HNU’s first MOOC course “Chinese Ancient Architecture” has officially gone live on icourses.cn recently and the number of nationwide registers has so far reached 3761.
This course is of profound influence on the inheritance of Chinese culture through vivid representation of various factors in Chinese ancient architecture such as culture, art, philosophy, politics, religion and lifestyle. The lecturer Prof. Liu Su, a famous expert on Chinese ancient architecture and a doctoral advisor in HNU School of Architecture, has devoted himself to the teaching and relevant research on the history of architecture and ancient architecture protection for over 30 years. He has successively undertaken over 30 projects of the key cultural relics at national and provincial level, and has been responsible for restoration and protection of ancient architectures in Yuelu Academy as well as designing of Quzi Temple in the Academy.
The “China Ancient Architecture” course adopts the international advanced “O to O” (online to offline) model, which provides interactive learning through mobile client or online surfing anywhere and anytime. The course consists of multiple 5-15 minute teaching videos and words, pictures and corresponding exercises matched with each knowledge point. It covers the whole process of teaching, including learning process management, real-time online communication and offline tutoring, homework correction and course examination. Students may participate with lectures and make interactions through Cloud. The function of the teacher is not only to pass knowledge, but also inspire and guide students to a more effective learning mode.
For now, the other two MOOC courses of HNU – “The Power of Design” of Prof. He Renke from School of Design and “Modern Etiquette” of Associate Professor Yuan Difei from College of Journalism and Communication & Film and Television Arts will go online on October 8th and October 13th respectively, while the latter was once ranked top in number of clicks as a national excellent open video course.
Translated by Chen Xintong
