Please scroll down for the English version -University of Nottingham Ningbo China launches online teaching.
縱身處五洲四海，
卻在直播課堂相見，
昨天，
大家期盼已久的雲課堂如約而至，
寧諾正式開啟全面線上教學模式！
在線教學第一課
上午9點，大二土木工程的曹非凡已經一切就緒，準備開始上課。打開線上教學平臺（Moodle），他發現第一周課程的教學視頻已多數上傳。他選擇先上小組設計（Group Design Project）這門課，是考慮到這門課程交作業時間較早。「這就是在線學習的好處了，可以靈活安排自己的學習進度。」
計算機科學系大二學生徐辰表示，下午1點Prapa Rattadilok老師的資料庫與接口（Databases and Interfaces）直播課程是他認為的「最佳網課」。「上課前先要做一份測試，測試預習情況，測試通過才能解鎖網課，上完網課還有課後測驗。整個體驗有點像打遊戲通關，感覺很有意思。」
同一時間段，商學院馬青平老師的應用計量經濟學課堂上，儘管Zoom直播平臺不支持送火箭功能，有同學忍不住手動打字為馬老師送出一個火箭，實在是因為「馬老師太可愛了」。大四的王同學說，「我們這節課的形式是馬老師先把有語音講解的PPT提前放到Moodle上讓我們學習。課堂時間採用直播，主要是他簡述PPT並給我們答疑。感覺馬老師是第一次體驗當主播，全程笑臉，整個課堂氛圍非常好。」
人文社科學院英語與應用語言學的同學則表示，老師在語言學的課件裡，將重點用鮮明的顏色標出，時常提醒大家記筆記並留出停頓的時間，很貼心。一位學日語的同學覺得在家循環播放帶音頻的PPT很「魔性」，同時她非常期待和老師預約的線上口語課。
據悉，按照一課一案的原則，寧波諾丁漢大學2020年春季學期共開設441門線上課程，預計全校將有近8000名學生和400多名學術教師參與。
跨越時區和距離，只為上好這堂課
為了上好線上教學課，老師們紛紛卯足了勁，認真積極應對遠程教學工作帶來的各項挑戰。一月，老師們就已經開始進行線上教學的準備工作，二月初就有三分之一的學術教師，在航班停飛的情況下，多次轉機返校準備在線教學。他們不斷熟悉、反覆測試和調整，希望給學生高質量的教學和體驗。
圖書館館長閆春梅說，為方便老師們之間的交流，圖書館搭建了一個在線教學交流群，這個群自二月以來全天候活躍。
「視頻格式轉換壓縮、軟體優缺點、使用攻略、乃至直播的『戰術』細節，經常是某位老師提出一個問題，技術人員還沒來得及回復，其他老師已經立刻開始接龍，集思廣益把問題解決了。」
電子與電氣工程系關秋峰博士在過去的三年中一直在嘗試混合教學。
我會把一個主題的介紹性講座錄製好放到Moodle上，然後在課堂上就可以將重點放在更難的話題上。」
這次他作為理工學院e-learning工作組的核心成員，一己之力錄製了14個「線上教學軟體實操」視頻與校內教師們分享。
許多老師們更是克服時差，工作到深夜。昨天建築與建築環境系的建築設計實踐（Architectural Design Studio）這門課，從北京時間早上9點半一直上到了晚上7點半。最不容易的是，這門課由四位老師輪番上課。現在一位在中國、另外三位身處歐洲的不同國家。據悉，此前四位老師經過多次的開會討論，制定了最大化利用各自時間的課程方案，在互相之間都有時差的情況下，最終做到了課堂上的無縫銜接。
（課堂直播畫面）
一課一案，多方保障
為確保疫情防控形勢下教學工作有序進行，學校自1月22日即成立疫情防控工作領導小組及教學工作專項小組，由教學副校長牽頭，各院繫結合專業特點制定教學計劃和專業實施方案。
「我們要求各院系一定要做到一課一案」，教務辦公室主任楊珉表示，學校提供了一系列的線上教學軟體和平臺，授課老師可以根據專業課程特點自主選擇適合的線上教學方式，相關院系再安排資深教學主管把關課程質量，力保教學進度和質量。
圖書館技術服務團隊與學校信息技術服務部（以下簡稱IT）也通力合作，自2月1日起就不曾休息持續奮戰在工作崗位上，為全校師生提供遠程教學服務。
圖書館針對學術教師專門在線上開設了一門教學指導課程，內容涵蓋講座錄製、同步課堂、主動學習、小型課堂、評價等五大方面；同時，聯合英國諾丁漢大學教學團隊開設了為期兩周的在線教學課程。兩門培訓課程收穫教師們一致好評。
IT部門主任華威也表示，為保障各個在線教學平臺穩定可靠運行，他們在年前就已完成本校國際專線的部署和國內帶寬的擴容，保證在非常時期網絡的穩定和安全。通過前期大量的對接和集成工作，現在老師們可以在Moodle上接入Microsoft Teams，Panopto，Rogo等在線工具，以實時或非實時方式與學生互動，並及時接受反饋。
「在線教學對所有師生來說都是一次全新的嘗試和挑戰。希望大家互相支持，共同克服困難」，教學副校長May Tan-Mullins教授說，學校一定會密切跟蹤課程質量，及時收集來自教師和學生的雙向反饋，積極幫助課程相關老師與學生。期待在線教學結束時，寧諾能交出一份有所成就的答卷。
University of Nottingham Ningbo China launches online teaching
3 March: The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) started its spring semester teaching yesterday, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
This move to online teaching and learning involves virtually all taught courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Around 8,000 students and over 400 teaching staff have remotely taken part in the classes from all across China and as far away as Europe and Africa.
Having had the first day of online learning, Jiahui Tang, a second year Architecture and Built Environment student felt confident of making the most of the experience.
「I think with the remote teaching, my learning outcome can be just as good because online learning allows greater flexibility - I can rewind the pre-recorded lecture and repeat until I fully understand, and it motivates me to better utilize the online resources.」 She said.
To get prepared for the delivery of online teaching, academic and administrative staff on both the Nottingham and Ningbo campuses have been in close cooperation.
Since January, faculties and schools had started to develop contingency plans around online teaching. To provide students with the optimal learning experience, about a third of academic staff members returned to campus in early February to learn and compare the various remote teaching technologies. Every teaching staff member made an individual module online teaching plan that could best reflect the specific feature of each module. The teaching plan and a whole week’s worth of module content were made available to students a week ahead of the official start date.
A Wechat group has been set up to enable academic staff to share experiences.
Assistant Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dr Chiew-Foong Kwong is one of over 200 members of the Wechat group. Dr Kwong has been active in offering great ideas and techniques to his peer academics. He has so far created 14 video tutorials on leveraging digital resources for a better online learning experience.
Dr Kwong started delivering blended courses - that supplement face-to-face lectures with prerecorded content - at UNNC three years ago. 「I give the introductory session of a topic in a prerecorded lecture, which I then upload onto Moodle. So in the face-to-face class, I can then focus on a more difficult topic.」 He said.
Dr Kwong’s module Computer-Aided Engineering has enrolled over 90 students from across the globe. Before the class start date, he had already made available of his module content. When the class began at 9 am Monday, students signed in to his discussion forum on Moodle to delve into detailed topics.
To support with module design and technology preparation, the University’s IT and e-learning support services have come up with a variety of technical solutions.
Moodle is the University’s major online learning platform, where academics not only share learning materials but also manage interactive activities, moderate discussions, create assignments, track students』 progress and set up reminders for upcoming events.
There are other ways, though, to accommodate students』 learning needs.
「Microsoft Teams」 and the platform "Zoom" are widely used to run live seminar sessions, where teachers and students can conduct a two-way interactive flow of ideas. Some academics also use Echo 360 to collect student feedback on improving module teaching.
In addition, interactive online teaching rooms have been set up on campus, where academics are supported to use an array of teaching technologies.
In the meantime, the University is continuously working on improving the teaching quality based on students』 feedback and learning outcomes. Staff are also being surveyed in terms of their experience with the online teaching platforms so that any issue can be addressed at the first opportunity.
文字來源：Lily Su，Chuchu Lou
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