Enlightenments of the Modern Education Technology Changes on the Construction of

Abstract： In the modern times， the rapid development of the education technology has the ability to make the education information communication realize a breakthrough in space. The modern education technology can make all kinds of the educational information storage and retrieve by the mean of saving and playing the information， for the ultimate purpose of promoting the students to have no limitations in both time and space. The education technology in the modern times has fulfilled the needs of opening up the higher learning schools to the outside world and making all of the students have learning at any time and place. For this reason， it is highly necessary for the construction of the open higher learning schools in China to tightly keep pace with the education technology， and make an enhancement to the construction of the network hardware conditions in the modern times. In the mean time， it is also necessary to build up a modern educational concept， create abundant network education resources with high qualities. As a result， the mission of constructing a learning-oriented society in which all of the people love to learn in their whole life can be accomplished by the open higher learning schools.

Key words： Education Technology， Open Higher Learning Schools， Resources Construction

1 Introduction

At the present time， the constructions of the open higher learning schools as well as their branches are being implemented in China. Learning and introducing the educational experience of the open higher learning schools of the foreign countries， making use of the modern distance education methods， tightly keeping pace with the trend of the information technology and bringing the advantages of the modern education technology into full play are the necessities for the construction and the development of the open higher learning schools in China. At the same time， all of these are the necessary routes， which are utilized by the national open higher learning schools to satisfy the needs of making the people all over the country have learning at any time and place.

2 Mission of the National Open Higher Learning Schools

At the Seventeenth Congress of Chinese Communist Party， it was clearly pointed out that it was highly necessary to develop both the remote education and continuing education and construct a learning-oriented society in which all of Chinese people love to learn in their whole life.

In 2010， in the "national middle-term and long-term education reform and development plan （2010-2020）"， it was also mentioned that it was highly necessary to make the learning system with a lenient entry but a stringent exit sound as much as possible and drive the open higher learning schools to develop very well.

At the same time， the middle-term and long-term education reform and development plans which were issued by all provinces of China clearly put forward it was imperative to make a sound improvement on the learning system with a lenient entry but a stringent exit an try to explore the ways of constructing the open higher learning schools on the basis of the radio and television colleges and universities.

Constructing the open higher learning schools in China on the basis of the radio and television colleges and universities bring about not only a great number of the opportunities and also is a great and noble mission. The radio and television colleges and universities were established in 1979 in China. However， although there was a negative influence from "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"， the radio and television colleges and universities allowed tens of thousands of the young people who lost their chances to go to a higher learning school to realize their dream of learning at a college or university.

Up to now， the radio and television colleges and universities have developed into a very huge system which covers the urban and rural areas all over the country， and also have changed into a very most important part of the higher education of China. Furthermore， the construction of the open higher learning schools in China will certainly exert their advantage in the radio and television system， and also will extend the high quality education resources to the places all over the country.

As a result， the open higher learning schools can make a positive contribution to the further prosperity of China in the future.

3 Changes of the Modern Education Technology

3.1 Definition on the Modern Education Technology

Education technology refers to the "technology in education" and is the sum of all of the means and methods， which are used by the human beings in all kinds of the education activities. It is divided into tangible and intangible technologies.

The tangible technology refers to the scientific knowledge， which is solidified and can be embodied in the tangible objects. However， the intangible technology refers to the scientific knowledge， which is reflected with an abstract form and makes use of the functional form to act on the education practices.

Therefore， the modern education technology is the sum of all of the means and methods， which are used by the human beings in all kinds of the education activities in the modern information age.

3.2 Development of the Modern Education Technology

The development history of the education technology of the foreign countries has undergone three stages as shown in the following.

3.2.1 The First Stage （1960s）—the Modern Education Technology Establishment Period

During this period， the application and research of the broadcast record education and the television education television took up a leading position. At that time， the application of the cassette tapes in education brought about great convenience to the language teaching.

In the middle 1960s， the successful launch of the satellite assisted communication laid a good foundation for the development of the satellite TV education. For this reason， the computer aided teaching systems began to be established and developed.

3.2.1 The Second Stage （1970s）—the Modern Education Technology Development Period

During this period， the applied technologies mainly include the picture recording equipment， the satellite television education system and the computer aided teaching system. This teaching system was especially applied in the United States and Japan at that time. The modern education technology， as a new discipline， owned some education technology definitions and some discussions on the research scope.

3.2.3 The Third Stage （after 1980s）—the Modern Education Technology Widely-applied Period

In North America， the television recording and video systems have been installed universally in the middle and primary schools， and hence have stored a large number of the videotapes. In the mean time， the miniature computers have been widely applied in the middle and primary schools as well.

The education technology in China was called as the education with electrical audio-visual aids from the late 1920s to 1990s， and developed into the modern education technology from 1998. The education technology with a modern significance first appeared Nanjing Jinling University （i.e. the current Nanjing University）， and then underwent the stages of silent film and slide show， educational cinema and radio broadcasting， the video and satellite television at the systematic stage， the multimedia， artificial intelligence and local area network （LAN） at the digital stage， and virtual reality and laboratory at the virtualization stage.

Since the ministry of education of China successively approved 37 universities including Tsinghua University， Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications， Zhejiang University and Hunan University to implement a modern distance education pilot in 1998， this exerted a very important role in the promotion of the development of the distance education.

As the information technology attains a very rapid development in the modern times， the progress of the informatization all over the world is pushed forward greatly， and also the modernization of education develops very fast. The mobile learning developed from the digital learning.

The mobile learning not only has the characteristics of digitization， multi-media， networking and intelligence and also owns a unique advantage， which is that the learners can carry out their learning at any time and place currently and also get an understanding of what they learn within the shortest time.

3.3 Roles of the Modern Education Technology in Promoting the Construction Development of the Open Higher Learning Schools

The advantage of the modern education technology complies with the educational objective of the open higher learning schools， which help people to learn at any time and place.

3.3.1 Modern Education Technology Improves the Environment and Model of both Teaching and Learning

The multimedia technology has greatly enriched its expressive power. And the multimedia teaching materials make an enhancement to the learning effect with the form of combining the images and sounds.

At the same time， the teaching model， which is cored at the modern education technology， attaches increasingly higher importance to the development of the characters of the students， and hence strengthens the interest of the students in the autonomous learning.

3.3.2 Modern Education Technology Enriches Education Resources

Within the network teaching system， there is a large amount of the data， information， programs， teaching software and other things stored. And these commonly generate a very large-scale resource pool and become a sea of information.

3.3.3 Modern Education Technology Meets the Cross-time Learning Needs

Network education has broken the monopoly and closure of knowledge， and has put an end to the history in which the excellent education resources were occupied only by a small number of people. In the network education， the students can receive the high quality higher education online with keeping indoors.

3.3.4 Modern Education Technology is Helpful for the Individualized Learning

In the network teaching， the learners can make a choice on the learning contents according to their own learning foundation， progress and difficulty， and timely seek the instruction and help from the teachers， and truly achieve the individualized learning.

4. enlightenments of the Changes of modern education technology on the Construction of the Open Higher Learning Schools in China

4.1 Strengthening the Construction of Network Hardware Conditions

As early as in 1993， the government of the United States announced to implement a new high-tech plan （NII）， which used Internet as prototype to construct the highway of the information age—"information superhighway"， which was aimed to making all of Americans easy to share the vast amount of information resources.

Accordingly， it is necessary the open high learning schools in China to make full use of the modern information technologies and the Internet， to build a domestic first-class network world.

In addition， to make the remote education serve for a wider range of people and easy to use， it is imperative to keep pace with the development edge of the information age， pay more attention to the influences and changes brought about by the mobile intelligent terminals on the remote education， and hence carry out the studies， application and promotion of the learning services of the mobile intelligent terminal.

4.2 Setting-up and Cultivating the Modern Education Concept

The development of the modern education concept is oriented at the "lifelong education" and the "education for all people". The training of the talents moves towards mass education in quantity， and tends to output the comprehensive talents with high quality， innovative ideas and in quality.

The teaching model is transformed to the guidance and enlightenments from the teachers to inspire the students to learn with initiative and innovation； the learning contents are transformed to taking the cultivation of the innovative spirit and practice ability as the key point.

An excellent higher learning school in the world has the advanced education concepts and the related training systems.

The successful education experience of the open higher learning schools in the foreign countries can provide a very good example for the open higher learning schools in China to manage their own educations.

4.3 Creating the High Quality Network Education Resources

In the modern times， it is highly necessary for the open higher learning schools in China to establish a full-time or part-time faculty which owns a high academic level and the rich teaching experience.

Besides， it is also necessary for the open higher learning schools in China to build up a course production team， which is composed of a great number of the professional personnel such as editor， television and recording maker， graphic designers， specialized software developer and academic examiners who all possess multiple skills.

Hence， a course learning resource research and development team can be created by the open higher learning schools in China based on the network learning； the online learning resources with high qualities can be researched and developed for China； the reform of the teaching and learning contents with a clear plan and a strong adaptability can be realized.

As a result， the needs of both the teachers and the students on the mobile learning under the information environment can be fulfilled with help of the modern education technology in the information age.

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