Millions of college students "pay for lessons", and the atmosphere of "passing without learning" cannot last
■ Observer
"Paying for lessons" not only affects the credibility of online teaching in colleges and universities, but also impacts the quality of higher education, and comprehensive management is urgently needed.
According to reports, at present, the number and scale of MOOC in my country ranks first in the world. During the new crown pneumonia epidemic, MOOC has become an important part of college teaching.
However, behind the prosperity of online courses, the one-stop service of "studying online courses and taking exams" can be purchased for a few yuan or even a few yuan, which has become an open secret in some universities.
It is nothing new for college students to spend money to find someone to replace the class.
But I didn’t expect that this trend now extends to the online, and through the use of hacking tools to capture and crack the key data package of the formal online MOOC platform, the brushing technology can achieve "swipe the lesson in seconds" and "exam change" And other functions, its scale and degree are even worse.
The data from the five class brushing platforms uncovered by the Liaoning police this time show that from 2019 to 2020 alone, more than 7.9 million students purchased class brushing services across the country, and the number of class brushing sessions exceeded 79 million.
With the development of "Internet +" education, online education has gradually become a trend.
At present, the number of online MOOCs on relevant platforms in China has increased to 32,000, with 490 million learners and 140 million MOOC credits for school students.
During the new crown pneumonia epidemic, MOOCs helped colleges and universities cope with the normality of home learning, and they are becoming an important engine for the reform of higher education.
Under the general trend of online and offline teaching integration, the prevalence of "paying lessons" has caused multiple harms.
As far as individual students are concerned, this kind of misunderstanding of learning not only wastes their studies, but also seriously encourages opportunistic thinking.
At the same time, it also seriously affects the credibility of online teaching and has a huge impact on the quality of higher education.
According to reports, the five lesson-brushing platforms that the Liaoning police destroyed this time can almost cover the online lessons of all colleges and universities across the country.
The number of off-line agents at all levels on the 5 lesson-sharing platforms has exceeded 100,000, and most of them are college students.
If such "business" is allowed to proliferate, the negative impact it may bring should not be underestimated.
Millions of college students "pay for lessons", and the evil spirit of "passing without learning" cannot be long.
Developers of refreshing programs who seek illegitimate benefits should be severely cracked down in accordance with the law to prevent others from doing so.
Of course, students who spend money on online courses need to reflect deeply and carry out education and guidance, but they can't hit all the sticks on students.
The large number of audiences and wide coverage of the "paid lesson" industry chain exposed huge loopholes in the online education platform.
On the one hand, related platforms urgently need to make up for technical loopholes, and the assessment of online courses should be changed from technical standards such as online duration to content-based standards, and to prevent online courses from "passing without learning" from the source.
On the other hand, it is also necessary to effectively improve the teaching ability and course quality of instructors, and effectively stimulate students' interest in learning.
Content is king. If the content of the course is lackluster, even if you don't spend money on the course, most students probably just turn on the video and put it aside.
What is the significance of such "learning".
In the final analysis, it can be said that college students spend money on online courses, which can be said to be harmful but not beneficial, but it also requires a multi-pronged and comprehensive strategy to prevent such unhealthy trends. While ensuring the order of college online courses, it also ensures that we The quality of higher education.
□Hu Xinhong (Teacher)