e-Learning in
Tsinghua University
Current Status and Future Development
Feiyu KANG
The School of Continuing Education,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
History of On-Campus e-Learning
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Started in 1997 with only 10 courses
By 1998 had 137 courses; Java and OOP were
used by 975 students
March 1999, courseware on-demand system
launched
July 1999, Web-based Testing System launched
October 1999, Tsinghua Web School opened
October 2001, Tsinghua Web School (2nd Edition)
available to all teachers and students
e-Learning Facts (2002)
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Tsinghua Web School
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1,014 courses
25,734 users (2,034 teachers, 23,700 students)
1,080,000 login accesses (does not include guests)
180,000 online hours
Web-based Testing
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about 2,000 students took final exams for “English”
about 1,000 students took finals for “C Language”
On-Campus e-Learning Facts
during SARS
Month
Visiting Numbers
Per Day
Students Tutorials
Per Day
Jan.-March
4,445
300
April
7,192
660
May
8,565
720
June
8,587
1,050
E-Learning Enabling System
Education Portal
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Synchronous
virtualclassroom
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Courseware
On-Demand
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Administration
4.
Accounting
5.
Question &
Answer
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Assignment
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Quiz and Test
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Resource
Management
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Quality
Evaluation
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Authentication
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结
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User
Management
Core
Database
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Directory
Service
测
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考
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Data Exchange
Exchange
Database
http://learn.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Tsinghua Web School
Everyone Enjoy
English Website
http://eee.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Computer Cultural
Foundation Website
http://ccf.tsinghua.edu.cn/
e-Learning for Off-Campus
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First and largest distance education unit
in China (since 1997)
More than 100 off-campus learning
centers established in China
22,000 degree-track students; 9,000
students in short course training
Nearly 200 courses via Internet and
satellite
Role of Tsinghua University in
Off-campus e-Learning
To provide:
 Authorization and certificates
 Multimedia equipment for simultaneous
viewing in different classrooms
 Online courseware as well as CD-ROM and
other materials
 Web-based discussion and tutorial platform:
www.itsinghua.edu.cn
 Supervision and training for teachers in
learning centers
Data Transportation modes
Hybrid System:
Internet (CERNET: Gigabps)
Satellite (Asia Sat II: C-band, 6.5 Mb)
Cable TV
Video Conference (ISDN)
CD-ROM
F2F tutorial
 Online tutorial & seminar: multi-points
communication by MCU
PROJECT MODEL FOR
WEB-BASED COLLEGE
— A National Key Research Project
Project Objective
Establish a Comprehensive System for Webbased College by:
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Developing a platform for Web-based
teaching,discussion,Q & A, assignments,
exams, payment and registration
Supporting Web-based teaching administration
Promoting Web-based distance learning
Promoting the application of national
standards for Web-based education
System Requirements
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Develop a copyrighted support
system for Web-based education
Set the national standards for Webbased education
The system must be:
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Safe, reliable, stable，user-friendly
Reusable, accessible, interoperable,
durable
Register
Courseware
Courseware
Database
Quality
Control
Learning
Planning
Independent
learning
On-line group
discussion
Imitative
experiment
Diploma
Virtual
library
Teaching Line
Classroom
On-line
Assignment
Teaching
Courseware
E-mail
BBS Chat
Teaching
Monitoring
Test
Web-based Subsystems
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Online Teaching
Courseware Ordering
Resource Management
Assignment Management
Questions and Answers
Tests and Assessment
Quality Evaluation
Educational Administration
Accounting
Courses and Key Features
Civil and Commercial Law: Online simulated
courtroom (Mootcourt)
Oral English：Online listening and speaking
activities
Computer Technology：Online experiments
Art Design：Online design studio
Theory and Method of Design：Online teaching
and interactive activities
Example 1: Distance
Education for Poverty
Relief
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China has 592 key
impoverished counties
There are 12 provinces
in the west
These areas have
undeveloped economies
and lack educational
resources
Technology: Sat, Internet,
ISDN and CD-ROM
Courses:
 Law
 Teacher training
 Agriculture technology
 Hospital and health care
 Business &
management
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Example 2: Industrial
Training via Distance
Learning
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Offers a training
platform for enterprise
Develops more highly
skilled training
programmers
Introduces excellent
educational resources
from around the world
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Provides:
Programs for 200
companies
Tsinghua IT certificate
Financial and actuary
Urban planning
Project management
Management (MBA &
MPA)
High technologies
Example 3: Legal Studies
via Distance Learning
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Goal: Provide continuing
Student totals in
education for staff in
2002:
prosecutor’s offices and
judicial departments
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1,659
Students: lawyers, public
prosecutors, notaries
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public.
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Courses: 20 courses at
undergraduate and
postgraduate levels.
Lawyers and notaries:
Public prosecutors：
2,294
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Planned total for
2003-2004: 10,000
Example 4: English
Training via e-Learning
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Needed for:
2008 Olympic Games
in Beijing
2010 Exposition in
Shanghai
Governments and
industries (post WTO
entry)
Businesses
Tourism
Study abroad
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50 Learning Centers
Tsinghua
International English
(Tsinghua-ACL)
University teachers
English training:
(TsinghuaCambridge U.)
Online courseware
F2F tutorial
Example 5: Crisis Management
Forum of Tsinghua University
Thank you for your attention!
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E-Learning
provides us
excellent
education
resource with
low cost.