Training Model of Online MPA Degree Program Training Model: A Case of Rutgers University
AUTHORS
Zhiyong Lin,University of Ottawa, Canada
Pilar Ouchani,University of Ottawa, Canada
ABSTRACT
Online graduate education is a product of the integration of the Internet and the innovative development of educational technology. Online graduate education breaks through the time and space constraints of "teaching and learning", and plays an important role in meeting the huge social demand for graduate-level education and improving students' job abilities and career development. This article takes the online MPA (Master of Public Administration) project of Rutgers University in the United States as an example to analyze the online research education model of American universities. The fundamental difference between American online postgraduate education and traditional on-campus postgraduate education is not the teaching content but the teaching method. Teachers and students do not need to conduct the same teaching activities at the same time and in the same place. At the same time, the teaching quality of AOL MPA is the same as that of on-campus. Based on the development of online courses based on on-campus teachers, the use of the same standards to assess online and on-campus students, small class teaching, etc., these are important factors to ensure the quality of online graduate teaching.
KEYWORDS
Online graduate education, Training model, Rutgers University, Teaching methods
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