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Japan Audio-Visual Education Association, Tokyo. – 1989
The Ad Hoc Council on Educational Reform pointed out in 1987 that Japanese education must prepare for the ever-increasing information needs of the future, and in 1988, a proposal for the development of information networks was published by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture. This proposal recommended the utilization of a wide range of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail
Levin, James A.; And Others – Computing Teacher, 1989
Discussion of the use of electronic networks for learning activities highlights the Noon Observation Project in which students in various locations measured the length of a noontime shadow to determine the earth's circumference. Electronic pen pals are discussed, and the roles of the network and of the class are described. (LRW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedCohen, Moshe; Miyake, Naomi – Instructional Science, 1986
Discusses the Intercultural Learning Network, an international computer network designed to enable students from different cultures to work with one another. Questions addressed include whether it is technically possible, economically feasible, and useful for instructional purposes; what organizational structures are required; and whether it can…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Educational Cooperation, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedSaga, Hiroo – Educational Media International, 1993
Provides an overview of inservice teacher training programs in Japan, which have few links to formal distance education programs. Teachers' growing use of computer communications networks is reviewed as a self-teaching method, and future directions are suggested. (Contains nine references.) (EAM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Correspondence Study
Schmitt, Lothar M.; Christianson, Kiel T. – 1999
Pedagogical features and implementation of a UNIX-based management system (UNIEM) designed to support the instructor in teaching English as a second language using a network of workstations are described. The application discussed here is for teaching English composition to students at the University of Aizu (Japan). UNIEM is constructed to assist…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedRosen, Cathy; Bartels, Dede – Social Studies Review, 1996
Describes a middle school program that integrates history/social studies, language, and visual arts. Describes how the program links two different middle schools through electronic mail in their study of world cultures. Includes examples of student writing and descriptions of classroom activities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
Download full textMiyao, Mariko – 1996
A project using on-campus electronic mail (e-mail) to teach communicative writing in English as a Second Language to Japanese junior college students is described. The project had three stages: (1) planning; (2) piloting with a small group of students; and (3) implementation in three large classes (n=55, 28, 36). The aim was to help students write…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Literacy
