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1、新编研究生综合英语教程新编研究生综合英语教程Advanced English for Graduate Students:Advanced English for Graduate Students:General Skills&Academic LiteracyGeneral Skills&Academic LiteracyUnit EightUnit EightEducationEducationText A Text A The MOOC Bubble and the Attack The MOOC Bubble and the Attack on Public Educationon
2、Public EducationText B Text B Universities and Their FunctionUniversities and Their FunctionIf a practical end must be assigned to a University course,it is that of training good members of society.Its art is the art of social life,and its end is fitness for the world.It neither confines its view to
3、 particular professions on the one hand,nor creates heroes or inspires genius on the other.But a university training is the great but ordinary means to a great but ordinary end;it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society,at cultivating the public mind,at purifying the national taste,at suppl
4、ying true principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims to popular aspiration,at giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age,at facilitating the exercise of political power,and refining the intercourse of private life.OverviewIt is the education which gives a man a clear,conscious view
5、 of his own opinions and judgments,a truth in developing them,an eloquence in expressing them,and a force in urging them.It is from the bookThe Idea of a Universityby John Henry Newman,Background Information Background Information Pre-reading QuestionsPre-reading Questions Text AText A The MOOC Bubb
6、le and the Attack on Public EducationThe MOOC Bubble and the Attack on Public Education VocabularyVocabulary Exercises Exercises Text A The MOOC Bubble and the Attack on Text A The MOOC Bubble and the Attack on Public EducationPublic EducationContents1.Information about MOOCs1.Information about MOOC
7、s2.Attitude towards MOOCs 2.Attitude towards MOOCs 3.Cultural Background Information3.Cultural Background InformationBackground Information Background Information l.Comprehensionl.ComprehensionII Word StudyII Word StudyIII ClozeIII ClozeV WritingV WritingExercisesExercisesIV TranslationIV Translatio
8、nI ComprehensionI Comprehension 1.Answer Questions1.Answer Questions 2.Paraphrase 2.ParaphraseIV TranslationIV Translation1.English Translation1.English Translation2.Chinese Translation2.Chinese TranslationMOOC-Massive Open Online Course1.Massive,open,online courses(known as MOOCs)are short courses
9、that are delivered online for free.They dont have any entry requirements and are open to anyone anywhere in the world with an internet connection.MOOCs let you to fit learning into your life.They give you the flexibility to choose when and where you study-supporting you to manage your studies alongs
10、ide your work or other commitments.If you have an internet connection MOOCs allow you to access quality education for free.BackgroundBackground1.Information about the 1.Information about the MOOCsMOOCs2.MOOCs are classes that are taught online to large numbers of students,with minimal involvement by
11、 professors.Typically,students watch short video lectures and complete assignments that are graded either by machines or by other students.That way a lone professor can support a class with hundreds of thousands of participants.BackgroundBackground1.Information about the 1.Information about the MOOC
12、sMOOCs3.AMOOCis a model ofeducational deliverythat is,to varying degrees,massive,open,online,and a course.Most MOOCs are structured similar to traditional online higher education courses in which students watch lectures,read assigned material,participate in online discussions and forums,and complete
13、 quizzes and tests on the course material.The online activities can beaugmented by local meet-upsamong students who live near one another.MOOCs are typically provided by higher education institutions,often inpartnership with“organizers”such as Coursera,edX,and Udacity,though some MOOCs are being off
14、ered directly by a college or university.MOOCs arise from the confluence of several important trends,and they raise important questions and spark essential conversations aboutcurriculum design,accreditation,what constitutes a valid learning experience,and who has access to higher education.Backgroun
15、dBackground1.Information about the 1.Information about the MOOCsMOOCs1.Advocates of MOOCs have big ambitions,and that makes some college leaders nervous.Theyre especially worried about having to compete with free courses from some of the worlds most exclusive universities.Of course,we still dont kno
16、w how much the courses will change the education landscape,and there are plenty of skeptics.BackgroundBackground2.2.Attitude towards MOOCs Attitude towards MOOCs2.MOOCs,as currently designed,address two of the three challenges facing postsecondary education:access and cost.MOOC-based degree programs
17、 would not only democratize education,but their scalability would help end the unsustainable trajectory of tuition.They are an effective remedy to the cost disease plaguing higher education12and a viable solution to the problem of providing global access to educational credentials.BackgroundBackgrou
18、nd2.2.Attitude towards MOOCs Attitude towards MOOCs3.A turning pointwill occur in the higher education model when aMOOC-based programof study leads to adegree from an accredited institution a trend that has already begun to develop.Addressing thequality of the learning experiencethat MOOCs provide i
19、s therefore of paramount importance to their credibility and acceptance.MOOCs represent a postindustrial model of teaching and learning that has the potential toundermine and replace the business modelof institutions thatdepend on recruiting and retaining studentsfor location-bound,proprietary forms
20、 ofcampus-based learning.BackgroundBackground2.2.Attitude towards MOOCs Attitude towards MOOCs1.The first MOOCs emerged from the open educational resources(OER)movement.The term MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier of theUniversity of Prince Edward Islandand SeniorResearch FellowBryan Alexander o
21、f the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education in response to a course called Connectivism and Connective Knowledge(also known as CCK08).MOOCs are widely seen as a major part of a largerdisruptive innovationtaking place in higher education.In particular,the many services offered under
22、traditional university business models are predicted to becomeunbundledand sold to students individually or in newly formed bundles.These services include research,curriculum design,and content generation(such as textbooks).By June 2012 more than 1.5 million people had registered for classes through
23、 Coursera,Udacity and/or edX.By October 2013,Coursera enrollment continued to surge,surpassing 5 million,while edX had independently reached 1.3 million.3.Cultural Background Information3.Cultural Background Information2.Khan AcademyA nonprofit organization founded by the MIT and Harvard graduate Sa
24、lman Khan.Khan Academy began in 2006 as an online library of short instructional videos that Mr.Khan made for his cousins.The librarywhich has received financial backing from the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation and Google,as well as from individualsnow hosts more than 3,000 videos on YouTube.Khan Acad
25、emy does not provide content from universities,but it does offer automated practice exercises,and it recently offered a curriculum of computer-science courses.Much of the content is geared toward secondary-education students.3.Cultural Background Information3.Cultural Background Information3.edXA no
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