Editor's note: In the battle with the COVID-19 epidemic, more and more fighters are coming to its front lines, including students and former students of the Open University of China (OUC). Like other fighters, no matter how ordinary, they are contributing what they can. Let's take a close look at some of their stories.
The Open University of China (OUC) has offered high-quality learning resources to the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (hereinafter referred to as IITE) website in order to help learners around the world with “home-based online learning.”
In order to implement the efforts to fight the COVID-19 epidemic enacted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council and actively respond to the Ministry of Education’s call to "suspend classes but not learning” and the requirement to "support and encourage workers to participate in online vocational skills training" put forward by four national ministries and commissions, including the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Development and Reform Commission, the Open University of China (OUC), based on the public information service platform for realising dreams of further education, promoted free distance education services based around "suspending classes but not learning" and "internet plus” in order to ensure that industrial workers can continue learning and improve their qualifications and skills during the epidemic period.
In order earnestly put into effect the prevention and control measure “suspend classes but not learning” laid out by the Ministry of Education, the headquarters of the Open University of China (OUC) released the Notice on Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic (or COVID-19 Epidemic) on 31 January 2020.
"During the epidemic, we can listen to live lectures given by teachers in Beijing at home. The live courses have helped solve some of the psychological problems encountered by elderly people during this crisis, and offered us an effective ‘psychological prescription.’ I think this format is very suitable for elderly people." Wu Zhenping, a student from Inner Mongolia, shared these thoughts after watching the live online course organised by the Open University for Older Adults.
Editor's note: In the battle with the COVID-19 epidemic, more and more fighters are coming to its front lines, including students and former students of the Open University of China (OUC). Like other fighters, no matter how ordinary, they are contributing what they can. Let's take a close look at some of their stories.
Editor's note: In the battle with the COVID-19 epidemic, more and more fighters are coming to its front lines, including students and former students of the Open University of China (OUC). Like other fighters, no matter how ordinary, they are contributing what they can. Let's take a close look at some of their stories.
Publication Information: Jing Degang. 2020. New Mission for Open Universities Based on a Vision of Lifelong Education. Distance Education in China (3): 1-4.
Abstract: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, online education has been brought into sharp focus. What historical mission should open universities that use online education take on? This essay is a brief review of the operational history and experiences of open universities from the perspectives of history and reality.