A Study into Compatability in Learning Systems Between Japan and Canada

在过去几年NIME研究活动的基础上，日本和加拿大的合作研究重点是发现和澄清远程教学中的问题和问题，这是各自国家共同关注的。通过在各自国家进行的相互调查现场访问，对调查结果进行了比较，发现：1.在与阿萨巴萨卡大学开设的一门硕士课程的学生的网上会议中，强调了异步系统与同步交互连接相结合的学习将是有用和有效的，特别是因为它似乎促进了同行学习，并增强了远程学习者的动机。2.通过相互调查研究，明确了北美在线方法不一定是远程教学和学习的最佳系统。3.在建立国际兼容的远程学习模式时，有文化因素，语言和制度障碍尚未消除，特别是在日本等非西方国家和英语国家。因此，至关重要的是要建立适合各自文化并迎合学习者需要的模式。

Base on the NIME research activities in the past years the collaborative research between Japan and Canada focused identifying and clarifying problems and issues in distance teaching and learning which is the common concern of the respective country. Through mutual investigative site visits conducted in the respective country the outcome of the investigation was compared, and it was found the following :1.In the netmeeting with the students of a Master course offered by Athabasaca University it was stressed that asynconous system combined with synchronous interactive connection would be useful and effective in learning especially in that it seems to facilitate peer-learning and enhance motivation on the part of learners at distance.2.Through mutual investigative research it was made clear that North American online method is not necessarily the best system in distance teaching and learning.3.In building an internationally compatible distance learning model there are cultural, linguistic and institutional barriers yet to be removed particularly in non-Western and English speaking country like Japan. Therefore it is vital that models indigenous to the respective culture and catering to the needs of the learners be built.