應用數位媒介以增進教學相長之效能──以通識教育課程為例

Applied Digitized Media to Improve the Efficacy of Teaching and Learning —Example by General Education Course

孔子之有教無類和因材施教，是我國教育的崇高理念。由於數位媒介快速發展，教師與學生在知識的傳承上，已不是傳統上以上對下的關係；而是由教師與學生共同平等、參與的新模式，這種模式類似孔子另一教育理念－－教學相長。本文以通識教育的教學為例，來說明教學相長理念的實踐。由於通識教育之目的在推行均衡教育、培養學生自我發展與創新的能力，期透過適當之數位媒介，以達成培養學生兼有人文與科技素養及國際視野的全人教育之理想。

Confucius’s “to provide education for all people without discrimination” and “to teach according to student’s ability” principles have always been upright goals of education in our culture for more than 2500 years. Nowadays, because of the rapid growth of both the Internet technology and information, classroom is no longer the only place to learn and to teach like it was before. In addition, unlike the traditional point of view, relation between teachers and their students have become more like partners during the process of learning and teaching. In other words, “teachers learn (from students) while they’re teaching, students teach (their teachers) while they’re learning” (in short, Teaching and Learning). Both of them might work together to organize, create, and manage all of the events in the class such as editing the contents of the learning materials. This paper intends to explain the above mentioned educational concepts, three of them, through the practice of general education. Among all of the teaching curriculums in a university, general education plays a major role in campus. General education usually gives students more rooms/motivations to develop their own potential in all respects, yet how to make the digitized media more interesting and to attract students to learn effectively is still a major challenge we have to face.