Beijing and CRTVU

                                                                          

         

CRTVU

Forbidden City

The Enjoying Jasper Temple at the Old Summer Palace

The Marble Boat in Beijing`s Summer Palace, one of Beijing`s most popular attractions

Central Radio & TV Universityand RTVUs

1978 UK,OUUK—Hongkong—RTUVs

The body of Radio & Television

Universities

Adult education in China and RTVUs

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毕业生 9.2 6.8 1.7 16.5 24.9 17.9 27.5 13.1 12.1 16.3 12.1 9.8 10.1招生 9.8 7.9 18.5 23.6 20.6 27.3 21.5 13 19.2 12.5 11.2 10.4 11.4 21.9 23.2在校生 9.8 16.8 17 25.9 41.4 59.9 67.4 60.4 56.6 45.4 41.7 40.8 33.5 33 43.9 54.8

79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

电大毕业生占同期高等教育毕业生比例

其他成人大学

电视大学

12.7%

传统高校

高校成人

17.3%

17.6%

52.4%

电大毕业生 289 万 (至 2000 年 )

14.6%

电大毕业生占成人高等教育毕业生比例

37.0%

26.6%36.4% 电大其他成人校

传统高校成人教育

CRTVU

Tayuan centerNanhai center

Beijing center

44 Province RTVUs

Learning centers

contract

contract

contractcontract

全国的远程教学和教学管理系统

教育部 中央电大 直属教学点（ 3 学习中心）

省市教育行政部门

省级电大44 所

直属部或直属分校

地市教育行政部门

地市分校或工作站 840 所

直属教学点（班）

县市教育行政部门

县级工作站1907 所

教学点（班）

教学班18400 多个

CERNET 或 公网

通过光纤或 DDN 专线

地方电大计算机校园网或局域网地方电大教学平台

卫星接收机有线电视VBI/IP

教育电视台 IP/VBI数字播出服务器

卫星接收机IP/VBI

中央电大计算机校园网

教学平台光纤

个人计算机

PSTNISDNADSL

电大计算机网络与卫星网络

中央电大学生支持需求调查

Students’ Perceptions of

Learning Support at

RTVUs

Guozhen Jiang

PurposeTwo key factors for distance education

– Course development– Student support

Course design

student’s background demand analyses

decide instructional strategies

choose media

Student support …demand (Ormond simpson,2000)

PurposeWhy student support is important

Student’s need － learning obstacles To reduce drop out rates:

CRTVU- 30-65% OUHK-about 40%

To improve instructional effect and efficiency

Students and courses of CRTVUStudent: 680,000 enrolled240 Courses IP courseware 278Hours;Video 2096 Hours

Other relational research at RTVUs

Research DesignResearch method: questionnaireResearch procedures

11,2001 review literature 12.2001 designed questionary

3.2002 reviewed questionary 4.2002 pilot study

5. 2002 formal survey 6. 2002 analysed data 8. 2002 drafted report

Sample

Pilot study: 25 learners (4th registered) Formal survey

– Number of questionary sent:1090

– Responded questionary :1079

Responded rate 99 ％

– Valid questionary: 823( 76.3 ％ )

Research Design

Sampling

Stratify by Stratify by Sample GDP of area course

Level 1 AD: PC,Education 30students/course Beijing&Tianjin BD:Accountant,Law

Students Level 2 AD:PC,Education 30students/course

Liaoning&Jilin BD:Accountant,Law

Level 3 AD: PC,Education 30students/course Gansu&Qinhai BD: Accountant,Law

AD:associate degree

Data source:http://www.stats.gov.cn/

City or

Province

Rank

(GDP)

GDP (yuan)

Developed

Regions

Beijing 2 17413

Tianjin 3 15153

Developing

regions

Liaoning 8 9948

Jilin 14 6361

Underdeveloped regions

Qinhai 21 4739

Gansu 30 3698

Statistic software

SPSS10.0 

ResultsBackground of the students

– Age, length of service– Gender– Employment situation

Students’ need for support– Learning obstacle– The ways to get help– Delivery way

Distribution of age

18 － 20: 5.8%21 － 26: 48.4 ％27 - 35: 35.4% >35: 10.4 ％

– Mean: 27.6– Std.Deviation: 5.9– Minimum: 18– Maximum: 55

Length of service

0 9.0%1 3Years 24.8%4 6Years 22.4%7 9Years 11.1%10 12Years 13.2%13 15Years 10.1%16 40Years 9.4%

– Mean ： 7.3– Std.Deviation 6.2 – Minimum ： 0– Maximum ： 38

Gender

  Male Female

Education 22.3 ％ 77.7 ％

Accountant 32.0 ％ 68.0 ％

Law 51.3 ％ 48.7 ％

PC application 57.2 ％ 42.8 ％

Mean 41.3 ％ 58.7 ％

Employment situation

  % PC Accountant Law Education

Full time 78.5 81.4 82.4 93.5

Part time 11.1 6.4 8.0 4.9

Unemployed 7.3 7.3 8.5 1.1

others 3.2 5.0 1.1 0.5

Students’ need for support

Learning obstacles

Means getting help

Ways delivering support

Support delivery based Web

Learning obstacles ％

#WS

DE

Bias

Environment Method Text book

与原专业不一致

Inter-fere

Lone-liness

无氛围

对 DL不习惯

不会自学

Stro-agree &agree

59.4

26.9 35.8

33.7 36.8

27.6 27.7 34.3 26.5

Neutral 10.4

15.3 21.1

18.5 16.4

21.0 19.6 17.6 13.5

Disagree &stro disagree

27.2

55.1 39.9

44.1 41.0

47.8 47.7 44.2 45.9

Inapplicability 2.9 2.7 3.2 3.7 5.9 3.7 5.2 3.7 14.1

#Conflict between work and learning

The Means getting help

%

Telephone E-mail Meeting Resolv-ing by self

First

Call

tutor

Call student

Tutor student Tutor Student

Always &Often

41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 71.0

Sometimes 59.4 59.4 59.4 59.4 59.4 59.4 21.7Rarely &never

20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 6.6

The way delivering support--current means

%

Face to face

Phone AV media PC & WebLiveTV

Videotape

VCD IP CAI Web-text

E-mail

Web-Chat

Always /often

93.6 28.8 34.9 24.5 30.0 22.7 26.6 48.6 31.7 22.2

Sometimes 5.4 21.3 24.9 22.7 22.0 17.9 18.6 21.8 19.9 20.0Rarely /never

0.8 35.7 32.3 41.6 34.0 36.3 35.2 20.6 31.0 39.5

Inapplicability

0.2 14.3 7.9 11.3 14.0 23.1 19.6 8.9 17.3 18.4

Mean 1.31 3.52 3.16 3.54 3.45 3.88 3.70 2.94 3.5 3.82

1.31 3.52 3.38 3.88

3.49

1=Always5=Never

The way delivering support-- Students’ selections

%

Face to face

Phone AV media PC & WebliveTV

Videotape

VCD IP CAI Web-text

E-mail

Web-Chat

Stro-agree &agree

98.5 48.9 73.4 63.5 63.4 53.5 56.2 75.7 63.1 43.2

Neutral 5.4 21.3 24.9 22.7 22.0 17.9 18.6 21.8 19.9 20.0

Disagree &strongly

0.6 9.4 3.4 6.3 4.2 4.7 5.2 5.0 6.8 12.3

Inapplicability

0.2 20.6 10.4 14.1 13.3 2.5 22.0 10.5 17.2 20.3

Mean 1.18 3.05 2.26 2.54 2.50 3.03 2.91 2.17 2.63 3.16

1.18 3.05 2.43 3.03 3.49

1=Strong agree5=Strong disagree

The gap between current means and students’ selections

Mean

Face to face

Phone AV media PC & WebLiveTV

Videotape

VCD IP CAI

Web-text

E-mail

Web-Chat

current means

1.31 3.52 3.16 3.54 3.45 3.88

3.70

2.94 3.5 3.82

students’ preferences

1.18 3.05 2.26 2.54 2.50 3.03

2.91

2.17 2.63 3.16

1=Strong agree5=Strong disagree

The support delivery based Web

from RTVU

from Net bar

from home

from work

total

Always &Often

37.2 20.7 29.6 25.3 28.20

Sometimes 26.9 17.3 13.6 12.8 17.64

Rarely &Never 27.7 50.0 38.8 44.2 40.18

Inapplicability 8.2 12.0 17.9 17.7 13.95

Mean 3.09 3.83 3.72 3.83

Accessing the Internet

The support delivery based Web

Purposes to access the Internet

%Communicate with tutor

Communicate with student

Get materials

Not for course

Stro agree &agree

72.9 69.1 79.4 16.3

Neutral 9.9 14.2 7.8 19.9Disagree/ strongly disagree

5.0 4.9 3.8 47.9

Neutral 12.1 11.8 8.9 15.9Mean 1.99 2.27 2.34 3.99

Discussion Students’ background and course design

– Different courses– Different regions

Learning obstacles analyses– Main obstacle: conflict between work and learning– Current delivering means: face to face (93% always)– Alternative

Delivering means -learner,teacher-cost efficiency

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