Study on Instructional Methods for Distance Education at Higher Education Level by Using New Technology

本课题旨在研究以远程教育形式开展在职教师教育的可行性。从自学法教学效果的角度出发，以印刷材料、录像带等视听手段相结合的形式进行了初步实验。结果表明，该方法对职前教师是有效的。第二项研究是关于使用计算机进行协商和评价。计算机可以为教师在教学中遇到困难时提供咨询的工具。将基本数据积累到计算机中，作为初中数学教学的知识数据库。在火影忍者教育大学，设计了一个计算机网络系统，通过提供各种教学材料、教学研究工具和促进大学教师与当地学校教师之间交流的渠道，作为有效教学的设施。

The aim of project was a study on feasibility of in-service teacher education carried out in form of distance education. A preliminary experiment was carried out in form of printed material combined with video-tape and other audio-visual instrument from viewpoint of instructional effectiveness of self-learning method. It has revealed that this method is effective in the case of pre-service teachers. The second study was on the use of computer for consultation and evaluation. Computers can be applied to provide teachers with facilities with which they can consult in case of facing to difficulties in their instruction. Elemental data have been accumulated into the computer to be used as database of knowledge on teaching of lower secondary methematics. At Naruto University of Education, a computer network system was designed as a facility of effective teaching by providing a variety of instructional materials, tool for research on instruction and channel to facilitate communication between instructors at university and teachers at local schools.