Thoughts on Moral Education of College Students in Network Era

Abstract

Network era is an era of information explosion. Living styles, learning modes and recreation ways of college students change profoundly. Meanwhile, various bad ideological trends and potential risks also deeply influence college students’ ideas. Analysis of challenges of moral education work in network era and proposal of strategies for moral education work in network era has critical significance to help students form correct outlook on life, view on the world and values and promote their healthy growth. College period is an important period for college students to form outlook on life, view on the world and values. Some bad information and ideological trends from network impose bad influences on college students’ ideological morality. College moral education work undertakes the important task to guide students to establish correct ideological ideas and resist bad social ideological trend. In network era, how to reduce negative effects of network on moral education of college students and improve moral education work level with the help of network is a significant topic of college moral education workers should pay attention to. Challenges for moral education of college students in network era Network is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it can promote implementation of moral education of college students; on the other hand, it can also hinder in-depth implementation of this work. Due to the lack of knowledge and experience, many college students cannot well distinguish network culture and thoughts and thus may be easily misled. This goes against college students to form healthy mentality and favorable personality. (1) To influence formation of correct “three views” of college students Network information is characterized by openness, universality and sharing [1]. So, it contributes to college students to learn new thoughts and absorb new ideas. Meanwhile, lawbreakers will utilize these characteristics to spread some culture and ideology against socialism spiritual civilization construction to impose bad influences on thoughts of college students. From the perspective of the age, outlook on life, view on the world and values of college students are in the formation stage. Due to the effects of mentality, physiology and thoughts, college students are easily influenced by bad thoughts and radical speeches to discard fine traditions of diligence, thrift, working hard and struggling and give up the firm belief of serving the country and making progress. (II) Improper applications makes students caught in network crime As network technology popularizes, out of flaunt mentality or wrong ideological guidance, some college students mastering the technology impurely use advanced network technology and are caught in the wrong way of network crime. To be more specific, network crime of college students are reflected in the following. Firstly, doers utilize programming, decoding and other computer technologies or relevant tools to implement network crimes [2]; secondly, doers utilize defects of various software instructions, network systems and clauses to carry out mutual crimes via network; thirdly, lawbreakers utilize universality, quickness and openness features of network to spread bad thoughts and speeches and induce college students to commit a crime. Besides, some even regard network as tool to directly commit a crime. They utilize features of network, spread various bad thoughts against socialism spiritual civilization construction and infringe physical and psychological health of college students. Meanwhile, rampant network crimes result in many harmful social phenomena. Currently, some hackers utilize various techniques and means to infringe the information of others or collectivities and wantonly spread all kinds of virus. Some even endanger national security and social stability. Some college students fail to cognize the damages. Some even regard hackers as their idols. This International Conference on Education, Management and Computing Technology (ICEMCT 2014) © 2014. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 181 seriously hinders sound development of network and formation of good social mood. (III) College students excessively depend on network and ignore theoretical study and practice In current society, network can provide a large quantity of useful information and rapidly spread information, but this does not means knowledge explosion. If college students excessively depend on network and give up the opportunities of theoretical study and practice, this will certainly cause that they lack knowledge and experience. Reading materials and learning knowledge via internet will reduce one’s reading, expressing and thinking ability. Network prevalence makes college students spend more time on network and reduce face-to-face communication with the society and families. This to some extent will lower communication competence of college students and go against their sound development. Network world is rich and colorful, but it is not real after all. Long-term indulgence in network will make college students generate dependence on thoughts, thus leading to emotional indifference, solitariness and other mental health problems [3]. Network is a double-edged sword for college students. On the one hand, it can provide cutting-edge science, technology and information and help college students continuously perfect and develop them. On the other hand, due to imperfect network system and psychological and physiological characteristics of college students, network will also give rise to some harmful thoughts to development of college students and social progress. To make internet we contribute to society and college students, it is required to reinforce network ideological and moral education for college students. (IV) Indulgence in network may easily lead to psychological problems Network as an important constituent part of the life of modern college students has gradually influenced mental and physical healthy development of college students. When college students enter network, it seems that they enter another world where they can exist with another identity, do those which cannot be realized in real life and live an ideal life. Excessive indulgence in network may easily make college students have psychological problems. For example, firstly, college students form personality disorders such as offensive type, retreat type, dual type and multiple type. Secondly, emotional entanglement may occur, such as puppy love and polygonal love. Thirdly, they may form solitary and indifferent character which affects interpersonal relationship. In particular, some introvert students more easily seek so-called “bosom friends” and “friends” on network. They indulge it for a long time, increasingly depend on network and gradually keep away from sociality and crowds. Thus, they become more solitary. Strategies to carry out moral education for college students in network era (I) To improve moral education contents and innovate for moral education methods Enhancement of college students’ identification ability for network information and their defense capability is the key to ideological and political education [4]. So, various colleges should construct 3D moral education bases, organically combine real education and network education, optimize moral education structure and contents, innovate for moral education methods and enhance college students’ identification ability for network information. The specific measures are as follows: 1. To enhance reform and innovation of moral education contents Colleges should enhance reform and innovation of moral education contents, optimize and improve the contents, regard college ideological and political class as the main base, conform to changes and development of Chinese and foreign situations, make ideological and political education course adapt continuous update and change of network society and give traditional “ideological and political education course” some new vigor and strength. Specific requirements are as follows: Firstly, utilize modern network and multimedia technology to research, develop and introduce advanced education software and electronic teaching materials; enrich contents and modes of ideological and political education course and make it become interesting from dullness; mobilize learning initiative of college students so as to better reach the purpose of college ideological and political education course. Secondly, carry out digital design of college ideological and political education course; research