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四千公里之外的坚持与信任——疫情下远程指导毕业论文的意外启示

当边境关闭,一位讲师被困在距离学生4000公里之外,而这些学生正需要他指导完成本科阶段最重要的学术里程碑时,会发生什么?这篇博客文章用第一人称的三年亲身经历回答了这个问题,读起来更像是一部生存故事,而非教学回忆录。故事的开头很平常——2019年,在中国肇庆学院的食堂里,师生们一边吃晚饭一边面对面开会。随后,新冠疫情爆发,作者被困在马来西亚,一切计划都被打乱。微信和QQ成了救命稻草。大学的监控平台成为了重要的安全网,帮助作者自然地应对机构监管的复杂性。故事中最扣人心弦的转折之一是,两名生物技术专业的学生突然“消失”了——他们无视最后通牒,毕业论文被判定为“不及格”,直到几个月后才重新出现,这个连作者自己都觉得不可思议的转折令人惊讶。除了这些戏剧性事件,文章还有实实在在的内容:一位讲师从零开始自学R语言编程,只为在远方也能保证学生统计工作的严谨性;以及一个出于无奈而建立的“同伴指导与支持”系统,最终的效果超出了所有人的预期。在后期的危机中,当评审专家突然要求学生的论文增加更多“生物科学”内容时,事情表明,即使积累了多年的经验,情况也可能迅速失控。这不仅仅是一个关于疫情的故事。它坦诚地反思了毕业论文真正能教会学生什么——选题、项目管理、数据素养、写作纪律以及捍卫自己作品的勇气——以及即使导师不在身边,这些经验教训依然站得住脚。对于教育工作者、管理人员或任何正在重新思考远程指导的人来说,这是一次难得且毫无保留的展示,让人看到哪些方法奏效了,哪些差点失败,以及作者仍然会做出哪些不同的选择。
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Mentoring from 4,000 KM – Surprising Lessons from the Frontlines of Remote Supervision

What happens when a border closes and a lecturer is stranded 4,000 kilometers from the students he’s supposed to guide through the most important academic milestone of their undergraduate lives? This blog post answers that question with a firsthand, three-year account that reads more like a survival story than a teaching memoir. It begins conventionally…
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Turning points in research work 研究工作的转折点

You do need to have the ability to spot turning points in any project of your endeavour. In my case I spotted the turning point to make little bulbs out of my daffodils/narcissus in test tubes. And my PhD supervisors made sure I scaled the most important turning point – the completion of my PhD…
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Teaching online — a piece of cake? 教网课 —易如反掌?

Someone who obviously never taught a single class commented that “teaching online is easy”. How wrong this person is? Check out my sharing!
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Every mug tells a story, especially after 25 years of use!

“The Boss” mug that served 25 years A simple mug that had seen usage for 25 years helps to tell a story about time management and prioritizing.