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1、QualityInOnlineLearning(一)Abstract:akingclass"happen"inaentissoneent.Afterall,ifaninstructorofformativeassessments,"heeabit;Ialreadyapplythatprincipletomyclassroom-basedclass.If,ontheotherhand,youtellhim"Requirestudentstoe-mailyouasynopsisofeacheitherbecausethatcourseproces
2、smayneitherapplytocoursenorplementhiscoursedesign.Iftheconceptofdesigningandevaluatingacoursebynarroulaeismisguided,anycategoriesofgoodexperience-provenpracticalideasthatseemedtosortthemselvesintothreebasiclevelsofguidanceforqualityonlinepedagogy:principlesoflearningscience
3、;practicesininstructionalartistry;andapplicationsofonlinesystems.Theinstructor'sbeststrategyistoarmhimselfentandtothinkcreativelyalltheethodsasapointofreference.Atsomelevel,theinstructormustdopreciselyustdoandteachhimselfbydratheknoselvesoutalongascaleofspecificity:§Aprinci
4、pleisapplicabletonearlyanyformallearningsituation,independentofthedeliverymedium.Thatisbecausethese"principlesoflearningscience"deriveprimarilyfromcharacteristicsoflearnersandthefunctionsofhumanbrain-learning,andnotfromthespecificcoursenorthemediumofcoursedelivery.§Apractic
5、eismanifeststhe"artofinstruction"odeofdelivery(e.g.,classbased,online,mixedmode).Practicesintheartofinstructionreflectamergingoflearningscienceprinciplesid,therearefeorereadilyenumeratemajorprinciplesoflearningsciencethatbroadlyaddressthefoundationuponostalllearningisbased.
6、Theyarelessspecificallyprescriptive.Practicesaremorespecific,andtheyapplytoaparticulardeliverymedium.But,theyarestillsoabstractastoalmostdemandexperiencedexpertiseinordertoutilizetheminanyconcrete,methodsareimmediatelyapplicable.Buttheyaresonarroerable.infeasibletosimplypre
7、sentapleteenumerationofallpossiblemethodsthatmightbehighlybeneficialtoaspecificlearningactivity.Theabundanceofspecificmethods(learningactivities,"assignableunits,"projects)byayassurethesuccessofagivenpracticeandtheapplicationofagivenprinciplepleformulatoansentofqualityinexi
8、stingcourses.Thisstudydoesnotinvolvebasicscientificresearch,butanmemoryandlearning