A comprehensive research on integrated development of external degree conferring system and distance higher education with multi-media utility

在三年的时间里，我们主要研究了日本和欧美国家对外学位授予制度和远程高等教育制度的发展现状。我们特别关注这两个功能整合的案例，以明确其背景，政策，系统结构和未来的承诺。通过对这些基本事实的分析，对可及性和质量两个因素的平衡程度进行了探讨。为了进行研究，特别选取了具有代表性的美国外部学位授予制度与远程高等教育相结合的案例。即托马斯爱迪生州立学院或摄政学院的在线课程，西部各州合作计划的西部州长大学，加州虚拟大学计划成为加州所有远程课程的网络，国家技术大学，利用广播卫星的更逻辑大学，凤凰城大学正在成长为全国领先的成人学习机构，斯坦福大学的技术项目以其对信息技术的利用而闻名于世。除了美国的大学外，我们还讨论了英国伦敦大学对外开放项目（London University External Program）对多媒体的利用或远程教育的引入，以及加拿大构建虚拟大学的软件开发。此外，我们还通过问卷调查的方式对美国外部学位课程中多媒体的使用情况进行了调查。在研究期间，成员们分享并获得了关于目前多媒体利用程度的信息，这些信息在每个特定的学术领域或社会背景中有所不同。为了实现相关成员之间的信息交流或与我们选择作为案例的机构的同行进行资料收集和分析，我们举行了会议，以发展对实际系统的了解，并利用网站进行研究。正如我们所看到的，这项研究是双轮的，在研究评估和媒体利用教育两个领域都采用了理论和实证的方法。我们希望本报告能对高等教育对外学位及资讯科技研究的发展有所帮助。少

During the period of three years, we studied mainly about the present status of development of external degree conferring system and distance higher educational system in Japan and Euro-American countries. We especially focused on the cases of integration of those two functions to get a clarified perspective to those background, policy, systematic structure and future promises. Through the analysis of those basic facts, discussions were made over the slash hold of the extent of two factors of accessibility and quality to be balanced.To conduct the research, cases in United States, which represented the examples of integration of external degree conferring system and distance higher education were especially determined. Namely, on-line courses of Thomas Edison State College or Regents College, Western Governors University which was planned by western states cooperated, California Virtual University which was planned to be a network of all distance courses in California, National Technol … More ogical University which utilized a broadcasting satellite, Phoenix University which was growing as a national leading institution for adult learners, programs of technology at Stanford University which was know to its IT utilization of one of the prestigious institutions. Besides those institutions in United States, we dealt with the multi-media utilization by Open University or the introduction of distance learning at London University External Program in England and the development of the software to construct virtual universities in Canada. Additionally, we conduct a survey on the utilization of multimedia in external degree programs in United States through questionnaire. During the period of the research, members shared and gained information about the present extent of utilization of multimedia that defers in each specific academic field or by social background. In order to realize this information-exchange between members involved or with counterparts in institutions, which we opted as our cases, to collect and analyze materials, meetings were held to develop the knowledge on actual system and/or and web sites for research were utilized. As it is seen, this study has been double wheeled with theoretical and empirical means of approach against both fields of study-evaluation and media utilized education. We hope this report will be assistance of development in the study of external degrees and IT in higher education. Less