4. Typical OER-enabled distance learning strategies
Several distance learning strategies are now using OER to provide accessible learning or diversified learning contents for students. Examples of these strategies, reported during COVID-19 outbreak, are discussed in this section.
4.1 ?Massive open online learning courses
OER and their offspring, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), are becoming important factors in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education (SDG4). MOOCs are online courses that support unlimited participation and open access via the web. Particularly, MOOCs provide learning materials in an interactive way, by using videos, quizzes, instant feedback and assignments. They also support social interaction via forums, real-time chat functionality and social media. During COVID-19 outbreak, several institutions provided MOOCs for their students to maintain undisrupted learning from home.
The national public service platform for educational resources is an initiative of the central government of China in providing basic public services for education. The platform creates a network of communication, sharing and application environment for resources providers and users, and serves all levels of education. Large amounts of resources have been provided for teachers and students of schools at all levels, including digital resources that are synchronized with classroom teaching in primary and secondary school (e.g., teaching plans, coursewares, teaching videos, course materials), problem sets and tests database for the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination. Additionally, the platform also provides MOOCs for students, teachers and principals of schools at all levels, and resources for vocational education, safety education, moral education, education for physical, health and art. In order to support the "Disrupted Classes, Undisrupted Learning" during the coronavirus outbreak, the ministry of education of PRC quickly launched the National Network Cloud Platform for Primary and Secondary School based on National Public Service Platform for Educational Resources. To meet the students' learning demands in this special period, appropriate resources modules of 10 topics in time were added to the platform, including epidemic prevention education, moral education, curriculum learning, life and safety education, mental health education, family education, classic reading, trip learning education, film and television education, and electronic books.
After the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, the Open University of China (OUC) actively responded to the call of the Chinese Ministry of Education about postponing the spring semester, and providing online learning opportunities through Open Educational Resources (OER) that everyone can access to, especially those in rural areas. For instance, the OUC has provided a course entitled the Guide for Learning and Development of Children Aged 3-6 Years for kindergarten teachers to improve their professional skills during the COVID-19 pandemic.
4.2 Simulation and open game-based learning
Educational games are one of the methods that researchers have used in order to increase learners learning motivation and engagements. In this context, to provide an engaging and innovative learning experience during the COVID-19 outbreak, Porter-Gaud School used game-based learning approaches. Specifically, twenty-three children in Zoom, connected to the open game Minecraft Education Edition. They then started working in teams of six, and collaborating together to build their ideal home for quarantine within an open game environment. Additionally, to foster the motivation of learners and support open assessment, several National Minecraft EE experts were invited to join to further assess the work of the learners and give their feedback.
4.3 ?Telecourses
To ensure open accessible learning experiences, during COVID-19 outbreak, for those who do not have Internet connection especially in remote areas, courses and assignments were provided via televisions.
Four channels of China Education Television started open broadcasting of primary and middle school classes across the nation covering 75 lessons on air to provide open learning experiences for those in remote areas without Internet or without cable TV. Similarly, Tunisia created a new third national TV channel during COVID-19 to provide on it daily courses for all students in all grades.
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4.基于OER的典型遠程學習策略
現在有幾種遠程學習策略正在使用OER,為學生提供無障礙學習或多樣化的學習內容。本節將討論新冠肺炎疫情暴發期間,被報道的使用這些策略的案例。
4.1 大規模的在線開放學習課程
OER和其衍生物以及慕課,已成為實現可持續發展目標4(即素質教育)的重要因素。慕課是在線課程,支持無限參與,并通過網絡開放訪問。特殊的是,慕課通過運用視頻、測驗、即時反饋和作業等形式,以交互方式提供學習材料。學生還可以通過論壇、實時聊天功能和社交媒體來進行社交互動。在新冠肺炎疫情暴發期間,一些機構為他們的學生提供了慕課,以保證學生在家持續學習,不受疫情干擾。
國家教育資源公共服務平臺是中國中央政府提供教育基本公共服務方面的一項舉措。該平臺為資源提供者和用戶創建了一個包含通信、共享和應用環境的網絡,并為所有層次的教育提供服務。它已為各級學校的師生提供了大量資源,包括與中小學課堂教學同步的數字資源(例如教學計劃、課件、教學視頻、課程資料)、中考和高考的問題集和考試卷庫。此外,該平臺還為各級學校的學生、教師和校長提供慕課,并為職業教育、安全教育、德育、體育、健康和藝術教育提供資源。為了支持新冠肺炎疫情暴發期間的“停課不停學”,中國教育部基于國家教育資源公共服務平臺,迅速啟動了全國中小學網絡云平臺。為了滿足特殊時期學生的學習需求,該平臺及時添加了10個適當主題的資源模塊,包括防疫教育、德育、課程學習、生活與安全教育、心理健康教育、家庭教育、經典閱讀、旅行學習教育、影視教育和電子書。
在2020年新冠肺炎疫情暴發后,中國國家開放大學(OUC)也積極響應教育部關于推遲春季學期的呼吁,并通過OER為每個人提供能進行在線學習的機會,尤其是在農村地區。例如,國家開放大學為幼兒園教師提供了名為《3-6歲兒童學習和發展指南》的課程,以提高他們在新冠肺炎疫情期間的專業技能。
4.2 模擬和開放游戲化學習
教育游戲是研究人員用來提高學習者學習動機和參與度的一種方法。在這種情況下,為了在新冠肺炎疫情暴發期間提供引人入勝的創新的學習體驗,波特高德學校使用了基于游戲的學習方法。具體來說,Zoom(全球高清云視頻會議協作工具)網絡會議室中有23個孩子,并與開放式游戲《我的世界》教育版相連接。然后,學生開始進行6人一組的團隊工作,并共同合作,建設在開放游戲環境中被隔離的理想家園。此外,為培養學習者的動機并支持公開評估,波特高德學校邀請了數名《我的世界》EE版國際服專家參加評估,以進一步評估學習者的工作并提供反饋。
4.3 電視廣播課程
為了確保在新冠肺炎疫情暴發期間,那些無法連接到網絡的人(特別是在偏遠地區)也能獲得開放的可訪問的學習體驗,所以還通過電視廣播提供課程和作業。
中國教育電視臺的4個頻道開始在全國范圍內公開廣播中小學各年級課程,空中課堂一共廣播了75堂課,為沒有互聯網或有線電視的偏遠地區的人們提供了開放式的學習體驗。同樣,突尼斯在新冠肺炎疫情期間創建了一個新的第三國家電視頻道,用來向所有年級的所有學生提供每日課程。