Study on Optimization of Distant Learning Model

本研究主要从成人（特别是中老年人）终身学习中的互动设计的角度来考察远程学习的现状。具体项目如下。1)调查现有的远程学习（e-learning）系统，涉及远程教育和虚拟教室的人机界面设计、管理、效果和评价等要素，如概念、教育方法、技术基础、未来可能性、学习支持、结果、学习者之间的互动以及对人才培养的贡献。2)远程学习系统的分类与建模。3)原型设计了一个基于“互联网-公民-私立学校引擎”的远程教育系统，并围绕媒体传播功能、学习内容、交互方式进行了人机界面设计。4)将实际内容安装到原型系统中，并在大学教育环境和当地终身学习环境中进行实验使用。5)在冲绳-德岛、檀香山-德岛、高知-富山-纽约-德岛之间试验使用电话会议系统。6)收集关于日本老年人网络活动的数据（冲绳、广岛、香川、爱媛、高知、德岛等）。7)关于使用卫星的广播型远程教育系统的数据收集等。从这些结果，各种调整的必要性面向终身学习的远程教育系统的优化从侧面变得清晰，如1）对话功能（教师、出勤学生和出勤学生），2）用于实时反馈的学习结果评估，3）学习者的信息素养支持，4）支持教师对教材进行整理; 5）管理学生出勤。

This research examined the state of distance learning mainly from the standpoint of the interaction design in the lifelong learning for an adult (especially middle-aged and the elderly). The concrete item is as follows. 1) Investigation on the existing distance learning (e-learning) system concerning the elements related to a human interface design, management, the effect, and evaluation of distant education and virtual class room, such as the concept, the educational method, a technical base, future possibilities, learning support, a result, the interaction between learners, and the contribution to the personnel training. 2) Classification and modeling of a distance learning (e-learning) system. 3) Prototyping a distance learning system based on the "Internet-citizen-private-school engine" and its human interface design which centered on media communication functions, study contents, an interaction style. 4) Installation of the actual contents into the prototyping system, and their experimental use in the university education environment and local lifelong learning environment. 5) Experimental use of teleconference systems between Okinawa-Tokushima, between Honolulu-Tokushima, between Kochi-Toyama-New York Tokushima. 6) Data collection about activities of the senior networks in Japan (Okinawa, Hiroshima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, Tokushima, etc.). 7) Data collection about the broadcast-type remote educational system using a satellite etc. From these results, the necessity for various tuning (optimization) of the distance learning system for lifelong learning became clear from the sides, such as 1) dialog function (a teacher, an attendance student, and attendance students), 2) evaluation of study result for real-time feedback, 3) learner's information literacy support, 4) support for teachers to digitize the teaching-materials, and 5) management of student attendance.