1. e-Learning in Tsinghua University Current Status and Future Development
Feiyu KANG
The School of Continuing Education,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2. History of On-Campus e-Learning
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

3. e-Learning Facts (2002) Tsinghua Web School Web-based Testing
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
about 2,000 students took final exams for “English”
about 1,000 students took finals for “C Language”

4. 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

5. E-Learning Enabling System
Synchronous virtual-classroom
Courseware On-Demand
Administration
Accounting
Question & Answer
Assignment
Quiz and Test
Resource Management
Quality Evaluation

6.
Tsinghua Web School

7.
Everyone Enjoy English Website

8.
Computer Cultural Foundation Website

9. e-Learning for Off-Campus
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

10. DLC:over 100 DLCs throughout China

11. 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:
Supervision and training for teachers in learning centers

12. 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

13. Technology base: s interaction through satellite and ISDN, online education:courseware ,offline education:VCDs and textbooks

14. — A National Key Research Project
PROJECT MODEL FOR
WEB-BASED COLLEGE
— A National Key Research Project

15. Project Objective Establish a Comprehensive System for Web-based College by:
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

16. System Requirements
Develop a copyrighted support system for Web-based education
Set the national standards for Web-based education
The system must be:
Safe, reliable, stable，user-friendly
Reusable, accessible, interoperable, durable

17. Learning Planning Quality Control Course- ware Test Register Diploma
Teaching
Monitoring
Courseware
Course-
ware
Test
Database
Classroom
On-line
Assignment
BBS Chat
Independent
learning
On-line group
discussion
Imitative
experiment
Virtual
library
Register
Diploma
Teaching Line

18. Web-based Subsystems Online Teaching Courseware Ordering
Resource Management
Assignment Management
Questions and Answers
Tests and Assessment
Quality Evaluation
Educational Administration
Accounting

19. 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

20. Example 1: Distance Education for Poverty Relief
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 ……

22. Example 2: Industrial Training via Distance Learning
Offers a training platform for enterprise
Develops more highly skilled training programmers
Introduces excellent educational resources from around the world
Provides:
Programs for 200 companies
Tsinghua IT certificate
Financial and actuary
Urban planning
Project management
Management (MBA & MPA)
High technologies

23. Example 3: Legal Studies via Distance Learning
Goal: Provide continuing education for staff in prosecutor’s offices and judicial departments
Students: lawyers, public prosecutors, notaries public.
Courses: 20 courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Student totals in 2002:
Lawyers and notaries: 1,659
Public prosecutors：2,294
Planned total for : 10,000

24. Example 4: English Training via e-Learning
Needed for:
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing
2010 Exposition in Shanghai
Governments and industries (post WTO entry)
Businesses
Tourism
Study abroad
50 Learning Centers
Tsinghua International English (Tsinghua-ACL)
University teachers English training: (Tsinghua-Cambridge U.)
Online courseware
F2F tutorial

25. Example 5: Crisis Management Forum of Tsinghua University

26. Thank you for your attention!
E-Learning provides us excellent education resource with low cost.