知识经济时代的远程教育

Distance Education in Knowledge－based Economy Times

知识经济正在全世界范围内悄然兴起。知识经济时代的主要特征是：科学技术的发展更加注重知识创新；知识劳动者成为社会劳动结构中的主体；追求知识已成为时代的风尚。远程教育在知识经济时代的作用主要表现在以下几个方面：1． 远程教育能充分地适应知识经济时代的需要；2． 远程教育能大面积地提高劳动者的文化素质；3． 远程教育能为社会成员提供终身学习的机会。知识经济时代对远程教育提出的要求是：必须树立教育新观念，即树立教育的知识价值观、教育的智力资本观、教育的高新技术观。必须实施教学创新，尽快建立起适应知识经济时代的教学创新体系。必须多规格地培养各类知识型人才，以加大人的知识化投资和加快人的知识化进程。

The knowledge－based economy has emerged in the world． The main characteristics of knowledge－based economy are as follows：the development of sciences and technologies depends more creation of knowledge； knowledge－based labors have become the main body in the structure of social labors； the inquiring for knowledge has become the social mainstream behavior． The functions of distance education in knowledge－based economy times are： 1． Distance education could adapt itself to the needs of knowledge－based economy times； 2． Distance education could increase enormously increase the cultural quality of national labors； 3． Distance education could provide the lifelong learning opportunity to all members of the society． What the knowledge－based economy times ask for distance education are： to set up the new ideas of education， that is， the knowledge values of education， the intelligent capital of education， and new and high technology of education． It is needed to carry out the educational initials and to build up the initial instructional system adapted to the knowledge－based economy times． It is needed to train various kinds of knowledge－based personnel， and to promote the knowledge investment and progress of human resources．