慕课视域下大学通识教育实践的困境与希望

Predicament and Hope of General Education Practice from the View of Moocs

我国大学通识教育遭遇很多困境:制度性障碍、优秀师资缺乏和课程质量参差不齐等,而慕课作为一种网络教学形式给通识教育带来新的希望。慕课更适合通识教育,它能突破制度性障碍,彰显通识教育的自由精神,赋予学生自由;共享优秀教师资源,激发教师的积极性;更能加强教师与学生的互动交流,显著地提高通识教育的教学质量,助力我国大学通识教育教育走出困境。

The general education in our universities is encountering the predicament including system obstacle, lack of excellent teachers, and the low-quality of the curriculum. MOOC, as one form of network teaching, has brought the new hope to general education. With its irreplaceable advantages, such as openness, sharing and interaction, a subversive wave of educational revolution has happened. MOOC is very suitable for general education and make it out of the predicament. Firs of all, it can make the general education cross through the system barriers, highlight the freedom spirit of general education;also it can make universities share excellent teachers, stimulates the enthusiasm of teachers;finally it can strengthen the interaction between students and teachers, and improve the quality of the curriculum efficiently.