Network teaching platform can be divided into three generations:
1, on-demand teaching platform
In the early stage of online education development, the on-demand teaching platform mainly realized the rapid transmission of teaching resources. Students can request audio and video courseware, consult electronic lesson plans and complete online homework anytime and anywhere. Its main features are courseware-centered, online electronic display of educational resources and emphasis on management.
2. Interactive teaching platform
Instant messaging technology is widely used to provide online and offline teaching support services. The teaching platform integrates video conference system, virtual classroom system, chat tools, BSS discussion system and internal e-mail system, and provides students with services such as learning navigation, online and offline courses, answering questions and counseling, discussion and online self-test, so as to improve the level of teacher-student interaction and the learning effect of students. Its main characteristics are student-centered, strengthening the interactive function of the teaching platform, and emphasizing the timely and effective service for students.
3. Socialized teaching platform
With the rapid development of Internet technology, the strengthening of globalization trend and the proposal of socialization of learning, learners build their own learning networks, including resource networks and partner networks, through social software such as intelligent search engines, RSS aggregation, blogs (using comments, news and citation announcements) and Wiki, and are in a state of continuous improvement and optimization. Its main characteristics are socialization, the sharing and creation of collective wisdom, and the emphasis on socialization of learning.