Commenting on Western Open Courses by Chinese Learners

Autor/in	Xia, Jingfeng
Titel	Commenting on Western Open Courses by Chinese Learners
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 17 (2013) 4, S.377-397 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315312456298
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Open Universities; Asians; Discourse Analysis; Course Content; Educational Resources; College Students; Classification; Ideology; International Cooperation; International Education; Web Sites; Translation; Correlation; Teaching Methods; Teaching Styles; China; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Offene Universität; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Diskursanalyse; Kursprogramm; Bildungsmittel; Collegestudent; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Ideologie; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationale Erziehung; Web-Design; Korrelation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	This article examines web comments written by Chinese learners on online open courses that are originally produced by leading universities in the United States and United Kingdom and are later introduced to China with Chinese translation. It applies the thematic discourse analysis strategy to classify the comments into themes to explore the patterns of studying behaviors of the Chinese learners. The analysis reveals that open access as the concept and practice of educational resources sharing is overwhelmingly supported. With regard to open course content, the Chinese are more interested in course materials that echo their daily experience than in courses that merely deliver knowledge and skills. A debate on the social effect of foreign open courses on Chinese ideology is discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10