(The following content is a section of a presentation — “Tsinghua’s Online Learning in Response to COVID-19” — at the CDIO 2020 Asian Regional Meeting; therefore, the policies are updated until September 24, 2020)
On January 27,
China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that it was postponing the start of the 2020 spring semester.
Immediate Responses to COVID-19
February 4: "Ministry of Education (MOE) issues instructions for deployment of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) online teaching"
Following is recent announcement postponing the start of the spring semester in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Ministry of Education (MOE) has just issued instructions on the deployment of HEI online teaching to enable students to resume their studies remotely.
HEIs have been asked to take various measures, including:
- Apply online learning and simulated experimental teaching resources to facilitate remote study. In response to the MOE’s call, by February 2 there are 22 online platforms in China providing 24,000 online HEI courses free of charge, covering 12 disciplines at undergraduate level and 18 disciplines at higher vocational education level.
- Establish plans to put online courses in place. HEIs are allowed to modify spring and autumn semester schedules for this year as they deem appropriate for their circumstances, and should suspend all social activities and internships initially planned during the winter vacation.
- Develop an evaluation plan to monitor the quality of online courses, classroom discipline and examination discipline.
Other related institutions have been requested to assist HEIs in their deployment of online teaching. Read more here at http://en.moe.gov.cn/news/press_releases/202002/t20200208_419136.html
