高校网络教育发展脉络与阶段特征

Online education in Chinese higher education institutions:historical context and characteristics of different periods

我国高校网络教育从1999年试点开始,经过20余年发展,由利用现代信息技术开展现代化办学的试点发展成为我国继续教育的重要办学形式,更成为我国教育信息化的典型实践。本文采纳历史分析视角,从高校网络教育办学规模、办学定位、课程资源建设、资源共建共享、质量保障五个方面深入剖析了高校网络教育的发展脉络及其发展变化背后的政策逻辑和实践逻辑,力图呈现出高校网络教育试点过程的发展全貌,呈现其开拓创新,更揭示其问题与不足,以期明确新时期高校网络教育改革发展的历史起点,助力高校网络教育在互联网+教育和构建高质量教育体系的新阶段确立新的发展定位,创新体制机制,改革供给服务,实现可持续的健康发展。

Since its inception in 1999,online education in Chinese higher education institutions has evolved from a pilot scheme characterized by the use of information technology into an important form of continuing education,hailed as the best practice of ICT in education in China.This study examines the enrolment scale,positioning of aims and scope,course resources development,resources co-construction and sharing,and quality assurance of online higher education from a historical perspective.It aims to reveal the historical context as well as the policies and practice concerning online education implemented by Chinese higher education institutions,giving a full picture of the development of this initiative.Lessons learnt,both positive and negative,are intended to inform development in the new era to ensure the sustainability of online higher education.