Resource localization: e-learning new Viewpoint (next)

Procurement of global educational resources

E-leaming demand for resources is very large, in the current domestic resource construction is not developed perfect, completely rely on their own strength to develop all resources will have many difficulties, without taking many detours. Compared with this, foreign engaged in e-learning than at home earlier, with a more mature experience in resource development, has accumulated a large number of ready-made resources, including outstanding desirable things. In the face of the opening of education and training in China, they have poured into domestic efforts to gain profits by reusing resources. Therefore, through the "copycat" procurement of foreign resources, can be removed from the middle of the development process, with less cost to obtain the required content.

The rational introduction of various foreign quality education resources through "copycat" will effectively increase the supply of resources, improve the level of education development and meet the diversified and multi-level needs of education. China's quality education and training resources are relatively scarce, and many developed countries have a high level of teachers and good education and training experience. We can go out, please come in, through the introduction of foreign education resources, common schools and other forms, as soon as possible to improve our school-running level and quality of education.

As Mr. Lu Xun said, "We have to use the brain, let out the eye, take it ourselves!" "In the introduction of foreign resources at the same time, must not be good and evil, according to the whole collection, but should be selective, with the introduction of the plan." From the point of view of e-learning resources, there are several key points that can be used for intensive localization operations.

Teaching software, platform: this part of the resources mainly include curriculum teaching platform, learning software tools. Part of the common teaching platform, such as learning space, WCT and so on, have been recognized in the country, and have been successfully applied, in addition to some directly oriented teaching content of the teaching software. With the development of e-learning, more software platforms will be introduced into the field of domestic education and training.

Courses and materials: teaching and training courses at all levels of education and different industries, as well as various electronic teaching materials. These courses or textbooks are directly related to the demand of the industry, which is the necessary teaching content for the system to implement E-learning, and also the inevitable way for foreign e-learning to enter into the domestic education formally.

Teaching, training materials: including various media formats of teaching and training materials, including from the text, pictures to audio and video of different materials, they are in the form of large-scale resource pool introduced.

At present, the main methods are as follows: The provider and the demand to run a school, the provider through the education agency in the domestic promotion, government departments or educational organizations to carry out unified procurement, coordination and distribution. The introduction of these resources is different, but no matter what kind of introduction mode, the localization of resources market can be reflected, because the localization of resources is one of the specific operations necessary for the quality of the introduction.

To change. More to go beyond

The localization of e-learning resources should not only change the form, but also achieve the essence of transcendence. Foreign do have good resources and content, but when people with expectations to be introduced locally, but often found that the original point of light has been prosaic, the bright spot no longer. At this time, people can not help but think of the old saying: "Orange-born Huainan is orange, orange-born Huaibei is the citrus." What's the other person? Soil and water vary. "The Wisdom of Yan Ying's wisdom that the orange transplant crisis and reasons, more than 2000 years ago, his words still let us in the knowledge of the localization of resources benefited."

Capital is the whole IT industry has always been the magic weapon, but for the education and training industry, only from the market approach to the unilateral education and training is not desirable. The capital operation is the market question, but the quality assurance is the content question. Practitioners want to use capital and technology to stimulate the localization of e-learning resources; from the specific needs of educational product development, e-learning resources localization needs to meet the demand with excellent quality. At this point, most of the resources need to be concerned about is the e-learning resources after the localization of the application degree. In the final analysis, the competition of e-learning resources localization is essentially the competition of content quality, and the good content quality cannot be separated from the support of advanced methods. To get the recognition of the e-learning market, practitioners should do the real localization of educational products, not acclimatized to the excessive pole of things. If the foreign sweet orange to the domestic species into bitter orange, to ensure that no one will go to eat.

Although the advanced resources of foreign e-learning market can bring fresh blood to the development of our country's e-learning, the difference of cultural region makes us have to combine the local reality with the external resources according to the actual conditions and the user's characteristics, so that the two complement each other. In order to make the localization resources truly "in Rome" and to realize the seamless connection of resource transplant, it is obvious that the factors affecting the localization of resources should be considered.

Cultural reasons: The primary reason for the localization of resources stems from cultural differences, including language, politics, history, geography, law, religion, customs, etc. In the localization of resources, the impact of such factors is of paramount importance and should be given priority.

Technology due to turbulence: the diversity of technological means has brought diversity and heterogeneity to digital information resources, and it is necessary to standardize and transform the educational information resources used in different technical means or in different technical environments.

The factors of subject: the similarities and differences of knowledge and the level of knowledge within the discipline also have an impact on the local application of e-learning resources. For example, subjects such as nature and language, physics and geography, biology and history, and the classification of knowledge levels within the same subject area of knowledge can also have an impact, such as basic education, higher education, continuing education, vocational education, educational attainment and so on. In these situations, it is necessary to localize the educational resources.

Industry demand: Industry gap is also one of the factors that affect the local application of e-learning resources. Under the background of the industrialization of education, there are different degrees of correlation between education and many fields. Therefore, in the localization of e-learning resources, we need to focus on the characteristics of different industries and make them conform to the special needs of different industries.