Supported by modern information technology, the National Open University provides continuing education services for members of society with and without academic qualifications, aiming at promoting fair educational opportunities, the enjoyment of high-quality educational resources and the continuous improvement of national quality. The core concepts of the school are: openness, responsibility, quality, diversification and internationalization.
The predecessor of the National Open University is the Central Radio and TV University, which was initiated and founded by Comrade Deng Xiaoping on the basis of learning from the experience of the British Open University. Officially opened on February 6th, 1979. 2065438+On July 3, 20021,the National Open University was inaugurated on the basis of Radio and TV University. Comrade Liu Yandong attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.
Over the past 40 years, the school has enrolled more than 20.5 million students of all kinds and trained 1.5 1.2 million graduates. At present, there are 238 majors (directions) with enrollment qualifications, including senior high school 13 undergraduate majors (directions), junior college 167 undergraduate majors (directions). There are 43 10000 students in higher education, 70% of whom are from the grassroots and 55% are in the central and western regions. The school has built a "school-running body" consisting of headquarters, 45 provincial branches, 14 industry colleges and more than 4,000 learning centers, covering urban and rural areas throughout the country and serving lifelong learning for the whole people.
1. "Internet plus University"
Supported by modern information technology, the National Open University adapts to the development trend of modern information technology and forms a new model of "cloud, road and terminal" education informatization integration. In terms of digital learning environment, a one-stop and integrated distance education cloud platform will be built for teaching, learning, management, scientific research and service. 538 cloud classrooms have been built, covering 3/kloc-0 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government in Chinese mainland, covering western regions such as Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Sichuan, and entering "Belt and Road" countries such as Tanzania and Pakistan. R&D has opened the "O School" mobile learning terminal, and carried out a pilot project among farmers and college students in Hunan.
The National Digital Learning Resource Center has been established, bringing together more than 50,000 high-quality courses, and building 247 sub-centers with other universities, vocational schools and social education institutions. The operation mechanism of resource aggregation, construction and sharing is explored. According to the characteristics of adult fragmented learning, 30,000 "five-minute courses" were developed and opened to the public free of charge. Construction of 280 excellent courses, three rural and characteristic courses 120 courses.
2. Education of specific groups
The National Open University pays special attention to the educational needs of grassroots, rural areas, border areas and ethnic minority areas, carries out education for specific groups, undertakes social responsibilities and promotes educational equity. At present, among the registered students, there are 200,000 farmers, 270,000 ethnic minority students and 6,000 disabled students.
Undertaking the "one college student in one village" plan of the Ministry of Education (also known as the "talent training plan for rural revitalization"), we have trained a large number of new professional farmers who can "stay and do well". There are 7 disciplines and 25 related majors suitable for rural development, with a total enrollment of 680,000 and nearly 460,000 graduates.
The Institute of Education for the Disabled provides academic education and on-the-job training for the disabled throughout the country. At present, 54 local colleges and teaching centers have been established in China, with *** 1 1 undergraduate and specialist majors. Undergraduate and junior college students enrolled 17375, and 9968 graduated.
Non-commissioned officers' distance education actively serves the construction of learning-oriented military camps, making the dream of non-commissioned officers "not leaving the university at the camp gate" come true. Established the General Staff College, Bayi College, Air Force College and Zhong You College. There are 22 military specialties and more than 800 teaching points, with 459,000 students and 294,000 graduates. It also provided non-academic continuing education and training for 654.38+200,000 non-commissioned officers.
Minority education is devoted to training talents in minority areas, with 340,000 students at present. Tibet Branch provides more opportunities for Tibetan scholars to receive higher education and lifelong education. There are 7 undergraduate majors such as Chinese language and literature and 5 specialties such as nursing, with 4446 students and 808 graduates1person.
As one of the carriers of the "Learning to Realize Dreams" project, the "New Industrial Workers Training and Development Assistance Program" explores a new industrial workers training mode of "sending teachers to enterprises" and "learning without leaving their posts", which has fulfilled many industrial workers' university dreams. This college has enrolled 6.5438+0.37 million migrant workers and graduated nearly one million people.
3. Education precision poverty alleviation
Implementation of the National Open University Education Precision Poverty Alleviation Series Project. The first is to help the poor in the deep poverty-stricken areas of "three districts and three states". Second, the Ministry of Education provided counterpart assistance to Qinglong and Weixian counties in Hebei Province. The third is to implement the "Long March Belt" education precision poverty alleviation project. The fourth is to help farmers, college students and new industrial workers train. 20 17 to 2020, it is estimated that 50,000 rural grassroots cadres in poverty-stricken areas and the poverty-stricken people who have set up files and established cards will receive continuing education with this college degree, 65,438+10,000 rural migrant workers and rural primary and secondary school teachers will receive vocational skills training and information technology application ability training, and 100 grassroots learning centers in deep poverty-stricken areas will receive funding to build cloud classrooms and network computer rooms, so as to promote a large number.
4. National Vocational Education Credit Bank
Promote the theoretical research of credit banking system, form an institutional system with learning achievement framework as the core, put forward the technical path of "framework+standard", and develop a series of authentication tools (manuals) with independent intellectual property rights.
Vigorously promote practical application. Establish mutual recognition alliance with relevant universities and industry associations. There are 3/kloc-0 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, 20 industries and 70 learning achievement certification sub-centers in China. Developed an information service platform that can support hundreds of millions of learners to open accounts, store, accumulate and convert. Credit bank accounts were established for 4.8 million students. Organize more than 60 different types of institutions to carry out projects such as standard formulation, standard application, resource sharing and mutual recognition of credits, and explore the horizontal communication and vertical connection between different types of learning achievements.
Under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Education, it undertakes the task of "National Credit Bank for Vocational Education" to cooperate with the State Council in implementing the major system of vocational education1+X.
5. Non-academic education
Establish an open university for the elderly, and carry out academic and non-academic continuing education for the elderly and pension service employees. Relying on the "Community Education Research and Training Center of the Ministry of Education", we will carry out community education for community residents throughout the country. Develop national art education such as traditional landscape painting and calligraphy for art lovers in the whole society. Cooperate with the All-China Women's Federation to launch the "Lifelong Learning Program for Women with Wonderful Life" for women all over the country. To carry out all kinds of vocational skills training for primary and secondary school teachers, professional and technical personnel and employees in other industries throughout the country.
Through hard exploration, a new development situation of combining non-academic education with academic education, connecting vocational education with continuing education, combining online learning with offline learning, combining production with education, school-enterprise cooperation and combining work with study has been initially formed.
6. International exchanges and cooperation
As a member of the Executive Committee of ICDE (International Council for Distance and Open Education), he actively participated in the governance of distance and open education in the world and won wide recognition and praise from the international community. 20 17 10, the 27th ICDE world congress was held in Toronto, Canada, and the international jury awarded the only "outstanding institution award" to the national open university.
Actively cooperate with the national "Belt and Road Initiative". As of May, 2065438+2009, we have signed cooperation agreements with 22 major foreign partners. Going out in combination with "vocational education" and cooperating with some countries along the "Belt and Road" to build the first batch of overseas learning centers. At present, overseas learning centers in Zambia and Tanzania have been put into operation.
Compile and publish China's first research report on the development of distance higher education-China's research report on the development of distance higher education, and compile the first series of panoramic research on world typical open universities-World Open University Case Study Series.
7. Prospects for the future
Insist on taking root in China to run education, insist on taking moral education as the fundamental task, make up for shortcomings, create characteristics and polish the brand of the National Open University. In the next 30 years, we will build a world-class open university in three steps. In the next five years, we will focus on the implementation of the "1233" project, that is, building a team, upgrading two capabilities, building three systems and implementing three strategies. Building a team is to build a national development team based on internet thinking, loyal to the party's education, stressing politics, emphasizing implementation and dedication; Improve two abilities, one is to improve teachers' ability to identify and apply global teaching resources, and the other is to improve the management and governance ability of school internet+education and teaching; Building three systems means building a network security system, a quality evaluation and monitoring system and an innovation-driven development system; The implementation of the three strategies is to start the strategy of creating excellence and improving quality in academic education, to develop and strengthen social training, and to make universities for the elderly better and stronger. Through comprehensive policies and measures, we will strive to build the school into an important pillar of lifelong education in China, an important platform for social education and an important channel for a learning society, and basically build a world-class open university.