Development of Information-Environment Education Programs in Collaborative-type Learning Space on Highly Advanced Information Communication Networks

本研究是在利用信息技术和通信技术构建的新的学习环境中，开发信息/环境教育课程。这些项目不仅在学习内容上，而且在教育方法上都进行了先进的技术测试，旨在提高教育质量。作为技术在教育中的应用，我们开发了遥感主题，并将其引入学校教育。遥感在空间工程中的高度发展，使我们能够准确地掌握地球环境。然而，遥感技术几乎没有被用于学校教育。在我们的课程中，包括遥感学习在内的学生可以通过个人电脑上的图像处理来分析地球环境。也就是说，信息教育和环境教育的结合将有助于实现前所未有的教育，这种教育在准确性和广度上都超越了传统的对地观测。我们的计划还旨在将学习空间扩展到远程学校、学生和教师。在这样的空间里，我们可以管理协作式学习，参与者可以交流每一个想法或经历。本研究实现了与电视会议系统的协作学习空间，对信息/环境教育有了一定的改善。由于教师需要具备管理上述教育的新技能，我们调查了教师在现状下的知识。因此，我们可以掌握教师的自我教育能力与对现代社会重大问题的高积极性方法之间的关系，并进一步调查了高等教育中高度发达的信息交流网络上的协作学习。这些前车之鉴，昭示着新的教育方式与先进技术的高瞻远瞩。

In the present research, the programs for information/environment education are developed in the new learning environment which is constructed with information technology and communication technology. These programs with advanced technology examined in terms of not only learning contents but education methods aim to improve quality of education.As the application of technology to education, we developed the subject matter with remote sensing and introduced it to school education. Remote sensing highly developed in the space engineering enabled us to grasp the earth environment precisely. However remote sensing has been hardly used at school education. Students, in our programs including the learning with remote sensing, can analyze the earth environment through image processing on personal computers. Namely the combination of information education and environment education could contribute to the unprecedented education which is beyond traditional earth observation in accuracy and in broadness.Our programs also aim to extend the learning space to the distant schools, students, and teachers. In such space, we can mange collaborative style learning where participants interchange each idea or experience. In the present study, collaborative learning space with TV conference systems is realized and showed the certain improvement for information/environment education.Because teacher should have new skills to manage the education described above, we investigated the knowledge of teachers under the status quo. As a result, we could grasp the relation between the teachers' ability of self-education and the highly motivated approach to considerable issues in the modern society.And furthermore, we investigated the collaborative learning on highly advanced information communication networks at the higher education. Those preceding examples could indicate the foresight of new education style with advanced technology.