In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 is raging, and the fight against the pandemic has become a global challenge. In this smokeless war, countries have come to each other's assistance and cooperated closely. Technology is playing a positive role in the fight against the epidemic. On 7th to 9th April 2020, HUAWEI hosted a live broadcast of global summit with the theme “Together United Online”, inviting practitioners in medical, transportation, education and other industries in China's anti-pandemic practices to share their experience in the prevention and control of COVID-19 with all walks of life.
Live broadcast of Huawei's “Together United Online” Global Summit
Huang Ronghuai, Dean of the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University, shared how to carry out flexible teaching during the anti-pandemic period in the education session on April 9.
First of all, Dean Huang introduced the rapid response and action plan made by the Ministry of Education in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, which ensured the safety of students and continuity of their study at home. For example, in early February, the Ministry of Education launched the initiative of “Disrupted Classes, Undisrupted Learning” which provides more than 270 million students with flexible online learning. At the same time, the Ministry of Education issued a new policy on supporting education with ICT during the period of the prevention and control of the pandemic that suggests the following measures: improving network support conditions, enhancing platform service capabilities, pooling resources from all sectors of society, adopting appropriate teaching methods, optimizing education management services, and strengthening network security.
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figure: Huang Ronghuai, Dean of the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University
The initiative of “Disrupted Classes, Undisrupted Learning” is actually one of the largest online teaching practices -- offering flexible teaching, on-demand learning and open educational resources. In addition, it requires government leadership, school management, home-school cooperation, and the participation of the whole society.
In addition, he explained that flexible teaching was a learner-centered teaching strategy which promotes “3E” learning, namely “Easy learning”, “Engaged learning” and “Effective learning”.
figure: Huang Ronghuai, director of the Institute of Wisdom Learning, Beijing Normal University
So, what are the methods to promote large-scale flexible teaching? Based on current experience and practices in China, Dean Huang summed up seven core elements in promoting large scale Internet education organizations:
1. Ensuring reliable network infrastructure;
2. Utilizing friendly learning tools;
3. Providing interactive suitable digital learning resources;
4. Guiding learners to apply effective learning methods;
5. Using effective methods to organize instruction;
6. Providing instant support services for teachers and learners;
7. Empowering the partnership between governments, enterprises and schools.
figure: Huang Ronghuai, director of the Institute of Wisdom Learning, Beijing Normal University
At last, he said, as a response to the initiative “Disrupted Classes, Undisrupted Learning” by the Ministry of Education, Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University, International Center for Rural Education UNESCO, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education jointly published “Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning during Education Disruption: The Chinese Experience in Maintaining Undisrupted Learning in COVID-19 Outbreak” on March 16.
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“Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning During Education Disruption: The Chinese Experience in Maintaining Undisrupted Learning in COVID-19 Outbreak”
Apart from Dean Huang Ronghuai, other guests also shared their experience on how to maintain undisrupted learning during school closures with the help of ICT.
Chen Qingtao, Director of Information Science and Technology Department of Longhua District, Shenzhen, introduced "Longhua Cloud School". "Longhua Cloud School" is the digital twin school of Longhua School. It advocates the mixed learning mode of "cloud learning + embodied practice", supports multi-scenarios and diversified teaching practices, and meets the needs of home learning in special periods.
Chen Qingtao, director of information Technology Department, Longhua District, Shenzhen
Christina Ng Siok Har, General Manager and Director of the international division of Mandarin Online Education, said online and live teaching were not just about moving physical lessons online. Through the deployment of intelligent education technology, schools can carry out online education activities, students can participate in interaction, the whole classroom data can be analyzed, and teachers can continuously improve the teaching effect according to the data analysis results.
Christina Ng Siok Har, General Manager and Director of The International Division of Mandarin Online Education
Xu Jun, President of the Government, Public and Education Sector of Huawei, shared how Huawei used technology to help the development of education. In the comprehensive digital transformation period of the education industry, Huawei integrates key technologies such as 5G, WIFI-6, cloud and AI, and collaborates with partner companies to provide smart education programs to facilitate the development of educational informatization and realize educational equity. A variety of online teaching programs have been implemented to echo the initiative of “Disrupted Classes, Undisrupted Learning” to ensure students’ learning at home. Furthermore, the Safe Campus Project provides the guarantee of safe campus environment during the recovery period.
Xu Jun, President of the Government, Public and Education Sector of Huawei