Lifelong Learning and Distance Education
China’s Ministry of Education has been promoting the concept of lifelong learning for some years. Here is the Wikipedia definition of lifelong learning:
Lifelong learning, also known as LLL, is the ‘lifelong, lifewide, voluntary, and self-motivated’ pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.*
Although lifelong learning is not a new concept in Chinese culture, in […]
Sitting in Rows or in a Circle?
If I ask you to describe a typical classroom, what image comes to your mind? Is it a room with a podium and a blackboard/whiteboard in the front and rows of desks and chairs facing the podium? What do you think if I say a classroom can be a room with desks/chairs in a circle […]
Welcome Jianbin Li, Tsinghua University, China
Today I am happy to introduce a new guest blogger, Jianbin Li. Jianbin is the Deputy Director of Liaison and Cooperation at the Administration Office of Continuing & Professional Education for Tsinghua University, China. He has been an integral part of the UMass, UMassOnline and China partnership and now a valuable contributor to the China […]
Character Education in Online Education
Recently I read an article (in Chinese) in which the authors explain their perspective in online education in China. I found the following viewpoint, which I translated into English, interesting:
Currently, there are still some issues with the development of online education. First of all, there is a lack of proficiency in internet technology and educational […]
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