Technical Development of Tourism E-business is an inquiry course of openness, inquisitiveness, and practicalness. Under the instruction of teachers, students can apply the modern technology to the processing, analyzing, designing and operating of information and therefore build up a tourism e-business platform initially and creatively, mastering the inner operation of the information flow, capital flow and tourist flow of tourism e-business, and combining the theories and practice. This course not only focuses on the development of students' professional abilities, but also plays an important role in improving their professional qualities such as comprehensive development, practical application, and creative abilities. And accordingly it can be easily concluded that the course is of great importance and necessity for training the e-business professionals who have the practicable skills for the tourism industry. According to the instructional theories of inquiry courses, this thesis designs the instruction for the course of Technical Development of Tourism E-business, develops the instructional software for the simulant system of tourism e-business, evaluates the instructional process and its effectiveness, and meanwhile analyzes and discusses the possible problems arising in the process, trying to offer some new patterns and approaches to the research and reform of the tourism e-business instruction for tourism colleges and institutes.The thesis consists of five sections.The first chapter discusses mainly the concepts, objectives, development and theoretical foundation of inquiry courses.The second chapter focuses on the instructional design for the course of Technical Development of Tourism E-business, which is composed of the course target, content, strategies, and evaluation.In the third chapter, some certain instructional software is researched and developed for the simulant system of tourism e-business on the basis of instructional demands. Meanwhile, the thesis gives an introduction to the constitution, process, and operation of the system.The fourth chapter discusses how to practice the instructional process of the course, and also analyzes the possible problems that may arise in the process.Finally, the thesis analyzes the assessing data of the instructional effectiveness, reconsidering the process and posing some questions needed to be improved and solved. |