Advanced
search

To read this content please select one of the options below:

Distance education in China: the current state of e‐learning

Li Chen (Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China)
Huina Chen (Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China)
Nan Wang (Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China)

Campus-Wide Information Systems

ISSN: 1065-0741

Article publication date: 27 March 2009

2865

Abstract

Purpose

–

The purpose of this paper is to identify the current trends in and future prospects for distance education in primary, secondary, and higher education in China.

Design/methodology/approach

–

This article reviews relevant literature and cases, and explores the current situation of distance education in China.

Findings

–

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education is at different stages in China. There are three main forms of distance education practice in China based on executing agencies, target students, and goals.

Practical implications

–

The paper summarizes characteristics of each e‐learning form in China. This information is useful for policy makers, administrators and teachers.

Originality/value

–

This paper classifies major practice models of e‐learning in China and defines different forms according to their own characters definitely.

Keywords

Citation

Chen, L., Chen, H. and Wang, N. (2009), "Distance education in China: the current state of e‐learning", Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650740910946792

Publisher

:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Related articles

Manage cookies

We’re listening — tell us what you think

Join us on our journey