21世纪高等教育的扩展:开放学习的角色*

约翰·丹尼尔

(英联邦学习共同体，加拿大)

【摘要】在最近的将来，发展中国家高等教育的入学人数会继续飞速扩张，这将改变作为公立机构的高等教育的院校结构并导致牟取盈利的私立院校的数量激增，它们将更多地运用以技术为媒介的学习。远程学习是否真的会使学习更开放？如何能让开放大学保证更多地运用网络学习（eLearning）而不会造成参与的阻碍？开放教育资源（OERs：Open Educational Resources）运动能够在扩大学习材料共享的同时保证质量并降低成本吗？院校应如何革新自己的组织机构以适应这个新的世界？

【关键词】高等教育；开放学习

【中图分类号】G728

【文献标识码】A

【文章编号】1007-2179（2006）06-0010-06

*本文系作者在亚洲开放大学协会(AAOU)第20届(2006昆明)年会上的主题报告，经昆明组委会及作者本人授权刊发。

Expanding Higher Education for the 21st Century: What Role for Open Learning?

Sir John Daniel

(Commonwealth of Learning，Canada)

Abstract: Rapid expansion of tertiary-level enrolments will continue for the foreseeable future in deve1oping countries and will change the institutional profile of higher education as public-sector institutions and a rapidly increasing number of private, for-profit institutions make much greater use of technology-mediated learning. Will the increase in distance learning actually make learning more open? How do open universities ensure that greater use of eLearning does not create barriers to participation? Will the movement towards Open Educational Resources increase the availability of learning materials ofhid1 quality and low cost? How should institutions organise themselves for this new world?

Key words： higher education; open learning