Transcript Document 7492796

Open and Distance Learning in
Western China:
the Case of SCRTVU
Tang Yong
Sichuan Radio and Television University
Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R.China
e-mail: [email protected]
Special Thanks to:
Dr Zhang Wei yuan 張偉遠博士
Dr David Murphy 裴達偉博士
Professor Wong Tat Meng 黃達明教授
Dr Reggie C Kwan 關清平博士
Ms Doris Mao 茅嘉寶小姐
I. SCRTVU: Development and
Achievement
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open and
Distance Learning(ODL)
III. Mandate for the Future
The Location of Sichuan
I. SCRTVU: Development and Achievement
Founding and Infrastructure.
SCRTVU seeks to cultivate “stable and capable”
people in the remote and minority areas by distance
education.
SCRTVU contributes to improving the quality of the
rural work force, and helps achieve the urbanization
of Sichuan province.
SCRTVU is the largest distance education
system in Sichuan province.
Branches
Campus Area
Construction Area
Fixed Assets
Staff Members
Full-time Teachers
23 municipal and 120 county level Radio and
Television Universities
798,993 m2
410,315.2 m2
295.4749 million RMB
1,947
835
SCRTVU is the largest distance education
system in Sichuan province.
Bachelor’s Degree
Programs
Sub-degree Programs
7 categories 13 majors
17 categories 70 majors
SCRTVU serves 172.5 thousand students, including 87.9 thousand
college-level students. 358.7 thousand technical school students and
246.2 thousand college students have graduated from the universities
successively.
I. SCRTVU: Development and Achievement
Founding and Infrastructure.
SCRTVU seeks to cultivate “stable and capable”
people in the remote and minority areas by distance
education.
SCRTVU contributes to improving the quality of the
rural work force, and helps achieve the urbanization
of Sichuan province.
It is counted that 70% of SCRTVU students
come from countryside or small and medium
sized towns. At the end of 2002, 92% of the 214.7
thousand SCRTVU graduates have returned to
their small and medium sized towns to help
develop their own communities. These graduates
are qualified, and welcomed by employers.
I. SCRTVU: Development and Achievement
Founding and Infrastructure.
SCRTVU seeks to cultivate “stable and capable”
people in the remote and minority areas by distance
education.
SCRTVU contributes to improving the quality of the
rural work force, and helps achieve the urbanization
of Sichuan province.
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open
and Distance Learning (ODL)
Overview
Teaching and learning mode
Online Learning platform
Multi-media teaching resources
learning support services
Quality assurance systems
SCRTVU’s ODL delivery system operates as follows:
guided by teachers, teaching plans and curricula,
students develop a study plan that realistically takes
into account their own study environment and
conditions. Students choose courses in a flexible way,
and take advantage of various teaching media and
support services.
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open
and Distance Learning (ODL)
Overview
Teaching and learning mode
Online learning platform
Multi-media teaching resources
learning support services
Quality assurance systems
SCRTVU is implementing a new structural principle,
which we call “the three one-third plus one”.
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open
and Distance Learning (ODL)
Overview
Teaching and Learning Mode
Online learning platform
Multi-media teaching resources
learning support services
Quality supervision and evaluation
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open
and Distance Learning (ODL)
Overview
Teaching and learning mode
Online learning platform
teachingresources
resources
Multi-media teaching
Learning support services
Quality assurance system
Tailor existing resources
Cooperate with outside
curriculum developers
ODL teaching resources
Develop its own internal
Import high quality
resources
resources
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open
and Distance Learning (ODL)
Overview
Teaching and learning mode
Online learning platform
Multi-media teaching resources
Learning support services
Quality assurance system
The Fundamental Means
Central RTVU’s
Teaching LAN
Local RTVU’s Teaching
LAN
Computer Network
Study Group
Teaching
Resources
Information
MIS
Other Materials on Internet
Student
TV and Telephone
Bilateral Video
Face to Face Tutorial
Social Practice
II. SCRTVU’s Delivery of Open
and Distance Learning (ODL)
Overview
Teaching and Learning Mode
Online learning platform
Multi-media teaching resources
Learning support services
Quality assurance systems
At present, SCRTVU have established the basic
framework of a quality assurance system with the
“three-thirds plus one” principle at its core, and a
“32-point teaching quality assurance system ” in
the process of implementation.
III. Mandate for the future
Opportunities and challenges
Maintaining quality while nurturing growth
Innovating to serve concrete workplace needs
Strengthening international cooperation among
institutions of ODL in Asia and beyond
Thanks