在国际背景下远程教育的规划与管理

Distance Education in an International Context: Planning and Management Imperatives

这篇论文分析了远程学习中发生的全球化变革,包括组织结构(远程教育和远程培训)、项目结构(从独立学习到协作学习)和全球学习社团(从象牙塔到学习形式整合),以及远程学习的发展和多样性。文章中提出了一个整体规划的案例,讨论了组织管理决策中远程学习定位的管理规则、教学中的技术应用、成本、教师工作量、远程学习的地位,以及质量评估和鉴定等问题。与狭义的策略规划不同的是,整体规划强调内在的力量,考虑可能的选择方案,基于项目的开发,灵活和整合的系统,整个组织朝着灵活和整合的方向发展,以及以组织的文化历史为基础。最后,文章讨论了本研究对远程教育的组织布局、管理和学术的思考、成本、教师利益以及国际化等主题的实践意义。

This paper analyzes global changes taking place in distance learning concerning organizational structure (distance education and distance training), program structure (individual to collaborative learning), the global learning community (the ivory tower to convergence) and the developments and diversity within distance learning. A case for holistic planning is proposed and management imperatives of the placement of distance learning in organizational management decision-making, technology deployment for teaching and learning, cost, faculty workload, legitimacy of distance learning, and quality assessment and accreditation are discussed. Unlike strategic planning which banks on a strategic niche, holistic planning stresses internal strengths, the consideration of alternatives, project-based development, a flexible and convergent system, organization-wide gearing towards flexibility and convergence, and building on organizational cultural history. The implications are discussed in relation to the organizational placement of distance education, management and academic concerns, cost, faculty concerns, and internationalization.