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Recently, “The Open University Lifelong Education Platform Goes Online” has been trending on Weibo, sparking heated discussions among netizens about the online open courses.
The platform claims to have rich curriculum resources covering all fields of society, and has cooperated with many colleges and universities to have numerous college curriculum resources.
The endorsement by the official media shows the country’s strong support for online open educational resources. The opening of these courses is obviously beneficial for ordinary people to learn knowledge and skills from all walks of life without threshold.
▲ CCTV News and other mainstream media have forwarded the news of the platform’s launch
A Jun also tried to use the platform, and I will share some experience with you below.
website interface
The top of the homepage of the Open University Lifelong Education Platform (hereinafter referred to as the “Open Education Platform”) is the course category and search box, and the bottom is a scrolling recommended course banner. Below the banner is the course source of the platform, and the main course resources are all from the National Open University.
▲ Homepage of the Open Education Platform website
The lower part of the homepage contains three columns: “Celebrity Lecture”, “Daily Featured” and “Guess You Like It”. Click the “More” button on the right side of the column to see more video content under this column, but now all The videos included are in the single digits, and there are no “more” visible courses.
▲ Columns at the bottom of the home page
Back to the course itself, users can watch the corresponding course video after selecting a course. The right side is the course catalog, and there is a detailed introduction to the course content below.
▲ Course playback interface
In the video control, you can adjust the definition and speed options. Newer videos can choose ultra-clear (close to 720p resolution for the naked eye), while some videos with earlier recording time can only choose high-definition, and the quality of viewing on the computer is poor. , reminds me of the ancient science experiment demonstration video played by the chemistry teacher in the middle school classroom.
▲ Some courses are still in “ancient” quality
Are the course resources really rich?
After browsing aimlessly under each category, you can find that the curriculum resources of the open education platform are mainly concentrated in personal skills (such as dance, calligraphy, painting, etc.), vocational skills (agriculture, finance, insurance, etc.), and open science popularization. classes and some health and wellness programs for seniors.
▲ Vocational skills courses
▲ Health and wellness courses for the elderly
Although there seem to be many categories, there are often only a few course resources under each category at present, and the courses presented to users in general are poor compared to other platforms. And some courses recommended on the website are from NetEase cloud courses and Zhongke VIPExam system. Selecting a course will jump to the original platform, and courses in Zhongke VIPExam system do not have permission to access.
▲ The courses in Zhongke VIPExam are not authorized to view
In some courses, the actual number of sections does not match the description. For example, only four sections of the fifty lectures in “Promoting the Energy Revolution and Building an Ecological Civilization” can be viewed.
▲ The actual number of sections of the course does not match the description
Judging from the limited experience, the so-called multiple college courses in the propaganda discourse have not been found. And it is still unknown where the said nearly half a million rich courses are.
Summarize
Perhaps because the website of the open education platform has not been established, there are still many problems.
The content in the “Guess You Like” section under all viewing courses is the same four videos. It did not do the imaginary recommendation based on the current video content, let alone the recommendation for different users.
▲ Recommendations in “Guess You Like It” did not change in all contexts
The current capabilities of the open education platform are very rudimentary, and neither the rich course resources in the publicity nor the basic courseware, community Q&A and other online education platforms are already very mature course systems.
In 2021, the Ministry of Education will crack down on the off-campus training industry, and the implementation of the double reduction policy will make the previously vigorous offline paid education and training market no longer. Education fairness has always been a topic of great concern to all walks of life, and the promotion of free online classes will significantly lower the threshold for people from all walks of life to access educational resources.
The open education platform may be able to provide more rich and high-quality courses to everyone in the future, which is the pursuit of educational equity. However, it is still far from satisfactory.
Website of Lifelong Education Platform: https://le.ouchn.cn/
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