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1、BritishcomedianLennyHenryisanOpenUniversitygraduate.英國優(yōu)秀的傳統(tǒng)大學(xué)和學(xué)院聞名于世,但是人們對英國的遠程教育大學(xué)了解多少?本期節(jié)目介紹英國的開放大學(xué)。?CambridgeandOxfordmaybeveryprestigious,butnoteveryonehastheopportunitytostudythere.TheOpenUniversitystarted41yearsagoandisnowconsideredoneoftheUK'stopuniversities.JoinAndreaandJeanastheyfindoutab
2、outsomeoftheadvantagesofdistancelearningthroughtheOpenUniversity.?Universities:TheOpenUniversity開放大學(xué)?Andrea:??Forty-oneyearsagoTheOpenUniversitywasformed.?Jean:?英國的開放大學(xué)是英國第一所使用遠程教育進行授課的大學(xué)。Distancelearning遠程學(xué)習(xí)。?Andrea:?Andtoday,it'sbeenvotedoneofBritain'stopuniversities.HelloI'mAndrea.??Jean:?大家好,我
3、是董征。?Andrea:????Inthisseries,we'refindingoutabitaboutsomeoftheUK'stopuniversitiesandwhatit'sliketostudyatthem.?Jean:?但是這所開放大學(xué)OpenUniversity或者叫它的縮寫OU并不是一所普通的大學(xué),因為它的教學(xué)方式并不傳統(tǒng),并不conventional.?InsertIthinkoneofthestunningthingsabouttheOUisthewayinwhichweuseveryhighqualitytraditionaltextsinourteaching,b
4、utweguidestudentsthroughthemandourapproachismulti-media.AndIthinkforthosewhohaven'tstudiedforalongtime,wholackthoseskills,ouremphasishasalwaysbeenondevelopingthoseskillsandtakingpeoplethroughit.?Andrea:?ThatwasProfessorKathrynWoodwardfromtheOpenUniversity.ShesaysthattheOUuseshighqualitytextsorbook
5、s,buttheapproachismulti-media.?Jean:?Theapproachismulti-media他們的教學(xué)方式是多媒體。?Andrea:?Andshealsosaysthattheyhelppeoplewhohaven'tstudiedforalongtime.?Jean:?她還說,開放大學(xué)的教育重點是幫助學(xué)生開發(fā)他們的技能developingskills.?Andrea:?HowtheOUworksisthatyousignupforacoursebutyoudotheworkinyourowntime.Thatmeansunlikeotheruniversit
6、iesyoudon'tgointoclasses.?Soitreliesontechnology.FormerVice-ChancelloroftheOU,BrendaGourley,explains.????Insert?TheOpenUniversityhasanenormousvirtuallearningnetworkofstudents,probablyoneofthelargestvirtualnetworksofanyuniversityintheworldactually,andit'saverylivelycommunityofpeople.They'vegotsuppo
7、rtgroups,chatrooms,theyhaveseminars,theyhaveclubsandsocieties,theyhavepeertopeermentoring.Sowhenyoutalkaboutkeepingintouch,allthesenewtechnologieshavegivenusterrificwaysofpeoplebeingintouchwitheachotherandinthepr