A Study into Compatability in Learning Systems Between Japan and Canada

日本和加拿大的合作研究在过去几年的研究活动的基础上，侧重于识别和澄清远程教学中的问题和问题，这是各自国家共同关心的问题。通过在各自国家进行的相互调查实地访问，对调查结果进行了比较，发现如下：在与阿萨巴萨卡大学硕士课程学生的网络会议中，强调了异步系统与同步互动连接相结合在学习中是有用和有效的，特别是在它似乎促进了同伴学习，提高了远程学习者的学习动机。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的最佳系统。在建立一个国际兼容的远程学习模式的过程中，文化、语言和制度障碍有待消除，特别是在非西方和英语国家，如日本。因此，建立适合各自文化并满足学习者需求的模式至关重要。

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.