Distance education, also known as online education in some documents issued by the Ministry of Education, is a kind of adult education qualifications. It refers to the teaching mode using TV, Internet and other media, which breaks through the boundaries of time and space and is different from the traditional teaching mode of staying in school.
Students who use this teaching mode are usually amateurs. Because you don't need to go to a specific place to attend classes, you can attend classes anytime and anywhere. Students can also learn from each other through various channels, such as TV broadcast, internet, special counseling hotline, class research club and face-to-face teaching (correspondence).
It is a new concept after modern information technology is applied to education, that is, education by using network technology and environment. Enrollment targets are not limited by age and previous academic qualifications, which provides opportunities for people who have entered the society to improve their academic qualifications.
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1, distance education courseware:
The main carrier of online education and teaching process is online teaching courseware. The main problems of network teaching courseware are single mode and poor interaction, and there are also cases where the courseware used by a single computer is used online after being slightly modified. At present, the popular online courseware modes are "online video recording" and "online reading".
These two models ignore the learning characteristics of different students, can not attract students to study for a long time, and can not meet the interactive requirements of students in the learning process. In the process of making network courseware, we should not only refine the teaching content and enrich the forms of expression, but also strengthen the design of teaching interaction.
The refinement of teaching content includes providing necessary background materials and teaching extension. Forms of expression include the use of all computer-supported multimedia forms, such as teaching videos, animations, sounds and characters. Teaching interaction can be realized by MSN, BBS, programming and other technologies.
2. The teaching process of distance education:
In the process of teaching, there are several forms to realize interaction through the network:
1. Using BBS technology, set up a course teaching message board. Students can submit problems encountered in the learning process to the message board, and teachers or other students can answer them;
2. Use MSN, QQ, NetMeeting software to build and realize psychological counseling room. These softwares are all software for information exchange, and support the communication in the form of words, sounds, videos and electronic whiteboards, which can improve the interactivity in the teaching process.
3. Using e-mail technology, set up a teaching consultation mailbox. Both of the above forms require real-time performance. If teachers or students don't participate in real time and can't guarantee to receive (see) the corresponding teaching information afterwards, we can make up for it with the teaching email. The account number and password of the teaching mailbox can be made public, and students can also answer questions with each other.
4. With the help of programming technology, further strengthen interaction and realize personalized teaching. The characteristic of programming language is that it can produce different information outputs according to different information inputs. Using Visual Basic, Flash and other programming languages, according to the teaching content and teaching progress, setting up information groups with appropriate logic can achieve the purpose of enhancing interaction.
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