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Yang, Fang; Wang, Shudong – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
This research investigates East Asian students' perceptions towards e-learning privacy. The survey was first carried out in Japan (N1 = 255) and China (N2 = 307) in 2009. In 2012 the same survey was conducted again in these two countries but with different participants (N3 = 175, N4 = 63). To survey in different countries is to verify whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning
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Chesky, Aimi Kono – Childhood Education, 2013
The project development school idea in Japan started in the late 1970s. Both public and private schools can become project schools. Public schools' districts and private schools' boards develop the project plan and submit the application to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Once approved, the project school…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Telecommunications
Hachiya, Kumiko – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative research investigates the meaning of "keitai" (mobile phones) for older Japanese adults between the ages of 59 and 79. Participants' emails from keitai, handwritten daily logs, and audio and video recordings from meetings and interviews were collected during my stay of nearly seven months in one of the largest cities in…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Baby Boomers, Ethnography, Access to Information
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Garland, Virginia E.; Morimoto, Mayumi – T.H.E. Journal, 1996
Describes the use of telecommunications in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake. Topics include the use of e-mail for communication as well as for disaster relief efforts, use of the Internet and World Wide Web home pages, and the usefulness of portable computers with built-in modems for fax capabilities. (LRW)
Descriptors: Earthquakes, Electronic Mail, Emergency Programs, Facsimile Transmission
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
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Kiernan, Patrick J.; Aizawa, Kazumi – ReCALL, 2004
Cell phones are now widespread in many countries including Japan where we teach, and are particularly popular among university students. Although they can be a distraction in the classroom, functions such as Internet access and e-mail capability have transformed them into sophisticated communication tools. But are they also potentially useful in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Classroom Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Resources