According to the US education website Education Dive, in 2018, university and college leaders should focus on the five following trends.
In order to enrich its “learning menu” and make it possible for people to study at home, Tianjin Radio and TV University (Tianjin RTVU) has been conducting in-depth surveys of people’s needs, constantly optimising the Tianjin Lifelong Learning Network, and accumulating digital study resources.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) recently printed and distributed the “2018 Key Work Points for Educational Informatisation and Online Security” (hereinafter referred to as the Key Work Points), which put forward nine core targets and 29 key tasks in nine aspects.“Promoting Cloud Classroom Construction at the Open University of China (OUC)” was been listed among the core goals.” In addition, the OUC is expected to undertake or participate in three major tasks.
At the First Session of the 13th People’s Congress of Hunan Province, Deputy Long Siqing emphasised the need to strive to cultivate rural talents to help with rural revitalisation. “The key to achieving prosperity for a village is to have a good Party branch and the key to lifting a household out of poverty is to have a knowledgable person in the family,” she explained.
On the afternoon of 4th January, 2018, the inauguration of the“Dalian RTVU Sunshine School,” jointly built by the Dalian Radio and TV University (Dalian RTVU) and Dalian Disabled Persons' Federation, was held in the multi-purpose hall of the Vocational Skills Training Centre for Disabled Persons in Dalian.
From 3rd to 4th March, the 2018 annual work meeting of the Open University of China (OUC) was held in Beijing.
The Chinese Language Centre of the Open University of China (OUC) is responsible for teaching Chinese language to overseas learners. It uses open and distance education to conduct Chinese language and culture instruction, develop multimedia teaching resources, and provide distance learner support services and related research. The Chinese Language Centre is staffed with 37 personnel, of whom 22 are professional teachers with overseas teaching experience or an overseas educational background.
In the early morning, on his way to the Songxian branch of the Luoyang Radio and Television University (Luoyang RTVU), a solemn-looking middle-aged man hurries to the university ahead of schedule to prepare a computer exam for RTVU students.