Five-Minute Mini-Courses at the Open University of China

Chao YE, Rongrong FAN

The Open University of China, Beijing, CHINA

Abstract: 5-minute mini-courses are courses that last around 5 minutes presented via video and are accessible online. They are suitable for student-oriented learning and fragmented learning. Such courses are short with exquisitely designed content and can be viewed through a diversity of mobile terminals. The Open University of China (OUC) initiated a “5-Minute Mini-Course Development Project” at the end of 2012. The project aims to ｃｒｅａｔｅ approximately 30,000 5-minute mini-courses in three years covering both degree and nondegree educational programmes. As one important component of the project, a “5-Minute Mini-Course Network” was officially delivered online on July3, 2013. Up till now, based on the remodeling of the non-degree courses at OUC, nearly 5000 5-minute mini-courses have been produced and made available online, which cover a number of fields of study. This paper is intended to report the “5-Minute Mini-Course Development Project” and its latest development at OUC. The purpose is to share information and ｃａｌｌ for comments for further improvement.

Keywords: 5-minute Mini-courses; Development and Evaluation; 5 Minutes Microlecture