MOOCs as a Solution for High School Seniors' College Admission Problems

磨課師作為解決高三學生升大學問題的一種方案

10.3966/181665042016061202004

黃振豊(Chen-Li Huang)

college admission ； high school senior ； MOOCs ； personal application ； 大學入學 ； 高三學生 ； 磨課師 ； 個人申請入學

教育研究與發展期刊

12卷2期（2016 / 06 / 30）

89 - 117

英文

High school seniors (HSSs) in Taiwan have encountered several college admission related problems such as uncertainty about the characteristics and learning in college departments, the high cost of the admission application process, the spare time between the General Scholastic Ability Test (GSAT) and commencement of university study, and unpreparedness for university study. However, both traditional and newly proposed solutions have shortcomings. To find a better solution, this study draws insight from the trend of MOOCs and investigates the features of MOOCs based on relevant literature to evaluate the feasibilities of MOOCs as a new solution. To verify these feasibilities, I put forward some concerning perspectives and examine them critically. The research finds reasons why MOOCs offer a better solution and infers some practical ways for HSSs to experience college learning via MOOCs: Browsing MOOCs and finding courses of interest, learning from the selected courses, thinking reflectively on one's own learning and adapting learning in high school, as well as creating online learning profiles for personal application and further learning.

臺灣高三學生面臨一些大學入學相關問題，如不明瞭大學科系特性與學習，高額申請入學相關費用，學測後與入大學間學習空檔，以及大學學習先備能力不足的問題。然而，既有與規畫中的解決方案尚有不足之處。為了探索較好的解決方案，研究者從磨課師風潮中獲得啓示並透過相關文獻探討磨課師的特質，進而評估磨課師成為新的解決方案之合宜性。研究透過對新解決方案的合宜性進行批判性反思，從中證成磨課師做為解決方案的合宜性。研究發現數項支持磨課師是解決高三學生問題可行方案的論據，並進而推論出幾點具體做法：瀏覽磨課師相關課程並找出符合興趣的課程，學習選擇的課程，反思學習成效來調整高中學習步調，建立線上學習檔案做為個人申請入學與進一步學習的資料。

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