亚洲开放与远程教育的趋势和挑战

The Trend and Challenges of Open and Distance Education in Asia with particular reference to Research

本文以两个主要研究报告及其活动为切入点:一是联合国教科文组织(UN-ESCO)和日本国家多媒体教育协会(NIME)于90年代初期对亚洲国家开放与远程教育进展的总回顾;二是香港公开大学就亚洲部分开放大学教育成果的评价策略进行的比较研究。简要介绍亚洲一些国家在开放与远程教育领域研究的发展轨迹及公共机构的演变过程;概述现行研究存在的长处与短处;讨论了亚洲部分国家在构建开放与远程教育研究框架方面所取得的一些成果,并通过对90年代以来香港公开大学遥距及成人教育研究中心(CRIDAL)现行主要方案的总结构画出21世纪的发展蓝图。

This paper takes a futuristic leap into open and distance education in Asia with particular reference to research in Asian countries. It uses two major reports and research activities as signposts: the general review of the field done in the early 90s by UNESCO and the National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) in Japan, and a major comparative study of the administrative styles, educational processes, and outcome assessment strategies of selected Asian open universities currently being undertaken at the Open University of Hong Kong. In the process, the paper will also provide some sense of the status and direction for research in the region, discuss briefly the trajectory of open and distance education research and institutional development in Asia, and outlines what seem to be the strength and weaknesses in the research currently undertaken. Finally, the paper discusses the issues involved in building open and distance education research infrastructure in Asian Commonwealth countries and present the major project being undertaken at CRIDAL OUHK through a stock taking exercise of the 90s and the mapping of research strategies beyond 2000.