Teaching Design Factors for Micro-Courses of Specialized Courses in University

Abstract

With the development of information technology, the micro-course around a certain knowledge point or teaching link comes into being, and develops very quickly in China in recent years. It is received high focus and attention from the education department in China. This paper offers the concept of micro-course raised by the Ministry of Education's National College Teacher Network Training Center in November 2012. Then, micro-course and traditional teaching method were compared in this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of micro-course, the relationship between micro-course and traditional teaching method were obtained. Teaching design factor for micro-course were clearly put forward, in this part six aspects consist of design elements for micro-course, such as teaching time, teaching objective, teaching content, teaching method and micro-course technology. As a new educational idea and educational resource, the colorful micro-course not only provides an opportunity for the traditional teaching model to carrying on structural reform, but also injects vitality for the traditional teaching. The teachers in colleges and universities should develop micro-course actively, and effectively combine micro-course with traditional teaching, improve the teaching effect and level.