working.

Those with graduation certificates from ordinary high schools, vocational high schools, secondary specialized schools and vocational and technical schools or equivalent academic qualifications can apply for high school starting points and junior college-level studies, and those who have obtained junior college-level diplomas can apply for junior college-level studies.

Learning style

Online universities usually implement flexible academic system, allowing students to freely choose the study period. Network education requires students to have strong self-control and autonomy. Different from the traditional teaching methods, online education mainly means that students click on online courseware (or CD-ROM courseware) to complete the course study, submit homework or communicate with teachers in real time through e-mail, posting, etc., and arrange centralized face-to-face lectures according to the specific situation of students.

Diploma degree

Online education colleges should implement credit system. The validity period of credits and the length of study shall be determined by the school. For students who meet the requirements of undergraduate and junior college graduation, the school will decide what form of graduation certificate to issue after careful study; The academic certificate is printed by the school itself and the electronic registration system is implemented. The registration method shall be stipulated separately. After electronic registration, the state recognizes it.

tuition

According to the regulations of the relevant state departments, students of online education colleges can charge according to the cost of education, and the charging standards and methods are implemented after the school reports to the charging management department where the school is located in accordance with the relevant state regulations. Online education colleges shall not be for profit.

hour of log-on

Online colleges generally enroll students independently twice a year, and students who pass the entrance examination or are exempted from the examination enter school in spring and autumn respectively. /kloc-register for 65438+in spring from October to March; Autumn registration is from June to September. A few online schools enroll students all the year round and can register at any time, such as Renmin University Online Education College, beijing language and culture university Online Education College and Chongqing University Online Education College.

What are the characteristics and advantages of online education?

Compared with other forms of education, online education mainly has the following characteristics and advantages:

(1) Online education has the characteristics of transcending teaching time and space and breaking through time and space restrictions, allowing learners to choose learning content, methods and processes according to their own conditions and needs, which is conducive to solving the contradiction between work and study, and is especially suitable for on-the-job employees to study in their spare time.

(2) Web-based education has rich means and prominent functions of teaching interaction, which can provide an interactive environment and platform for teaching interaction and collaborative learning between students and teachers, and students can obtain the required teaching resources, learning guidance and support services through teaching interaction.

(3) Web-based education has a variety of media learning resources and resource sharing channels, and can provide learners with electronic, digital and other forms of high-quality learning resources through various forms of teaching information transmission such as computers, satellites and telecommunications networks; You can also share the high-quality resources of other universities at home and abroad through the network, and implement a mixed learning mode that combines various media technologies with remote face-to-face instruction, autonomous learning, collaborative learning and other learning methods.

The state attaches great importance to and supports this form of education, with obvious advantages. Network education has become an important form for people to receive continuing education and carry out lifelong learning, and has become the foundation and platform for building a lifelong education system and a learning society.

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, formulate 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 end of 2008, the pilot universities enrolled 6.7 million students, and the annual enrollment scale was close to 1/8 of the national annual enrollment scale, 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. ;