网上学习:学习真的发生了吗?——跨文化背景下中英网上学习的比较研究

Online Learning:Does Learning Really Happen?——Comparison of Chinese and British Online Learning in Intercultural Context

随着网络教育在我国的迅速发展,提升网络教育质量已成为教育工作者和研究者的关注焦点,网上教与学成为网络教育研究的重中之重。在网络教学实践中,学习者是如何在网上进行学习的?这一过程中,真正的学习发生了吗?本文试图从三个部分探讨这一问题。第一部分从信息时代的知识观和学习观出发,结合儿童学习对网上学习的启示,总结了网上学习发生的条件以及网上学习方式的三个典型特征。第二部分剖析了当前我国学生网上学习的主要特点,按照本文提出的网上学习发生的条件考察真正的学习是否发生。然后在中英两国网上学习的对比中,考察中英学生网上学习方式的差异,以及中英教师在学习材料选择、导学方式上的差异。第三部分在分析和比较的基础上,借鉴英国网上导学的有效经验,为我国的网络教师提出有利于变革学生网上学习方式的策略性建议。

With the rapid development of online education in China, become the focus of researchers and practitioners＇attention and online enhancement of online education quality has pedagogy has become a core of online education research. How do students learn online？ Does learning really happen in online education？ This paper discusses this question in three aspects. First, conditions and characteristics of effective online learning in information era are discussed on basis of knowledge theories, learning theories, and insights from children＇s learning. Second, the paper presents characteristics of Chinese students＂ online learning and analyses whether learning really happens according to the conditions of effective online learning. Then the paper discusses the differences in students＂ online learning style, online learning resources, and online tutoring between China and Britain with the case study method of an intercultural online course. Last the paper summarizes tutoring strategies in British online education and offers insightful suggestions to Chinese online tutors in helping Chinese students learn more effectively.