Netizen: I read the news recently and learned that China Central Radio and TV University is going to build a national open university. How does it feel? Old wine in new bottles? I wonder what is the essential difference between the two.
Expert: The Outline of the National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan (20 10-2020) clearly puts forward the key points. Run the open university well? The establishment of the National Open University is an important strategic measure to implement the Outline of Education Planning and promote education reform and development.
The National Open University is a new type of institution of higher learning supported by modern information technology directly under the Ministry of Education, which mainly provides long-distance open education for adults. Compared with the former Central Radio and TV University, it is superior, new and super TV University in the following eight aspects.
First, in the purpose of running a school. The National Open University is established for all members of society, making full use of modern information technology, aiming to make all members of society share high-quality educational resources, meet the diverse learning needs of ordinary people and promote educational equity. Emphasis is placed on adapting to the needs of national economic and social development and people's all-round development, promoting the construction of lifelong education system, promoting the formation of a learning society with all-people learning and lifelong learning, and realizing the learning ideal that everyone can learn anytime and anywhere.
The second is in terms of mission. The National Open University not only pursues the formation of an institution of higher learning, but also carries out academic education. Education compensation? It also emphasizes that it is a new university, emphasizing the gathering, integration and sharing of high-quality educational resources, emphasizing both academic continuing education and non-academic continuing education, vigorously developing non-academic continuing education, steadily developing academic continuing education, promoting the deep integration of modern information technology and distance open education, adapting to the needs of lifelong education system construction, and building lifelong learning? Overpass? .
The third is the concept of running a school. The National Open University emphasizes not only the openness of running a school, but also the responsibility, quality, diversification and internationalization. Emphasize opening to all members of society and provide educational opportunities and convenient services for everyone who has the desire and ability to learn; Pay special attention to the educational needs of grassroots, rural areas, border areas and ethnic minority areas, assume social responsibilities, and promote educational equity; Pay more attention to the consciousness that quality is the lifeline, integrate high-quality educational resources, strengthen process assurance and form quality brands through modern information technology means; Emphasis is placed on adapting to the trend of diversification of learning subjects and learning needs, and providing different levels, forms and types of educational services for different learning subjects; Pay more attention to learning from international experience, expand international space and enhance international influence.
Fourth, in the mode of running a school. The National Open University emphasizes not only running schools by itself, but also supporting and participating in running schools by various social forces, cooperating in running schools and participating in society. The National Open University explores the establishment of various support and cooperation alliances, and cooperates with many domestic universities to improve the ability and level of running schools. Cooperate with many industry associations, introduce industry qualification certificates, and strengthen on-the-job adult education and training. Strengthen cooperation with a number of large enterprises? Double-qualified? Construction of teaching staff, specialty and curriculum. Cooperate with many central cities to promote the construction of learning cities. Form a school-running system with the participation of the government, universities and society, and the society will run the national open university.
Fifth, in the framework structure and operation mechanism. Structurally, the system of the National Open University will be more complete and closely linked, consisting of headquarters, branches, colleges and learning centers. The National Open University will establish its headquarters based on the Central Radio and TV University. Voluntary, equal and win-win cooperation? Based on the principle of establishing branch schools in provincial TV universities, and in accordance with the unified setting standards of the National Open University, colleges and learning centers are established by each branch school relying on prefecture-level TV universities and county-level TV universities. The National Open University has its own internal system, according to? Unified strategy, common platform, resource sharing, relative independence, misplaced development, each with its own characteristics? Operating principle.
Sixth, in terms of technical support and learning mode. The National Open University not only emphasizes radio and television and distance learning, but also emphasizes the full application of modern information technology, especially cloud computing technology, relying on the cloud platform, various network systems and learning terminals of the National Open University's distance open education to realize the informationization of teaching, management, scientific research and service. In terms of learning mode, the National Open University implements the learning system of enrollment, flexible learning, lenient entry and strict exit, and gradually forms a new learning mode combining network-based learner autonomy, distance learning support services and face-to-face teaching.
Seventh, in terms of training objectives and quality assurance. According to the reality of social needs and the nature and characteristics of the National Open University, the National Open University repositions the goal of talent training, adjusts the direction of professional development, reforms the teaching content and learning evaluation system, and establishes a new university talent training model. The National Open University emphasizes not only the quality of general talent training, but also the application, specialty and adaptability, and emphasizes social practice, experimental training, process assurance and quality assurance system.
Eighth, in terms of school attributes and school-running level. The National Open University is a school-running entity and a new type of institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education. It implements distance and open education and has the independent right to run undergraduate courses and award bachelor's degrees. Competing with China Central Radio and TV University? Bachelor's degree awarding major? What are the rules? Students who meet the criteria for awarding academic degrees and the requirements of relevant regulations can obtain degree certificates issued by cooperative universities? .
In short, the Open University is a new type of university that adapts to the needs of national strategic development and the development trend of information technology and is based on the innovation and transformation of radio and television universities. With the establishment of the Open University, the reform and development of RTVU stood at a new historical starting point.
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