(2) Fastness
The appearance and development of the Internet has shortened the distance between people and the whole world. The main reason is the rapid spread of the network. Network information spreads at a high speed through the Internet, and its speed and timeliness are strong, even the experts who invented computer networks did not expect it. Because its spread is not limited by time and space, no matter where you are on the earth, as long as you can surf the Internet, you can browse, download and surf at will. It's really "I have the whole world with a net in my hand", and the spread and exchange of information between people completely breaks the limitation of time and space.
(3) Equality
Network teaching mode is a barrier-free open mode and an equal participation teaching mode. Due to the rapid development of computers, the cost of computers is getting lower and lower, and the cost of surfing the Internet is becoming more and more acceptable to civilians. The reduction of cultural participation and information acquisition cost makes it possible for everyone to participate equally. Network teaching mode is a mode of vertical participation, parallel communication, equal relationship and independent choice. On the Internet, whether you are a president, a professor or an ordinary person, whether you are a man or a woman, an old man or a young man, you are treated equally. The network is open to everyone. You can click on your favorite page at will, discuss problems and express your opinions together on a bulletin board. Therefore, the network is a virtual society with no center and full democracy and equality. Because of the equality and autonomy of the network, it meets the multi-level communication needs, greatly broadens the public's horizons and mobilizes the public's enthusiasm for using the network. It is precisely because online teaching is from the public to the public, and it is an equal teaching mode, which is easier to popularize.
interaction
Network teaching mode greatly facilitates students' learning methods. In the process of learning, students do not learn passively, but participate in the process. Students can control the whole process through operation, and they can choose learning contents and methods at will in disorder. The network teaching mode enables students to learn by receiving information, and deepen their understanding through the display of materials and interactive operation. In learning, teachers and students can communicate and interact at will, and teachers can consider both the overall learning needs of students and their individual differences. These advantages are not available in traditional teaching.
Second, the network teaching mode in continuing education
(1) According to whether the teaching content and teaching time are consistent, it can be divided into distance teaching mode and online teaching mode.
The distance network teaching mode in continuing education has completely broken the limitation of time and space, and has broken through the limitation of one-way transmission of the contents of the radio and television distance teaching mode. It has been welcomed by students with the characteristics of interaction, asynchronism, rich resources and convenient use. In this teaching mode, teachers can put the contents of teaching materials, electronic teaching plans, course exercises and the key and difficult points of teaching materials on the Internet, and students can study them repeatedly at any time. Students can see their own learning content anytime and anywhere, and they can study selectively according to their own conditions. This mode is a major online teaching mode in continuing education.
Online network teaching mode refers to the complete synchronization of teachers' lectures and students' learning in online teaching. Teachers can keep abreast of students' learning situation, students can ask their own questions at any time, and teachers can answer them at any time. The website can provide online communication technology for online network teaching and establish a virtual, rich and instant learning and communication place for teachers and students. Online teaching allows students and teachers to interact with each other online, and students can also communicate with each other, so that the problems encountered by students in their study can be solved in time, which truly realizes the sharing of resources and improves the learning effect of students.
(B) According to teachers' teaching methods, it can be divided into individualized teaching mode and online centralized teaching mode.
Online personalized teaching mode is a very common teaching mode in continuing education. Teachers can store textbooks online for learners to download for free. Learners can download the teaching materials to their local computers, and then conduct personalized learning. The biggest advantage of this teaching mode is economy, which can improve learning efficiency. Textbooks can be run across platforms at one time, and thousands of learners can use them almost simultaneously.
The biggest advantage of adopting online centralized teaching mode is to break through the limitation of the number and place of traditional classrooms. Its biggest disadvantage is the lack of atmosphere facing teachers in class, which is also not conducive to mastering students' learning situation. This mode is similar to the traditional teaching mode except that teachers and students don't attend classes in the same place. Students can listen to the teacher at the same time, or have some simple teacher-student interaction. In addition, students should enter questions and feedback information in these teaching content pages, and teachers should make further explanations and responses according to the feedback information of students.
(3) According to students' learning styles, it can be divided into thematic discussion teaching mode and inquiry teaching mode.
There are many ways to realize discussion teaching on the Internet, and the simplest and most practical one is to use the existing BBS. The system has the functions of user management, discussion management, article discussion, real-time discussion, user message, email and so on. This mode is generally monitored by full-time teachers, that is, experts or professional teachers in various fields set up corresponding discussion groups on the website, so that students can speak in their own specific subject areas and comment on other people's views, and everyone's speeches or comments can be seen immediately by all learners who participate in the discussion.
Exploratory teaching mode covers a wide range on the Internet, from simple emails and mailing lists to large and complex learning systems. In this mode, teachers usually draw up some specific questions according to teaching needs, or an educational institution sets up some questions suitable for specific students to solve, and publishes them to students through the Internet for students to answer and learn. At the same time, a large number of information resources related to the problem are provided for students to consult in the process of solving problems. In addition, there are experts who are responsible for helping students who encounter difficulties in the learning process. Helping students is not to tell them the answer directly, but to give them appropriate inspiration or tips.
(d) According to the teaching environment, it is divided into situational teaching mode and practical teaching mode.
Situational learning mode is a main feature of network teaching mode, and network teaching can provide excellent situational teaching mode for students. In network teaching, we can use network technology and virtual reality technology to build a realistic and vivid network learning scene, and put students in real situations, thus creating an immersive feeling, so that students can learn easily and master what they have learned happily. The practical teaching mode is mainly to provide space and atmosphere for students' practical activities, guide students to participate in teaching practical activities in person, promote the combination of theory and practice, apply what they have learned and promote their application by learning. Its advantage is that it can make students receive immediate results for their own use.
(5) According to the horizontal relationship between disciplines, it can be divided into one-way teaching mode and multiple comprehensive teaching mode.
The single teaching mode is mainly based on disciplines. In network teaching, according to the syllabus of the subject, the corresponding learning content and learning methods are formulated. The content arrangement has a fixed slope according to the learning characteristics of students, and the knowledge is systematic, scientific and normative. The development of science is characterized by multi-disciplinary infiltration. Multi-disciplinary comprehensive teaching mode provides students with multi-disciplinary and multi-environment learning methods. The network can be used to conveniently construct a corresponding "multidisciplinary" learning environment, and the knowledge of this subject and related subjects can be put online, especially some cutting-edge and interdisciplinary knowledge can be put online for students' reference when studying, so that students can obtain information and apply information from various channels and angles. Multi-integration teaching mode has the characteristics of interdisciplinary, paying attention to the connection and intersection between disciplines, which is an important development direction of continuing education.
Third, the advantages of network teaching mode in continuing education
(A) provides a wealth of teaching resources for continuing education.
With the implementation of network teaching, its information resources are three-dimensional in space and cross in content. Its resources come not only from the content or teaching courseware provided by local computers, but also from online information sources distributed all over the world. Teachers and students can quickly get the latest and most comprehensive first-hand information in the world, listen to the lectures of world-class teachers and ask the best experts through offices, libraries, schools and even homes connected to the network. Online teachers can supplement and modify the teaching content anytime and anywhere, and can offer the latest courses or lectures, so that students can get the latest and most urgently needed knowledge from the Internet in time, which is especially suitable for the needs of continuing education.
(B) to provide a variety of teaching forms for continuing education.
In the process of online teaching, various media such as text, graphics, images, audio and even video are integrated, and text and hypertext, concrete and abstract knowledge and information are provided, so that students can link to major databases and other related websites in the world at any time to consult relevant materials. Not only can you get a lot of information, but you can also make students realize that learning from teachers and textbooks is just a kind of learning resource, and you should look for vast resources yourself, so as to give full play to the function of self-education. It expresses the facts and experiences that cannot be expressed by realistic conditions through technical means such as simulation and virtuality, and reveals and transmits them through multimedia, which greatly enriches students' horizons and increases the amount of information they learn in continuing education.
Provide extensive teaching exchanges for continuing education.
In the past, people's communication tools were mainly letters, telephones and faxes, which were often in a passive information acquisition mode. In the network era, with a series of two-way information exchange tools such as e-mail, Telnet, file transfer (FPP), discussion groups (newsgroups), bulletin boards (BBS) and network meetings, both teachers and students can discuss and communicate with colleagues or classmates in one country, many countries or all over the world at any time. Teachers or other learners carry out full interaction and cooperation activities in order to get help from teachers and other students in time, and this kind of communication can be carried out many times without time constraints, thus creating greater possibilities for collaborative learning. It is not only fast, but also low cost, completely breaking the barriers of space and time.
Provide advanced teaching methods for continuing education.
Carry out network teaching and make full use of modern information technology such as network technology, multimedia technology and computer technology. While absorbing the advantages of traditional teaching methods such as slides, projection and other media, network teaching makes up for their shortcomings, integrates the characteristics of many modern media and effectively optimizes teaching methods by using various media means. Through online teaching, you can also hire the best teachers in the world to teach. In order to improve the teaching effect, you can also let several teachers teach a course separately, so that each teacher can talk about what he is best at, thus optimizing teaching resources and making continuing education achieve good results.
Provide personalized teaching environment for continuing education.
The diversity of network environment provides a broad development space for personalized teaching. Both teachers and students can teach and learn according to their own needs, thus making personalized education possible. Network teaching is not limited by time and place. Learners can choose learning content, make learning plans, determine learning progress and choose learning methods according to their own interests, knowledge structure, work needs and time, which highlights students' individual needs and characteristics, thus creating conditions for those who are limited by working hours, residence, age and family to continue their education.
(6) Providing a repeatable learning process for continuing education.
Because the information of online teaching exists in the electronic form of text, hypertext and so on, the reproduction of information is simple, fast and economical, and a disk can store a lot of learning content. Online teaching can save students' book expenses and class time, and electronic teaching plans and teaching courseware can be used or copied many times, so that students can reproduce the teaching process according to their own learning situation. Online learning can greatly simplify students' unnecessary learning process in continuing education and free them from heavy learning tasks, thus reducing their learning burden and improving their learning efficiency.