A Survey of Resources for English Language Online Degree Programmes

曹文 北京外国语大学中国英语教育研究中心,北京外国语大学网络教育学院

This paper reports a research study encompassing eight online institutes in China running degree-bearing programmes in English language education. The study aims to examine the practice and perceptions of resource development and provision from the perspectives of learners and tutors of these online institutes, covering issues such as resources mode selection, materials design, courseware design, resources delivery and utilization. The study findings, based on structured interviews with intuitional decision-makers, and questionnaires distributed to 261 learners and 35 tutors at the eight online institutes, have brought important issues to the surface that should be taken into consideration when developing and providing web-based resource development, and at the same time, suggest future research directions.