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Technologies for development and learning
The document discusses challenges in China's higher education, specifically the unequal deployment of educational resources and lack of accessible lifelong learning opportunities for adults. It highlights innovations such as Skyclass and PPClass that utilize technology to bridge geographical gaps and provide scalable education solutions. The authors emphasize the importance of mobile learning and personalized education systems to meet the demands of the workforce.
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- 1. Technologies for Developmentand Learning --- innovations grow from concrete challenges Ruimin Shen, Weikai Xie and Carsten Ullrich ( rmshen/wkxie/ullrich_c@sjtu.edu.cn), e-Learning Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Oct 25, 2009
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- 3. Challenge 1 –Highly unbalanced education resource deployment China’s higher education “985 program” • 39 top (among ~2000 )universities entitled • Biased government funding and research grants Unequal distribution by province No. of 985 program universities Province 10 Beijing 3 Shanghai, Hubei, Shaanxi, Hunan 2 Jiangshu, Tianjin, Liaonin, Shichuan, Shangdong 1 Anhui, Zhejing, Helongjiang, Fujian, Gangsu, Congqing, Jilin 0 Remaining 15 provinces
- 4. disproportional admission opportunityto top universities • Tsinghua University's 2010 by-province admission plan How technologies can help tackle this problem? Province Assigned quota Population Beijing 243 197M Zhejiang 42 517M … … …
- 5. Skyclass – Mitigategeographical education resource gap Ning Xia University IP network for interactivity Tibet University Satellite link for multimedia content broadcast SJTU Augmented Standard Natural Classroom Innovation: Right mix of transmission technologies
- 6. PPClass – P2PStreaming based live lecture broadcast system Traditional way to deliver live lecture P2P Streaming Issue: Need huge bandwidth and server cost when scale-up Advantage: scale-up easily with only marginal burden on server
- 7. www.go2class.net – Open accessto SJTU continuing education, powered by PPClass technology Innovation: Open the access of premium education resource to massive audience with a scalable and cost-effective streaming media technology
- 8. Challenge 2 -Lack of accessible form of life-long learning for working adults Huge demand of life-long learning in China • Current educational demographic vs “economic structure upgrade” mission However, most working adults are unable to squeeze time to come to a formal class!
- 9. Mobile learning willbe a natural fit for life-long education!
- 10. MobiClass – accesslive lecture/recorded lecture from smart phones Download at kiosk Download from web site Live streaming Support all major Symbian phones
- 11. PPClass Mobile – m-Learningon the new generation of smart phones Touch screen operation Support Android (iPhone support is coming)
- 12. Today’s Learning ManagementSystems (LMS): Lack of information about the user across learning systems and learning contexts Learner/teacher cannot choose learning services Intelligent infrastructure incorporating widgets and existing LMSs across system boundaries The ROLE Approach – right on track truly personalizing learning © www.role-project.eu
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- 14. Join ROLE andinnovate! The ROLE Alliance Program gives you the opportunity to be a part of the ROLE Project • http://www.role-project.eu/AllianceProgram ROLE LinkedIn • http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1590487&trk=hb_side_g
- 15. Thank you, andwelcome toThank you, and welcome to Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong University Contact: rmshen@sjtu.edu.cnContact: rmshen@sjtu.edu.cn