Beijing and CRTVU

1. Beijing and CRTVU CRTVU

4. Forbidden City

5. The Enjoying Jasper Temple at the Old Summer Palace

6. The Marble Boat in Beijing`s Summer Palace, one of Beijing`s most popular attractions

7. Central Radio & TV Universityand RTVUs • 1978 UK,OUUK—Hongkong—RTUVs • The body of Radio & Television Universities • Adult education in China and RTVUs

9. 高校成人 17.6% 17.3% 52.4% 12.7% 其他成人大学 电视大学 传统高校 电大毕业生占同期高等教育毕业生比例 14.6% • 电大毕业生289万(至2000年)

10. 电大 其他成人校 电大毕业生占成人高等教育毕业生比例 传统高校成人教育

11. CRTVU contract contract Beijing center Nanhai center Tayuan center contract 44 Province RTVUs contract Learning centers

12. 教育部 中央电大 直属教学点 （3学习中心） 省市教育 行政部门 省级电大44所 直属部或 直属分校 教学班 18400多个 地市教育 行政部门 地市分校或 工作站840所 直属教学点 （班） 教学点 （班） 县市教育 行政部门 县级工作站 1907所 全国的远程教学和教学管理系统

13. 卫星接收机 IP/VBI 教育电视台 IP/VBI数字 播出服务器 卫星接收机 有线电视 VBI/IP 个人 计算机 地方电大计算机 校园网或局域网 地方电大教学平台 中央电大计算机校园网 教学平台 PSTN ISDN ADSL 通过光纤 或DDN专线 光纤 CERNET或公网 电大计算机网络与卫星网络

14. 中央电大学生支持需求调查Students’ Perceptions of Learning Support at RTVUs Guozhen Jiang

15. Purpose Two key factors for distance education • Course development • Student support • Course design student’s backgrounddemand analyses decide instructional strategies choose media • Student support …demand (Ormond simpson,2000)

16. Purpose Why student support is important • Student’s need－learning obstacles • To reduce drop out rates: CRTVU- 30-65% OUHK-about 40% • To improve instructional effect and efficiency Students and courses of CRTVU • Student: 680,000 enrolled • 240 Courses • IP courseware 278Hours;Video 2096 Hours Other relational research at RTVUs

17. Research Design Research method: questionnaire Research procedures11,2001 review literature 12.2001designed questionary 3.2002 reviewed questionary 4.2002 pilot study 5. 2002 formal survey 6. 2002 analysed data 8. 2002 drafted report

18. Research Design Sample • Pilot study: 25 learners (4th registered) • Formal survey • Number of questionary sent:1090 • Responded questionary :1079 Responded rate 99％ • Valid questionary: 823( 76.3％)

19. Sampling Stratify by Stratify by Sample GDP of area course Level 1 AD: PC,Education 30students/course Beijing&Tianjin BD:Accountant,Law StudentsLevel 2 AD:PC,Education 30students/course Liaoning&Jilin BD:Accountant,Law Level 3 AD: PC,Education 30students/course Gansu&Qinhai BD: Accountant,Law AD:associate degree

20. Data source:http://www.stats.gov.cn/

21. Statistic software SPSS10.0

22. Results • Background of the students • Age, length of service • Gender • Employmentsituation • Students’ need for support • Learning obstacle • The ways to get help • Delivery way

23. Distribution of age 18－20: 5.8% 21－26: 48.4％ 27 - 35: 35.4% >35: 10.4％ • Mean: 27.6 • Std.Deviation: 5.9 • Minimum: 18 • Maximum: 55

24. Length of service 0 9.0% 1­3Years24.8% 4­6Years 22.4% 7­9Years 11.1% 10­12Years 13.2% 13­15Years 10.1% 16­40Years 9.4% • Mean：7.3 • Std.Deviation 6.2 • Minimum：0 • Maximum：38

25. Gender

26. Employmentsituation

27. Students’ need for support • Learning obstacles • Means getting help • Ways delivering support • Support delivery based Web

28. Learning obstacles #Conflict between work and learning

29. The Means getting help

30. 1=Always 5=Never The way delivering support--current means

31. The way delivering support-- Students’ selections 1=Strong agree 5=Strong disagree

32. The gap between current means and students’ selections 1=Strong agree 5=Strong disagree

33. The support delivery based Web Accessing the Internet

34. The support delivery based Web Purposes to access the Internet

35. Discussion • Students’ background and course design • Different courses • Different regions • Learning obstacles analyses • Main obstacle: conflict between work and learning • Current delivering means: face to face (93% always) • Alternative • Delivering means -learner,teacher-cost efficiency

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