The Integrated Study on the Basis for the Construction of the Virtual University

本研究的目的是指出虚拟大学的潜力及其局限性。组织了四个小组。第一个是调查虚拟大学在世界范围内的最新趋势和发展。第二、第三和。第四组基于实际利用网上课程进行研究，分别是开放实验班、京都-庆应义乌联合研讨会、京都大学与加州大学洛杉矶分校之间的远程教育。根据从这些领域收集的结果，2003年实施了KNV(京都-火影忍者虚拟大学项目)，以审查VU的基础。在这个项目中，借助电视会议系统、网络会议、网络论坛、聊天等多种媒体，在两所大学之间建立了一个学习社区。同时，我们还主办了一次题为《虚拟大学--我们大学的未来？》的国际会议。邀请来自美国和墨西哥的研究人员。在本届大会上，在我们的中期报告在…之前并从学习理论、教育政策、哲学等多个角度对虚拟大学的问题进行了探讨。除了这次主要的会议外，还举行了几次会议，以分享研究结果。从VU的潜力方面讨论了它的潜力，它不是取代面对面的学习情境，而是一个相当新的学习环境，促进学生的主动学习和自我理解。通过构建一个多元的现实，在这个现实中，学生认识到自己和他人的各个方面。这一结论表明，通过VU进行通识教育是可能的。另一方面，我们指出了VU面临的挑战，如提高其性价比的必要性和在线教育教师发展的迫切需求。上述研究结果已在几次国际会议和国内会议上报道。论文也被投稿给几种期刊，我们于2004年5月发表了最后的综合报告。较少

The purpose of this research is to indicate the potentiality of the Virtual University (VU) as well as its limit. Four groups were organized. The first one is to investigate the recent trends and developments of VU in worldwide context. Second, third and. fourth groups did studies based on the actual courses utilizing online, i.e. The Open Laboratory Class, Kyoto-Keio Joint Seminar, and The Distance Education between Kyoto University and UCLA respectively. With the findings gathered from these fields, KNV (Kyoto-Naruto Virtual University project) is implemented in 2003 so as to scrutinize the basis for VU. In this project, a learning community between two universities is established with the help of several media such as the TV meeting system, the Net-meeting, the Web-board, and the chat.Meanwhile, we hosted an international congress entitled "The Virtual University-Future of our Universities?" inviting researchers from USA and Mexico. In this congress, after our interim report was pre … More sented, the problems concerning VU were discussed from various view points including the learning theory, the educational policy and the philosophy. In addition to this principal conference, several meetings were held to share findings among investigators.The potentiality of VU is discussed in the respect that it is not a substitution of face-to-face learning situation but quite a new learning environment that promotes students' active learning and self understandings. through constructing a multiple-reality, in which students realize the various aspects of themselves and others. This conclusion suggests the possibility of Liberal Education through VU. On the other hand, we pointed out the challenges facing VU, such as the necessity to improve its cost performance and the emergent need of Faculty Development concerning online education.The findings mentioned above have reported at several international congresses as well as at domestic ones. Papers are also contributed to several journals, and we published the final comprehensive report in May 2004. Less