现代远程教育在教师专业素质发展中的优势

The Advantages of Modern Distance Education in the Development of Teachers' Professional Quality

现代远程教育凭借其强大的技术优势,为学习者提供了超越时空、内容更新速度快、经济便捷、质量可控的自主学习平台;教师的职业特点要求他们具有较完备的知识体系、保持教学内容的前沿性与前瞻性,因而需要一种适合教师终生学习不断提高专业素质水平的教育形式和媒介。现代远程教育的优势特点与教师专业素质发展目标对于教育形式和内容所提出要求的高度契合,使现代远程教育在教师自我提高与发展方面获得了其他教育形式所无法比拟的优势。

With its powerful advantages of technology, modern distance education offers a platform for self-directed learning, which is transcendent of time and space, speedy at content updating, economical and convenient and quality＇controllable. The professional characteristics of being a teacher require a complete and sufficient knowledge system and constantly-updated and prospective content of teaching activities. Therefore, a form and medium for education are needed to meet the teachers＇ demand for continuous improvement of their professional quality. The agreement between the advantages and features of modern distance education and the requirement of teaches＇ professional development enables the former to acquire great advantages in the development of teachers＇ professional quality.