“E-mail过时了！”－用学生喜欢的方式与他们交流

2006-10-6 11:42:4


不知道有多少学校在很认真地用学生们习惯的方式来和他们交流？George Siemens推荐了一篇文章“E-Mail is for Old People”，讲到美国一些高校正在尝试用学生们喜欢的沟通方式来和他们交流，原因很简单，学生们渐渐地不再买email这种传统形式的帐了。这些新的方式包括：

Cellphone Text Messages/手机短信
Students live and die by their cellphones. A few colleges now provide information, including snow closures and sports scores, to students instantly, wherever they are.

Instant Messages/即时通信软件
Some professors now make themselves available to students via instant-messaging software, especially during office hours. And some admissions counselors use it to answer questions from prospective students faster, and through a medium in which many students are most comfortable.

MySpace and Facebook/（MySpace和Facebook这样的网络社区）
Some colleges have begun using the popular social-networking services to provide information to their students, including calendars of events, deadlines, and other announcements. College officials also use the services to present a lighter side of an institutionsomething different from the stuffy main Web page.

Siemens说得很对，当教学者不再要求学生靠近自己使用自己的工具，而是可以自由地使用他们习惯的各种方工具，blog、wiki、Social Network工具、iPod等时，进步就会自然发生了。

表面上，这里是在说技术工具的使用，但这后面，是更深刻的观念转换。对于中国的教育者而言，后者更加紧迫。

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