Collecting Feedback on the Quality of Distance Education: A Follow-Up Survey of China Central Radio and TV University Graduates and Their Employers

Autor/inn/en	Dailin, Liu; Fengyan, Chang; Shuangxu, Yin; Fenglong, Zhang
Titel	Collecting Feedback on the Quality of Distance Education: A Follow-Up Survey of China Central Radio and TV University Graduates and Their Employers
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 23 (2008) 3, S.215-229 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Curriculum Design; Open Education; Distance Education; Graduates; Foreign Countries; Educational Quality; College Graduates; Telecommunications; Radio; Television; Questionnaires; Interviews; Attitude Measures; Instructional Effectiveness; Followup Studies; Teaching Methods; Educational Resources; Individual Characteristics; Moral Values; Ethics; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrplangestaltung; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ausland; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Telekommunikationstechnik; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Unterrichtserfolg; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsmittel; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ethik; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation
Abstract	Timely collection of feedback on the quality of teaching from graduates and their employers is of great significance in distance education, and can help enhance the quality of teaching and improve management and all-round learner support. However, since the graduates left university some years ago, are now widely dispersed and consequently may have changed jobs various times, it becomes more difficult to collect feedback effectively at low cost, and it is even more challenging to establish a regular mechanism for collecting this feedback. This research was based on a follow-up survey of 280,000 graduates, who graduated from China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU) between 2002 and 2004, and a sample of 3-5% of them who were participants for research through questionnaires and interviews. Their employers were also invited as participants. The research data covered the feedback collected on the open learning programmes offered by the CCRTVU, in terms of curriculum design, learning resources, learner support and the delivery and effectiveness of teaching. This in turn provided the basis for improving teaching and learner support. The successful conduct of the follow-up survey and the effective use of its results have shown that the establishment of such a mechanism is significant in improving the quality of distance education. This article focuses on the establishment of a mechanism for large-scale feedback and provides some insights into the development of the questionnaire, which will be discussed in more detail elsewhere. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10