Design and application of the interactive network language teaching platform bas

Abstract. The design idea of the traditional network teaching platform with the resources as the center ignores the subjective initiative of the teaching subjects， lays too much emphasis on the basic teaching functions， and the interaction functions are insufficient， with no attention on the social philosophy， and the sense of belongings and cohesion of the learning community is not enough. Aiming at the shortages of the traditional network teaching platform， based on the related network teaching theories， combined with the advantage of the interactivity of the SNS， this article presents the design idea of the interactive network teaching platform based on SNS， and then designs the interactive network teaching platform. On this basis， conduct the secondary development using U-center SNS open-source code， and realize a prototype of the interactive network teaching platform based on SNS with the novelty module on the teaching interactive functions as an example. The comparative research on the prototype with the traditional platform demonstrates the effectiveness of the interactive network teaching platform proposed in this paper.

Key words： SNS； interactivity； network teaching platform； system design

1. Research status and analysis of the network

teaching platform

The network teaching platform is not only a developing and changing concept， but also a concept of a broad connotation. At present， the network teaching platform theory is not mature， and there is no unified concept. So it is necessary to define the definition of the network teaching platform. The network teaching platform in this paper refers to the software environment of the network teaching. The following are some common definitions：

Some experts believe that the network teaching platform is the software system to provide services specifically for the network teaching of the subjects of teaching based on the network， and some experts believe that the network teaching platform should provide full support for the network teaching， and should be able to effectively support the "teaching" and "learning" activities of teaching subjects. Foreign experts believe that the network teaching platform is a comprehensive software system established on the Internet， which can provide the teaching preparations， support the teaching communications and the interactive exchanges. Synthesizing the above definition， different experts define the network teaching platform from different points of view.

The research purpose of this paper is to extend the functions of the existing network teaching platform， and pay attention to the interactivity of the platform. Therefore， the network teaching platform is defined as the software system based on the network， which can support the users （teachers， students and other visitors） to autonomously create the learning environment， and to carry out the interactive learning， and which has a perfect incentive and management mechanism to guarantee the teaching resource sharing and the autonomy evaluation of the learning achieved. This definition emphasizes the network teaching platform is to provide the services for the platform users， and for the teachers， it provides the environment design tools for the network learning， such as the establishment of the curriculum learning community， the creation of the curriculum resources， and the evaluation of the teaching effects and so on.

2. The connotation and characteristics of SNS

Social networking （SN） refers to the network of relationships between people. The web site based on the ideas of the network relationship system is the social networking site （SNS）. Web 1.0 networks are used just as the information dissemination tool， and the majority of the network users are the recipients of the information. Compared with the traditional web l.0 era， SNS as the representative of the Web 2.0 has the following characteristics：

2-1. The public becomes the creators of the website information.

In the traditional web l.0 era， the individuals can only passively receive information by searching the information， and even if you can evaluate on a certain web site or things， the original things are original to the management of these sites. The information you think very important is likely to be deleted by the administrators due to not meeting the site requirements or the storage capacity of the website. Then this valuable information， ideas， experience or some other ideological sparks may be never got back. While under the SNS environment， you can be a node consisting of the social network， and at any time you can record your own information， ideas， experience and so on， and you can also communicate your information in your inner circle， and manage your own information， and you are the master of the nodes.

2-2. The real time of the information search

Like such information portal sites as Google and Baidu， they are intended to help people solve the difficult problems of finding the information， and to make the information searching become simple and accurate. But the public is just the audience of the information， and most of the information they included is the relatively static information. And the SNS like Twitter is to include the real time information of the masses. For example， Twitter is a micro-blog with the limit of 140 characters， and in this form of communication， through the real-time information release， the users can describe the current state of their own. So it has the giant real time database. When you search， it will display your search results according to the time sequence. For example， when you hear someone says he has seen the UFO in a place on the radio， if you are still searching in the Google， you can not find any information， because it hasn’t had time for the collection. If you log into Twitter， it is likely that some witnesses are talking about the matter， and it also becomes the scene of a number of people broadcasting live together.

2-3. The establishment of the virtual communities on the basis of the personal preferences

In the environment of SNS， the teaching subjects with the same interests can establish the learning interest groups in the form of learning communities. The interpersonal circle is established not only on the basis of the relationship of your relatives， friends， and classmates， but also on the basis of common interests， topics， and the common experiences. Based on the support of such databases， by mining the user information， it is possible to get the users' preferences， and to track the behaviors of the users.

The related researches of SNS in the aspect of the application of pedagogy are： ① studies of the advantages of the network teaching application of SNS. The articles on behalf are "Analysis of the potential applications of SNS in the teaching"， which analyzes systematically the advantages of SNS in teaching from the propagation properties and characteristics of SNS， and forecasts the application prospects of SNS in teaching. "Preliminary exploration on the construction of the web-based learning environment with the application of the website functions of SNS" researches on the advantages of the SNS sites of the formation of the network learning environment from the aspect of the construction of the network environment， and obtains the application values of SNS in the construction of the learning environment. ②Discussion on the theory of the construction of the network learning community using SNS. The representative articles are "Preliminary exploration on the construction of the inter-school network learning communities based on SNS"， which puts forward the community structures on the basis of the analysis of the characteristics， and "Study of the construction of the network learning community based on the SNS"， which constructs an SNS-based network learning community based on the analysis of the existing network learning community and the advantages of the SNS. ③Inspiration of SNS for the teaching reform. "Discussion of teaching reform of the microcomputer principles and the interface technologies based on SNS" proposes the reform of the teaching methods using SNS according to the specific curriculum teaching， in order to improve the teaching efficiency. ④ Study on the application of SNS in teaching. "Research on the thematic collaborative learning platform based on the SNS" combines SNS with the thematic collaborative learning. "Study and application of the Web 2.0 techniques in the network teaching platform" applies each specific technology of Web 2.0 to different aspects of the network teaching， and conducts the functional application from the local areas. "Construction of the social interactive environment in the network teaching platform based on the Blog" applies the Blog to the network teaching， to realize the function of the interactivity of the network teaching.

3. Technical feasibility

Four methods can be used to achieve the construction of the network learning platform with the aid of the SNS： transplant the SNS concepts into the existing network teaching platform， build the platform with the aid of the SNS， conduct the secondary development using the open-source codes， and carry out the development using the technical structures of the SNS network.

3-1. Transplant the SNS concepts into the existing network teaching platform

The network teaching platform is the infrastructure in the network teaching system， with mature and complex technologies. We are unable to achieve the seamless combination if we rigidly embed the SNS system in the original teaching platform， and we can transplant the partially improved functions into the SNS platform. SNS as a social network service also can be said to be a kind of philosophy. The concept of the combination of the individual with the community， the characteristics of the interpersonal support， and the idea of SNS is used in the existing platform， as an extension of the supportive services of the existing platform， to meet the needs of the social support of the learners. At the same time， the idea of SNS is used in the mature platform， and the changes to the original platform is relatively small， which will save the costs， and the difficulty will be relatively low.

3-2. Build the platform using the mature SNS website

Since 1997， SNS has developed so far， and has mature technology and a wide range of audience. There are various types of SNS because of the diversity of the audience， and the objects using a SNS focus on the adolescents， and the majority of the existing SNS site can be free to use through the registration， and can be used to as the auxiliary communication platform of the network teaching， which is available to use and can save the resources. But because there are many interfering advertising information， on the webpage of a lot of the open SNS websites because of the profit demand， the rich game functions on the part of the SNS site have also become a factor to consider. In the selection of the SNS platforms for the teaching， we should exclude the interference information as far as possible.

In the exploration of the main contents of the platform of SNS application， we should fade the entertainment coat， and provide free plug-in， and by encouraging the use of the educational researchers， entrepreneurs and others， we should develop the new scope of application of SNS. The current representative academic SNS is the Ning site， and there is the feasibility analysis of integrating cooperative learning website SNS and the thematic collaborative learning in the application of the education.

3-2-1. Track and record the learning behaviors of the learners， reduce the loneliness of the learners， and arouse the participation and enthusiasm of the learners.

In the traditional learning environment， the learning atmosphere is very important factor to influence the learning effect， and the good and positive learning environment can stimulate the learning desire of the learners to have the autonomous learning. In the traditional classroom learning environment， the learning atmosphere refers to the surrounding atmosphere that can be felt， and the actions， or dialogues， or learning， or readings， or the actions of doing exercises of the other learners that can be perceived. And in the network learning platform， in our own learning space， we do not know whether the other learners are involved in the subjects， view the dialogues， or vote. In a networked classroom， the creation of the atmosphere is very important. To create a good learning atmosphere in the network education can make learners exchange and discuss the emotions， or events， or professions and so on， and the very close communication can strengthen the students' cohesion， enhance their belongings， and improve their autonomy. SNS community has the educational functions of recording the learning actions. The new members of the community and other information will be recorded on the website， and the new information， the answered questions， and the initiatives that the teachers upload can be seen in the home page. The learners can know what the other students do every day， and to create a good learning atmosphere， the teachers can understand the learning activities of the students， which will be conducive to have the formative assessment of the students.

3-2-2. The learners participate in the topic group activities， with strong autonomy， to build an effective learning community with common learning interests and requirements.

In the network teaching environment， we should advocate a kind of learning group learning method with equal cooperation to explore collaboratively. Under the network environment， the better forms of organization and learning group is a very effective way to create the learning and educating atmosphere in the network education. The heterogeneous grouping is used in the traditional teaching environment， while the teaching environment of the network due to a large number of students， and the cultural diversity， uses the flexible form of grouping， and the SNS offers flexible grouping functions.

In the traditional network teaching environment， teachers through the heterogeneous grouping， select the learning team leaders， and make clear the division of the labor. In the model of the theme grouping based on the SNS， teachers create large theme modules， which can be divided into small modules. The learners according to their own interests are free to participate in the SNS social space themes， and can join in multiple large theme modules that the teachers create. The learners have their own personal space， and the learners can create a different theme module according to their own hobbies， and can join in a module of other students that they are interested in， and each student can find the learning partners most suitable for their personality to improve the learning interests.

4. Conclusion

In this paper， the author researches on the interactive network teaching platform based on the SNS environment， with the following main contributions：

4-1. Study and analyze the traditional network teaching platform.

By analyzing the design ideas and the functional framework of the traditional network teaching platform， we can obtain the shortages of the traditional network teaching platform. The traditional network teaching platform pays too much attention to the basic functions of the teaching， and the interactive function is weak， which pays the inadequate attention to the subjective initiative of the teaching subjects， and ignores the construction of teaching situations. Based on this， this paper presents the design ideas and methods of the interactive network teaching platform based on SNS. The design ideas of the interactive network teaching platform are based on the interactive thought and humanistic thought. The design idea based on SNS in this paper pays more attention to the status of the masters of the teaching subjects， and pays more attention to the interaction between the teaching subjects.

4-2. Construct and design the interactive network teaching platform based on SNS.

It mainly includes the design of the teaching interactive features， the evaluation and feedback functions and the social sustaining functions， and gives the design processes of each module.

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