I. The meaning of open education and correspondence education
1. Open education is an ideal way to realize resource sharing in one school and multiple districts and mutual recognition of credits between schools. It is a beneficial exploration of the integration of teachers' academic qualifications and non-academic qualifications, and the connection and communication before and after service. It is also the starting point for the integration of traditional education and online education to build a mixed learning model.
2. Correspondence education is a kind of distance education activity by means of communication. Students are mainly taught by correspondence, supplemented by face-to-face instruction. Teaching links include self-taught textbooks, face-to-face tutoring, exchange of questions and answers, concentrated experiments, internships, evaluation assignments, stage tests, final exams or exams, graduation design or writing papers.
Second, the characteristics of open education and correspondence education
1, the characteristics of open education
(1) You don't need to take the adult college entrance examination to verify admission;
(2) The teaching points are all around, so you can study on demand nearby;
(3) Implement a complete credit system, register once, the validity period of student status is 8 years, and the minimum study period is 2 and a half years;
(4) The learning method is flexible and convenient, and students can choose their own learning time and method, thus solving the contradiction between work and study;
(5) Students' autonomous learning is the main factor, supplemented by teachers' guidance and examinations;
(6) Real-time and non-real-time learning can be realized mainly by relying on modern educational technologies such as computer network learning platform and multimedia courseware;
(7) The tuition fee is low, and the payment is based on credits, so the learning burden is light.
2. The characteristics of correspondence education
(1) Students study independently under the written guidance of teachers, make full use of their spare time, and study according to the correspondence teaching plan and syllabus;
(2) The learning form is flexible, which not only adapts to the learning of employees in many mobile departments such as railways, highways, geology and water conservancy, but also adapts to the learning of employees with special working conditions and housework;
(3) The specialty setting is highly targeted and practical, and students do not study full-time and get quick results;
(4) With less money, we can make full use of existing teachers and various teaching facilities without building new school buildings.
Third, the teaching methods of open education and correspondence education
1. Teaching method of open education: Learning mainly uses written teaching materials, logs on to the remote online teaching platforms of Central Radio and TV University and Yunnan Radio and TV University through the Internet, requests and downloads online teaching resources at any time for autonomous learning, and can interact with teachers and classmates to ask questions, discuss and communicate at ordinary times.
2. Correspondence teaching method: Self-study is the main method at ordinary times, and face-to-face instruction is arranged about 3 times per academic year, 10 day or half a month. Face-to-face teaching time is usually winter and summer vacation. Some students are usually busy and may not have time to go to class. They can teach themselves at home and adjust their spare time so that they can arrange time to go to school when they concentrate on face-to-face lectures.