Building and developing a learning materials system that meets training requirements according to output standards

Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Quyet presented the report "Some solutions to develop the postgraduate learning materials system". (Photo: Thanh Long/USSH)

At the conference, Dr. Tran Ngoc Lieu (Head of Training Department) presented a report on the Overview of learning materials work and the plan to develop the learning materials system of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities until 2020. Some of the outstanding current status of the school's learning materials development work in the past school year were: The system of documents regulating and guiding the work of building, exploiting, using and managing the learning materials system is still not complete and consistent; The work of planning for learning materials development is mainly limited to the work of affiliated faculties and departments; The human resources coordinating the implementation of this work have not been specifically assigned at the faculty level to help the faculty board monitor and manage the learning materials system; Although the investment budget is 31% higher than the State's prescribed level, it is still very low, while there is no specific mechanism to mobilize support and funding sources for the work of compiling textbooks.

According to the Overview Report, development orientation to 2020, the goal of building and developing school materials focuses on 5 main contents:

- By 2020, at least 90% of compulsory subjects will have officially approved syllabuses and lectures. At the same time, 50% of compulsory subjects currently have lectures developed into syllabuses.

- Issue a set of quality standards for textbooks and lectures and promulgate regulations on management, development and use of learning materials in university training.

- Convert all unpublished textbooks, lectures, and reference materials into ebook format and have a mechanism to exploit and protect the copyright of lecturers and the ownership of the School to serve teaching and learning.

- Linking databases of existing learning materials in specialized resource rooms of faculties to optimize usage efficiency.

In his presentation on the work of learning materials of the School by the Faculties, Dr. Vu Van Quan, Head of the History Faculty, proposed the idea of ​​investing in building the History Faculty library as a focal point in building the system of learning materials and archival documents at the Faculty level of the School. This investment is both meaningful as important learning materials and materials, and also a place to visit and introduce to external partners. Because according to Dr. Vu Van Quan, the History Faculty and the Literature Faculty of the School are faculties with a long history and a system of learning materials that are not only rich but also contain many valuable and rare documents.

Regarding the plan to expand reference materials, "The school should also pay attention to purchasing new translated documents. What is necessary now is to establish an interdisciplinary council, which will make decisions or give advice to the school in purchasing new reference materials," shared MSc. Pham Anh Sao, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Literature.

In addition to the presentations and direct opinions in the hall, the conference also listened to a number of reports: Some solutions to develop the postgraduate learning materials system by Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Quyet; The role of the VNU Information and Library Center and the coordination with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in the learning materials work of the VNU Information and Library Center; The tasks of lecturers in building and developing the learning materials system; Digitizing the learning materials system and managing digital learning resources.