Study on Utilization of Advanced Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education

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To promote the research and development of new educational methodologies and pedagogies in higher education by utilizing advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and multimedia technology, various proposals have been made by governmental, industrial or academic organizations and sectors. In this study, researchers visited excellent cases in overseas (mainly, North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania) and in our country, collected and analyzed printed materials and interviews, and accumulated the latest data and valuable findings. In addition to the latest situation of ICT uses, such as satellite communication, multimedia and Internet, they reported the development and distribution of digital educational contents, copyright processing of digital contents in European higher education, quality evaluation criteria for educational software in North America and Europe, faculty development on ICT use in the classroom, informatics and information literacy learning for students and various support centers and organizations to facilitate ICT use, media utilization in education for disabled students, excellent cases in ICT use in Japanese higher education, virtual universities in the United States and so on.The results are disseminated by a printed report and its homepage. We expect these results will be utilized for the reform in Japanese higher education.