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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

    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。


  • Mentoring from 4,000 KM – Surprising Lessons from the Frontlines of Remote Supervision

    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…


  • Turning points in research work 研究工作的转折点

    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…


  • Teaching online — a piece of cake? 教网课 —易如反掌?

    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!


  • Every mug tells a story, especially after 25 years of use!

    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.