Using Computer Mediated Communication(CMC) and Web 2. 0 Technologies to Develop Students' Personal Learning Environments(PLE)

该项目成功地提高了学生使用英语的兴趣，因为与当地同龄人的互动令人兴奋和激励。学生们喜欢分享不同的文化观点，并了解了很多关于日本和美国之间的文化差异。面临的一个问题是岛根大学学生的兴趣增加，而美国大学的参与者人数减少。正是出于这个原因，我在3月份前往北美，试图邀请其他拥有更大规模日本项目的大学参与该项目。我与美国和加拿大的七所大学会面。在这七所大学中，有三所大学（西雅图大学、温哥华的不列颠哥伦比亚省大学和夏威夷大学）同意加入跨文化博客项目。这些大学将在2012年秋季参与该项目的更大规模版本。

The project was successful in increasing student interest in using English, as the interaction with the native peers was exciting and motivating. The students enjoyed sharing different cultural perspectives, and learned a lot about cultural differences between Japan and the USA. One problem faced was the increase in interest from students at the University of Shimane, and the declining number of participants from the American university. It was for this reason that in March I travelled to North America to try and invite other universities, with larger Japanese programs, to participate in the project. I was able to meet with seven universities in the USA and Canada. Of these seven universities, three universities(Seattle University, the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, and the University of Hawaii) agreed to join the cross-cultural blogging project. Each of these universities will participate in a larger scale version of the project in the Autumn of 2012.