加拿大阿萨巴斯卡大学教学改革的新进展
陈娜, 杨永博
国家开放大学对外合作与交流处, 北京 100039
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摘要：
阿萨巴斯卡大学是加拿大最著名的开放与远程教育大学,近年来开展了一系列卓有成效的改革:从传统远程教育模式向在线课程与服务模式转变;推进移动图书馆建设;开发和利用开放教育资源;对多种学习管理系统进行评估与整合;减少与信息交流技术相关的温室气体排放,向低碳型远程教育大学转化,这些改革推动了该校开放与远程教育的高水平发展。
New Development on Educational Reform of Athabasca University
CHEN Na, YANG Yongbo
International Cooperation & Exchange Department, The Open University of China, Beijing 100039, China
Abstract:
Athabasca University(AU)is Canada'S most prestigious open and distance education uni versity.In recent years,it has carried out the following effective reforms:converting from traditional dis tance education to online courses and services;pushing forward the mobile library proj ect;developing and using open educational resources(OER);evaluating learning management systems(LMS)and making the transition to a single LMS;reducing information and communication technology(ICT)related carbon emissions and moving AU closer to a low carbon distance education university.These reforms have contrib uted greatly to the high level development of AU'S open and distance education.
收稿日期: 2014-02-28
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