How has community education in China developed over the past 30 years? Are the communities themselves satisfied with community education? What are people’s expectations for community education? How should community education develop in the future?
Every teacher and every student is certainly familiar with the concept of learning assessment as a crucial part of course teaching and learning. It is said that learning assessment is the baton for conducting teaching and learning and it is also said that learning assessment is a measuring instrument to judge the effect of the teacher’s work as well as the results of the students’ learning.
The Chinese nation is one of the nations in the world that attaches the greatest importance to education. Ancient education in China can be traced back to very early times. Every kind and level of school was already regularized and institutionalized from the central government to the local authorities, and of these the highest educational institutions established in the capital city received the greatest attention. So what is the name of the highest education institution in ancient China?
In order to know the status of the organization of teaching at branches participating in the new learning website and the online courses pilot programme of the Open University of China (OUC), to discuss issues related to mobile phone trial programme, and to exchange views on and discuss measures to promote online teaching, from June 8th to 12th, 2015, the OUC Learner Support Centre visited the OUC Chengdu Branch to carry out a special investigation.
The review committee for the outstanding graduates of the Open University of China (OUC) recently reviewed the candidates for the "2014 Class of Outstanding Graduates of the OUC" and publicly announced the final list of award winners. 438 students were announced as part of the"2014 Class of Outstanding Graduates of the OUC".
In Xinchang county, Zhejiang province, they have a saying: You might not know the county leaders, but you must know Lv Weixing. Lv Weixing is an ordinary policeman from the Traffic Police Urban Duty Squadron of Xinchang County Public Security Bureau. However he has two unusual nicknames:“Black Lord Bao” and “Street Angel”（with the connotation of lord of justice and protector of the streets).
Mr. Yang Zhijian，President of the Open University of China (OUC), attended the Executive Committee Meeting of International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) held in Paris, France on June 8, 2015. It is the second meeting after the ICDE Executive Committee took a conference call in April 2015.
The Global High Level Policy Forum: Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education for the Future We Want organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in partnership with ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education) was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 9-11 June 2015. Over 200 participants from 57 countries around the world participated in the forum. Mr. Yang Zhijian, President of the Open University of China (OUC) shared the university’s practice in promoting education equity based on information technology in the forum.