Overall research on curriculum development of Informatics in the faculty whitch has liberal arts cources.

研究组的4个小组在过去3年里一直在进行调查和开发。(1)作为一个学术部门设计系统的信息教育课程：我们调查了其他大学信息教育人文课程的课程设置。我们还研究了商业或国际领域的一些期望。基于这些调查结果，我们设计了一个系统的信息教育课程。(2)引入远程教育配套系统：我们引入了简单的视频会议系统和电话会议系统，方便滨松和静冈校区之间的顺畅通信。我们还在学校的茶点空间准备了网络终端，以便学生和教师可以方便地访问学习资料和支持系统。设计了一个用户识别系统，以便将来学生可以访问和参与不同的课程。对这一系统进行了试验。(3)利用媒体开发教材：我们针对信息处理、多媒体设计、系统分析、数据库设计等不同技能和知识开发了多种教材。这些材料现在在数字录像、印刷文本和光盘上都很有用。特别地，通过VTR的概念和实例，将其中的一部分注册到数据库系统中，供学生使用。(4)课程开发和评估：我们调查了这些尝试如何通过不同的方式改变学生和教师的思想。我们的各种调查和学生自己的评价表明，开发课程的内容和方法有所改进，现在满足学生的需求，理解水平或教育目标。根据这些结果，我们认为三年的研究项目已经达到了最初的目的。

The four groups in the research team have continued the investigation and development for the last three years.(1) Designing A Systematic Curriculum for Information Education as An Academic Department :We investigated other university curriculums in humanistic courses for information education. We also researched what some of the expectations are in business or international arenas. Based on the results of such investigations, we designed a systematic curriculum for information education.(2) Introducing A Supporting System for Distant Education : We introduced a simple video-conferencing system and a tele-conferencing system which facilitate smooth communication between Hamamatsu and Shizuoka campuses. We also prepared network terminals at refreshment spaces in school so that students and faculties can easily access to study materials and supporting systems. loped an user identifying system so that in the future, students will be able to access and participate in different courses. A trialversion of this system was experimented.(3) Using Media for Teaching Material Development : We developed various teaching materials for different kinds of skills and knowledge such as information processing, multimedia designing, system analysis, and database designing. These materials are now useful on digital video, printing text, and CD-ROM.Particularly, a part of VTR was registered in a database system by its concept and example, and was used by students.(4) Curriculum Development and Evaluation : We investigated how these attempts changed the minds of students and faculties, using different ways. Our various investigation and students' own evaluation suggest that the content and methods of the developed curriculums have improved and now meet thestudents' needs, understanding level, or educational objectives.According to these results, we believe that the three year research project has accomplished the original purpose.