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e-Learning in Tsinghua UniversityCurrent Status and Future Development
Feiyu KANG
The School of Continuing Education,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
History of On-Campus e-Learning Started in 1997 with only 10 courses By 1998 had 137 courses; Java and OOP were
used by 975 students March 1999, courseware on-demand system
launched July 1999, Web-based Testing System launched October 1999, Tsinghua Web School opened October 2001, Tsinghua Web School (2nd
Edition) available to all teachers and students
e-Learning Facts (2002) Tsinghua Web School
1,014 courses 25,734 users (2,034 teachers, 23,700 students) 1,080,000 login accesses (does not include guests) 180,000 online hours
Web-based Testing about 2,000 students took final exams for “English” about 1,000 students took finals for “C Language”
On-Campus e-Learning Facts during SARS
Month Visiting Numbers Per Day
Students Tutorials Per Day
Jan.-March 4,445 300
April 7,192 660
May 8,565 720
June 8,587 1,050
CoreDatabase
AuthenticationUser
ManagementDirectoryService
实时教学
课件点播
答疑系统
资源管理
测验考试
质量评估
结算系统
Education Portal
ExchangeDatabase
Data Exchange
作业系统
教务管理
E-Learning Enabling System
1. Synchronous virtual-classroom
2. Courseware On-Demand
3. Administration
4. Accounting
5. Question & Answer
6. Assignment
7. Quiz and Test
8. Resource Management
9. Quality Evaluation
http://learn.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Tsinghua Web School
http://eee.tsinghua.edu.cn/Everyone Enjoy English Website
http://ccf.tsinghua.edu.cn/Computer Cultural Foundation Website
e-Learning for Off-Campus
First and largest distance education unit in China (since 1997)
More than 100 off-campus learning centers established in China
22,000 degree-track students; 9,000 students in short course training
Nearly 200 courses via Internet and satellite
Role of Tsinghua University in Off-campus e-Learning
To provide: Authorization and certificates Multimedia equipment for simultaneous
viewing in different classrooms Online courseware as well as CD-ROM
and other materials Web-based discussion and tutorial
platform: www.itsinghua.edu.cn Supervision and training for teachers in
learning centers
Data TransportationData Transportation modes modes
Hybrid System: Internet (CERNET: Gigabps) Satellite (Asia Sat II: C-band, 6.5 Mb) Cable TV Video Conference (ISDN) CD-ROM F2F tutorial Online tutorial & seminar: multi-points
communication by MCU
PROJECT MODEL FOR PROJECT MODEL FOR
WEB-BASED COLLEGEWEB-BASED COLLEGE
— — A National Key Research ProjectA National Key Research Project
Project ObjectiveProject Objective Establish a Comprehensive System for Establish a Comprehensive System for Web-based College by:Web-based College by:
Developing a platform for Web-based Developing a platform for Web-based teaching,discussion,Q & A, teaching,discussion,Q & A, assignments,assignments,
exams, payment and registrationexams, payment and registration Supporting Web-based teaching Supporting Web-based teaching
administration administration Promoting Web-based distance learningPromoting Web-based distance learning Promoting the application of national Promoting the application of national
standards for Web-based education standards for Web-based education
System Requirements
Develop a copyrighted support system for Web-based education
Set the national standards for Web-based education
The system must be: Safe, reliable, stable , user-friendly Reusable, accessible, interoperable,
durable
Learning Planning Learning Planning
Quality Control Quality Control
TeachingMonitoringTeaching
MonitoringTeaching
CoursewareTeaching
Courseware
Course-ware Test
Courseware Courseware DatabaseDatabase
Classroom On-line
Assignment
E-mailBBS Chat
Independent learning
On-line group discussion
Imitativeexperiment
Virtuallibrary
RegisterRegister DiplomaDiploma
Teaching Line
Web-based Subsystems Online Teaching Courseware Ordering Resource Management Assignment Management Questions and Answers Tests and Assessment Quality Evaluation Educational Administration Accounting
Civil and Commercial Law: Online Civil and Commercial Law: Online simulated courtroom (Mootcourt)simulated courtroom (Mootcourt)
Oral EnglishOral English :: Online listening and Online listening and speaking activitiesspeaking activities
Computer TechnologyComputer Technology :: Online Online experimentsexperiments
Art DesignArt Design :: Online design studioOnline design studio Theory and Method of DesignTheory and Method of Design :: Online Online
teaching and interactive activities teaching and interactive activities
Courses and Key Features Courses and Key Features
Example 1: Distance Education for Poverty Relief China has 592 key
impoverished counties
There are 12 provinces in the west
These areas have undeveloped economies and lack educational resources
Technology: Sat, Internet, ISDN and CD-ROM
Courses: Law Teacher training Agriculture technology Hospital and health
care Business &
management ……
Example 2: Industrial Training via Distance Learning Offers a training
platform for enterprise
Develops more highly skilled training programmers
Introduces excellent educational resources from around the world
Provides: Programs for 200
companies Tsinghua IT certificate Financial and actuary Urban planning Project management Management (MBA &
MPA) High technologies
Example 3: Legal Studies via Distance Learning Goal: Provide Goal: Provide
continuing education continuing education
for staff in prosecutor’s for staff in prosecutor’s
offices and judicial offices and judicial
departments departments Students: lawyers, Students: lawyers,
public prosecutors, public prosecutors,
notaries public.notaries public. Courses: 20 courses at Courses: 20 courses at
undergraduate and undergraduate and
postgraduate levels. postgraduate levels.
Student totals in Student totals in
2002:2002: Lawyers and Lawyers and
notaries: 1,659notaries: 1,659 Public Public
prosecutorsprosecutors ::
2,2942,294 Planned total for Planned total for
2003-2004: 10,0002003-2004: 10,000
Example 4: English Training via e-Learning Needed for: 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing 2010 Exposition in
Shanghai Governments and
industries (post WTO entry)
Businesses Tourism Study abroad
50 Learning Centers Tsinghua
International English (Tsinghua-ACL)
University teachers English training: (Tsinghua-Cambridge U.)
Online courseware F2F tutorial
Example 5: Crisis Management Forum of Tsinghua University
Thank you for your attention!
E-Learning provides us excellent education resource with low cost.
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