Proposal of the vision Virtual University and Feasibility Study for its Constructional Factors

本研究的目的是将“虚拟大学”作为下一代高等教育体系的核心概念，并对其要素进行愿景提出和实证研究与开发。关于愿景建议，明确认为我国下一代高等教育体系应采取的指导方针，在国家多媒体教育研究院作为核心研究机构中具有重要意义。针对多个组成要素的实证研究与开发，组织了信息通信工程、教育学、教育技术、心理学、认知科学、人机界面、虚拟现实技术等多个研究领域的研究人员，在综合方法的基础上进行了系统开发。2001年，在系统开发和在国际学会等正式展示的同时，进行了实验试验。特别是计算机测试和学习社区系统的有效性得到了实践的证实。

The purpose of this research regards a "virtual university" as a key concept of the higher education system of the next generation, and is the vision proposal and to do empirical research and development of its elements. About vision proposal, clarifying considers that the directivity of the higher education system of the next generation that our country should take is now important in National Institute of Multimedia Education as a core research organization. About empirical research and development of many composition elements, the researcher of various research fields, such as information communication engineering, pedagogy, an educational technology, psychology, cognitive science, a human interface, and virtual reality technology, was organized, and systems development was performed on the basis of synthetic approach. In 2001, while system development and presentation officially at an international society etc., experiment trial was performed. Especially the effectiveness of systems about computer test and learning community was confirmed practicality.