The case of a virtual education business that expanded through creation of customer value in strategic partnerships yields two key points for the future of multimedia businesses. Ability to incorporate new business styles and innovative leadership that harmonizes the philosophies of various partner companies were factors in success. (SK)

In 2003, the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan, established the e-School, Japan's first complete undergraduate correspondence courses enabling students to acquire their bachelor degrees solely through e-learning. Supported by the widespread availability of high-speed Internet connections, it has become possible to transmit…

One of the purposes of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) is to promote the flow of information about innovative programs in education that the participating member states in Asia have undertaken in the context of their needs and priorities. In order to identify and document the innovative programs, APEID invited…

Reports on an elementary school in Tokyo, Japan; an apprenticeship program in Germany; and a magnet school in Evanston, Illinois. Suggests some lessons U.S educators might learn from these nations in the areas of national curriculum, length of school year, tracking, and school-to-work transition. (MLF)

Includes "New Types of Cooperative Research in Japan" (Manabu Eto); "Institutionalizing University-Industry Collaboration for the Diffusion of Intangible Innovations: The Case of Computer-supported Cooperative Work" (Heaton); and "Triple Helix Relationships in a National Context: The Location of Research in the Australian…

Lesson study, a Japanese form of professional development that centers on collaborative study of live classroom lessons, has spread rapidly in the United States since 1999. Drawing on examples of Japanese and U.S. lesson study, we propose that three types of research are needed if lesson study is to avoid the fate of so many other once-promising…

The Adult Education Council of Japan's Ministry of Education is preparing recommendations for further program innovations. Those already in effect include widespread use of educational broadcasting (particularly for foreign language instruction), expansion of audiovisual libraries, and improvement of methods in extension and vocational education.…

Japanese (n=94) and U.S. (n=340) aerospace scientists/engineers described time spent communicating information, collaborative writing, importance of technical communication courses, and the use of libraries, computer networks, and technical reports. Japanese respondents had greater language fluency; U.S. respondents spent more time with…

Significant changes in the planning and designing of Japanese public elementary and secondary schools are in response to key educational and social changes. Among these are energy and ecology consciousness, lifelong learning, an aging society, and advancement of information technology. Characteristics of a new secondary school are described. (MLF)

The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…

Discusses the recent development of the educational system in Japan, highlighting a number of serious problems plaguing the stability of the school system and the government. (RK)

This chapter gives a brief history of cooperative learning in Japan, describes several types of Japanese cooperative learning, offers short vignettes of modern situations in which cooperative learning has been effective, and concludes with thoughts about the future of cooperative learning in the Japanese context. Learning in Japan was structured…

Japanese science/technology policies emphasize creative research management for strengthening breakthrough innovation. Key lessons include the following: cultivation of creative researchers, clear strategic directions, systematic teamwork and collaboration, focus on strategic industrial relevance, balance between autonomy and control, and the need…

A two-year study of creativity in Japanese companies concluded that human resource development policy and education/training can influence corporate creativity through promotion of information movement and selective acquisition of diverse stimuli. (Reactions to Stern's study by Torrance and Johnson are included.) (SK)