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This paper focused on the necessity of promoting communications between the teacher and learners via the Internet. The authors developed the online course which requires learners to communicate with the teacher. This course was designed as one of...

Effective video conferencing for schools is rather illusive - while the hardware and infrastructure exists and is readily available to many schools across the world, the problem still exists within education as to how to fully utilize this powerful...

To realize the reliability of information from various points of view utilizing ICT, students need to have an accurate knowledge of information ethics. A survey was designed and conducted via a questionnaire to high school teachers throughout Japan ...

It is possible to improve students' skills in ICT and their mathematical way of thinking by analyzing various kinds of phenomena. Several educational practices were conducted and analyzed mathematically to deepen students' understanding of phenomena....

Decision-making is conducted based on rational thought process and judgment in general. This paper reports two kinds of educational activities about a study of decision making. It was clearly found that students became to think positively for the...

Classes using video conferencing via MSN messenger were held by a university and a technical college in which students from both schools presented contents of their graduation research cooperatively. Through these activities, technical college...

Students in a decision making class used a robotic car developed to decide and carry out the car’s optimal performance. The robotic car has a motor-wheel drive train controlled by an embedded processor, and moves according to movement sequences...

In this paper, we describe the implementation of student projects based on two solution-based learning designs that were developed to stimulate consideration of optimum solution-finding activities. We then discuss their educational effects as well...

Our research outlines the development of a software-based interactive visual/audio recording system which incorporates facial recognition and audio mapping technology. This system will increase student speaking practice, teacher-student time and...

Teaching has become easier with advancements in educational technology, especially in foreign language teaching. But, just because it is technology, does that make it better than other materials and methods? In this study, the authors designed...

This paper is a report on the findings of an educational practice conducted in writing a manual. Collaborative activities were conducted after making equipment. Engineering learners and non-engineering learners formed three groups to accomplish...

International students do not have enough opportunities off campus where they can learn Japanese culture and cultivate an understanding about their regional community. In this paper, the authors reported several activities to develop international...