对美国远程高等教育的认识与思考

美国高校在开展远程教育时有自己的独到之处,它在招生、教学、管理方面真正实现了与现代信息技术的紧密结合,从而营造了发展远程教育的好环境。相比之下,我国远程教育在学生学习动机、教学管理、技术应用、学习支持服务等方面存在着不小的差距,需要在宏观规划、媒体使用、制度建设等方面做进一步的改进。惟此,才能保证远程教育沿着健康的道路顺利向前发展。

Understanding and pondering over distance high education in America

The originality of distance high education in America is the close combination between enrolling,teaching,managing and modern education technology and then this kind of combination creates favorable conditions for carrying out distance education. To develop Chinese distance education using American experience, on the one hand, we should realize the differences between America and China in the aspects of the student' s study intention, teaching management, technology use and supporting service, on the other hand, the former macroscopic planning,media application and system construction must be changed.Only in this way can we ensure Chinese distance high education developing in the correct way.