基于MOOC的中外合作混合教学实践创新

A New MOOCs-Based Blended Learning Model Between Sino-British Academics

"互联网+时代",技术发展为高等教育课程国际化提供了前所未有的机会。因此,利用互联网技术促进高等教育课程国际化是我们近年来实践探索的重点。过去两年里,我们创建了Wolearn平台,先后联络中英两国一些高校,致力于基于MOOC的中外合作混合教学实践研究。在实践中,我们尝试将英国高校MOOC整合到中国高校面授课程中,同时建构了英国MOOC主持教师与中国学生的互动式视频会议活动框架。本研究以英国三所高校不同学科的MOOC为例,调查和分析了基于MOOC的中外合作混合教学模式的实际效果。数据显示,学生对于这种课程国际化的新形式普遍感到满意,对于英国高校MOOC、与MOOC主持教师的互动式视频会议普遍持肯定和认同态度。目前,这种教学模式面临的主要影响因素有语言障碍、网络环境等。

In the modern Internet age ,the development of technology provides an unprecedented opportunity for the internationalization of curriculum in higher education. How to promote the internationalization with technology is the focus of our practice in recent years. In the past two years, based on Wolearn platform, we are committed to the practice and research of MOOC-based blended learning between Chinese and Foreign universities. We successively contacted some universities in UK and China to carry out this innovative teaching practice. Among these practices, we tried to push Chinese academics to integrate UK MOOCs with their local face-to-face instructions, and we also constructed an interactive activity framework for the video conference among UK academics and Chinese learners. In this paper, based on three MOOCs created by UK academics from three different disciplines, we examined this transnational blended learning model. The results indicated that the Chinese students and academics were satisfied with this new approach towards the internationalization of curriculum. Students also showed a positive attitude towards the UK MOOCs and the transnationally interactive video conferences. However, language barriers and the network environment are the main factors influencing MOOC-based blended learning.