Implementation and Innovation of College English Smart Education under Big Data Environment

Yu Huai

College of Foreign Languages,Jilin Agricultural University,Changchun,China

Email:bevanyu1980@163.com

Liu Shubo

College of Foreign Languages,Jilin Agricultural University,Changchun,China

Email:34655807@qq.com

[Abstract] Smart education is the inevitable trend of the development of educational informatization.Education big data is a collection of a large number of information and digital resources in the field of education,which is an important basis for the development of smart education.Data mining and learning analysis technology is the bridge between big data and smart education.The construction of College English smart education under the big data environment needs to be promoted from the aspects of system,environment,technology,teachers and so on.

[Keywords] Big Data;Smart Education;College English

Introduction

With the rapid development of information technology,the world has entered into the era of information.After years of development,informatization of higher education turns out to be effective.The improvement of Internet and computer technology has brought new teaching methods for College English education.In particular,the exploration and application of big data technology has greatly expanded the time and space of education,brought about new opportunities for the transformation of classroom teaching for College English.Furthermore,it extremely opens up a new world for smart education.In the era of Internet and big data,smart education has inevitably become the developing direction of educational informatization.Zhou (2014) points out that "Due to the computing power of the complex structured data of'big data',digital wisdom is presented in every level of human society and every corner of people's life,and education is endowed with the connotation and characteristics of digital wisdom."Smart education,in the era of"big data",relying on the advanced information technologies,such as cloud computing,wireless transmission,artificial intelligence etc.,is moving towards the advanced stage of education ecosystem,which is characterized by IOT,intelligence,perception and ubiquity.Today,with the rapid development of education modernization,it is of positive significance to actively promote the deep integration of big data and smart education,and give full play to the supporting role of big data in the development of education informatization.

Characteristics of College English Smart Education in the Era of Big Data

Integration and sharing of global educational resources

With the wide application of social networks,Internet of things,cloud computing and a variety of sensors,unstructured data are emerging,which are characterized by large number,large variety and strong timeliness.Human beings are entering the era of big data.Big data provides powerful conditions for the integration and sharing of global education resources.In the era of big data,digital information is growing explosively.The integration of educational resources can promote the diversified development of education in various countries,improve the Utilization rate of teaching resources,and give full play to value of resources.In recent years,OER (open educational resource) and MOOCS movement have swept the world.Rich and high-quality educational resources are shared by learners all over the world.Besides the global excellent educational resources have achieved seamless connection and barrier free circulation.This helps to narrow the regional differences in education and improve the quality of education for learners in underdeveloped areas.

Deep integration of information technology and teaching

From the perspective of smart education,information technology and the whole process of College English education are highly integrated,which includes the integration of technology and teaching,the integration of technology and scientific research,the integration of technology and teaching management,the integration of technology and campus life,and so on.The deep integration of information technology and subject education embodies the fundamental value of smart education.In the smart education environment,smart phones,tablet computers,e-book bags and other mobile terminals become the conventional carrier of teaching.The efficient use of Internet,IOT and artificial intelligence technology makes online learning an indispensable way of learning.Therefore,teaching can not only take place in the classroom,or on campus,but some other places,like library,museum etc.Learners' learning activities are not limited by the place.They can learn autonomously anywhere,and freely choose learning time,learning methods,learning equipment,etc.Information technology can provide rich and colorful teaching environment and advanced teaching means for education,ensuring the effective implementation of smart education.

Analysis of learning situation based on massive data

"Based on data"is the fundamental foothold of smart education situation analysis.Mobile communication,Internet of things,cloud computing,big data and other new information technologies not only create possibilities for College English smart education,but also provide a scientific basis for the analysis and evaluation of higher education from empirical judgment to data analysis.The learning situation analysis of College English smart education,through the comprehensive collection,centralized storage,scientific analysis of all kinds of education data in the process of teaching and management,finally presented by visualization technology.The analysis based on massive data is more objective,true and accurate,which has a positive effect to guide learners'learning,and also provides more systematic,comprehensive and accurate first-hand information for teaching quality assessment.

Ubiquitous ecological open system

Learning in the environment of College English smart education must be ubiquitous.In this ubiquitous learning mode,the learning process is generated by the connection and interaction between learning resources and learners.And it forms the knowledge network and interpersonal network in the educational environment.The ubiquitous connotation of College English smart education environment includes three aspects.Firstly,the learning resources are ubiquitous.The global education resources are integrated into a whole,which can be shared by learners.Secondly,the learning service can be available anytime and everywhere.Learners can choose their convenient time and space for learning.Thirdly,ubiquitous learning partners.Due to the connection of various networks and platforms,learners can communicate and interact with anybody else.Therefore,College English smart education environment is an education ecosystem connected by resources,people,time and places.The advanced information technologies provide the foundation and guarantee for its existence.

The Impact of Big Data on Smart Education

Objective evaluation of teaching behavior

In October 2012,the U.S.Department of Education proposed that at present,the application of big data in the field of education mainly includes educational data mining and learning Analytics.The former refers to the comprehensive use of mathematical statistics,machine learning and data mining technology and methods to process and analyze the big data of education.At the same time,through data modeling,it is used to find the correlation between learners' learning results and variables such as learning content,learning resources and teaching behavior,and to predict learners' future learning trend.The latter refers to comprehensively using the theories and methods of information science,sociology,computer science,psychology and learning science,as well as the processing and analysis of generalized education big data,and known models and methods to explain major problems affecting learners'learning,and to evaluate learners' learning behavior.It also can provide learners with artificial adaptive feedback.For learners,learning analysis technology can make them understand the mechanism of learning process from their own point of view,and optimize their learning behavior.For educators,analysis technology can help them to evaluate courses and learning resources for deeper teaching analysis,improve the existing teaching methods,and improve the assessment system.On the basis of data analysis,it provides more targeted teaching intervention for students.In this way,teachers can carry out teaching activities in a more personalized and effective way,and students can learn more independently and conveniently.In short,the mining and analysis of big data can provide strong technical support for optimizing teaching content,exploring teaching methods,improving teaching environment,and innovating teaching evaluation,and ultimately achieve the purpose of improving the effect of College English smart education.

Promotion of scientific education decision

In the era of big data,making the policy of intelligent education is neither simple experience imitation,nor based on the understanding and speculation of the makers themselves.It emphasizes that through accurate data record and data analysis at all levels,education authorities should formulate scientific and reasonable education policies.Cai(2018)believes that"the educational decision-making mode in the era of big data will inevitably change,and the era provides new ideas and contents for the education decision-making mode based on big data."In the era of big data,it is necessary for educational decision makers to have higher data accomplishment,that is,to have the sensitivity to data and the ability of data processing,namely,the safety awareness of data.Big data provides comprehensive,timely and accurate data for educational decision makers,which enables decision makers to use big data to quantify various factors in the field of education and make scientific judgment,so that the implementation process of educational decision-making can adapt to the changing external environment.

Improvement in the quality control system

With the development of education informatization and the vigorous promotion of digital campus construction,many teaching management systems have been formed in the field of education.And massive data are stored at the same time.But there are so many kinds of teaching evaluation work,that it is easy to ignore the existence of these data sometime.How to effectively use the massive data stored in the education management system to make these data helpful information and knowledge for education becomes more and more important.Xu (2014) believes that "in the era of big data,using databases (including data group information such as school profiles,teaching staff,school running funds,books and materials,instruments and equipment,majors and courses,teaching management,teaching effects,and basic information of students)can achieve the purpose of comprehensively monitoring the quality of education and form a comprehensive and dynamic teaching quality monitoring system."The emergence and rise of big data provide a large number of teaching data for education.Under the support of big data,all kinds of education can establish real-time,dynamic and comprehensive quality monitoring system.And then the factors that affect the quality of education are monitored,so as to improve the quality of College English teaching.

Effective evaluation of the teaching effect

Compared with traditional education evaluation,the development of big data makes education evaluation more objective,comprehensive and comprehensive.It provides data support for students' self-development,teachers'teaching reflection and improvement of teaching quality.On the one hand,education evaluation supported by big data reduces the workload of educators.On the other hand,it improves the accuracy of evaluation.The big data are characterized by huge data and rich information.If we want to collect,process and analyze these huge and complex data,we cannot do without intelligent analysis technology.Therefore,the means of education evaluation had to be changed from the traditional manual processing to the application of intelligent technology.Intelligent technology is used to intelligently calculate data and visually present statistical results to realize the unity of instantaneity and intelligence.Through the objective and effective evaluation of the teaching effect,educators can actively reflect on the results and adjust their teaching behavior,to ensure the effective implementation of College English smart education.

Implementation Path of Smart Education in Colleges and Universities under Big Data Environment

System level

In April,2018,the Ministry of Education issued The Action Plan of Education Informatization 2.0,which pointed out that "we should deepen the application of big data in education,and comprehensively improve the ability of educational management informatization to support education business management,government service,teaching management and other work.We will make full use of new technologies such as cloud computing,big data and human intelligence to build a comprehensive,all-round,full-time support system,to help the reform and development of educational science,management and services." (Xiao,2020) All the universities and colleges should also formulate corresponding action guidelines to guide the direction of educational reform and improve the level of educational informatization.At the same time,they should strengthen the monitoring and management of the university system.The school should establish corresponding organization to design the College English smart education in the aspects of resource sharing,curriculum setting,teaching process and evaluation mode,and formulate relevant policies and requirements so as to better guide teachers'education activities.

Environmental level

From the physical environment of the school,the classroom is the main place for teaching.In recent years,many colleges and universities have begun to build smart classrooms.It has many functions,such as intelligent control,mobile learning,multi-screen interaction,discussion and communication and other.Therefore,it can well achieve the integration of technology and environment,which is conducive to the development of flipped classroom,live streaming classroom and other new classroom activities.Colleges and universities should set up special funds to further expand and improve the construction and improvement of smart classroom,so as to provide more technical teaching entities for education reform.In addition to the classroom,the teaching environment also includes network environment,system environment,human environment and so on.In terms of infrastructure construction,colleges and universities need to strengthen the construction of service platform or system application.For example,the construction of onestop service hall in the school can centralize various business systems,break through data barriers,standardize data standards,so as to serve teachers and students more efficiently and conveniently.

Technical level

It is necessary to build and improve the intelligent teaching platform for College English teaching,so as to form a comprehensive intelligent teaching application platform integrating teaching,learning,management,testing,evaluation and support services.Through the intelligent teaching platform,we can create different spaces to accumulate the data information generated in the teaching process.Colleges should also strengthen the construction of online course resources and create shared data resources.In the pursuit of information resource sharing process,try to avoid the waste of resources and manpower.Secondly,combined with the application of big data analysis technology and information platform,the learner model is established.Students' learning behavior should be tracked and monitored,and the data generated in the learning process should be analyzed,in order to help detection,evaluation,feedback and so on.With the help of the data information system of the intelligent teaching platform,the online and offline education is combined to create a multi-interactive learning community and big data application system for teachers and students.

Teacher level

Today,with the rapid development of information technology,the level of teachers'information literacy,to a certain extent,determines the quality of teachers'teaching ability.Especially in the era of smart education,College English teachers should pay more attention to transform their roles,innovate teaching ideas,and explore new teaching methods based on the Internet and big data.Whether professional teachers or other teachers who need to use big data for teaching and research,they should actively face the characteristics of the big data era,seize the opportunity,take the initiative to learn,and constantly improve their information literacy.Colleges and universities must organize relevant further education,online training,distance education,and establish thematic seminars,so that teachers can update their knowledge in the exchange and discussion.Training can be carried out from different dimensions for teachers of different subjects.The topics include teaching system design,information technology and curriculum integration,hybrid teaching mode reform,evaluation and diagnosis,so as to effectively improve the informatization level of teachers.At the same time,researchers are strongly encouraged to engage in special research groups and carry out relevant research.Thirdly,teachers'information literacy can be improved by organizing various teaching demonstrations,expert reports,collective evaluation and other means.

Conclusion

New science and technology promote the rapid development of global education informatization,and bring new opportunities and changes to education.As the core of education informatization,education big data has been paid more and more attention by educators,universities and even education authorities.In the process of applying big data technology to promote smart education,colleges and universities should contemplate actively,have the courage to explore,and constantly improve and promote system planning,infrastructure and platform construction.In the process of continuous improvement and optimization,they need to promote the development of teaching informatization and Intellectualization.At the same time,the standardization and scientific degree of school decision-making management should be improved,so as to achieve the purpose of improving the quality of teaching,training intelligent talents with strong competitiveness in line with international standards.

Acknowledgements

The author wished to acknowledge support from the "13th Five-Year Plan" Social Science Research Project of Education Department of Jilin Province of"A Practical Study on Smart Classroom Teaching of College English in Big Data Environment" (Project Code:JJKH20200370SK),Social Science Foundation of Jilin Province of "Research on the Present Situation and Countermeasures of College Students' Satisfaction with English Online Learning in Jilin Province under the Smart Learning Environment"(Project Code:2021B222),and"13th Five-Year Plan"Social Science Project of the Education Department of Jilin Province.The project name is"Research on the Training Ideas and Teaching Reform of Agricultural English Translation Talents Development under the Background of "One Belt One Road"(Project Code:JJKH20190953SK).