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The closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 5th National University Blended Teaching Design Innovation Contest was held at South China Normal University on November 12. According to the winning list, SCNU's teachers participating in the contest made outstanding achievements of 1 grand prize, 1 first prize and 2 second prizes.
Zhan Yingying, an associate professor at the School of Philosophy and Social Development of SCNU, led her team and won the grand prize with the course Life and Philosophy in the category general education. The contents of the course centre on the classical texts and core issues of philosophy. It demonstrates innovation in the teaching model, shifting from mainly lecturing to guiding students' discourse supported with teacher's discourse, and from focus on the outcome to focus on the process. Thus, utilizing audiobooks, micro-lectures, and interactive videos, Zhan guides the students to learn by presenting the classics and their philosophy in their own ways.
The first-prize-winning course Research on High School Physics Teaching, by Zhou Shaona, associate professor of the School of Physics, is learner-centred. To promote innovative physics teaching and cultivate talents in physics teaching, the course not only develops students' understanding of physics teaching and research but also develops their ability to solve actual problems encoutered by instructors who teach physics.
Wang Xi and her team, from the School of Environment of SCNU, strive to overcome the limitation of traditional courses. They emphasize theory while introducing controversial topics relating to society and engineering. Thus, students can learn engineering theories, enhance their competence in applications, as well as analyse and solve problems comprehensively.
The other second-prize winning course System and Structure of the Computer was designed by the associate researcher at the School of Software Yang Huan and his team. It focuses on how the components of a system finish various computing tasks synergistically and efficiently, helping students more clearly understand the working principles of computer systems, analyse their performance and learn optimization techniques. The course also lays a foundation for students to learn more about computing systems later.
The contestants are introducing their course design.
The contest aims to promote development, practise, reform and innovation through competition. Targeted at the national universities' teachers and teaching teams in the field of blended teaching, the contest is devoted to exploring, presenting and promoting achievement in curriculum development and instructional design. It contributes to educational reform and the development of first-class courses, deepening the integration of information technology and teaching.
The contest, its fifth edition, was hosted by SCNU and organized by SCNU's Center for Faculty Development and the Office of Educational Administration. Under the instruction of the Department of Education of Guangdong province, the competition is conducive to blended teaching innovation and serves as a good platform for teachers to exchange ideas about blended teaching.
Here's the basic information of the awardees:
Source from SCNU News Center
Translated by Liao Xi, Liang Lihua, Luo Xiaoying
Proofread by Edwin Baak
Edited by Li Jianru
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