Feasibility Study on New Media for Distance Education

本研究的目的是评估新媒体应用于远程教育的可行性。日本管理协会开发的远程学习系统从成本效益的角度进行了评估，远程学习系统为中小型企业的员工提供了多种课程。与传统函授课程相比，每名学员完成一门课程的成本较高，但模拟表明，只有在一定程度上扩大招生规模，才能降低每名学员完成一门课程的成本。因此，远程学习系统是具有成本效益和可行性的。由补习学校Yobiko开发的卫星广播系统正在私立高中中流行起来。调查了千叶市一所私立高中的案例。学校通过不同的“yobiko”引入了两种系统，并为他们的学生提供在正规学校课程后准备大学入学考试的课程。The Running co…从学生那里收取的费用可以很容易地覆盖更多的系统。每名学生的费用比在Yobiko学习时要求的费用要便宜得多，然后学生就可以从系统中受益。他们对这些计划的评价总体上是积极的。随着学校用该系统取代准备入学考试的课外课程，学校也受益了。如果有很多高中和S签订合同，他们也会从中受益。随着每个人都从一个系统中受益，它将在几年内变得更加普及。卫星广播系统是向偏远地区发送信息的有效系统。评估了一项从北海道向大分一组教师发送教育计算信息作为在职培训的试验。同样的信息也是在另一组人的常规讲堂里讲授的。对两组进行问卷调查，了解两组在认知、态度、动机等方面是否存在差异。结果表明，两组授课效果几乎没有差别，卫星直播授课效果与常规授课效果相当。较少

The purpose of this research is to evaluate te feasibility of new media for distance education. The Tele-learning system developed by the Japan Management Association was evaluated from the view point of its cost-effectiveness.Tele-learning system offers many kind of courses for employees of small and medium sized companies. The cost per learner completed a course was higher compared with cost of conventional correspondence courses, however, the simulation indicates that the cost per learner completed a course can be decreased by expanding the enrollment only to some degree. Thus the tele-learning system is cost-effective and feasible.A satellite broadcasting system by a cramming school, "yobiko" , is becoming popular among private high schools. A case of private high school in Chiba was investigated. The school introduced two systems by different "yobiko" and offers programs to their students for preparing university entrance examinations after regular school curricula. The running co … More st of the systems is covered easily by fees collected from the students. The fee per student is much cheaper than fee required at "yobiko" when they study there, then the students get benefit from the systems. Their evaluation of the programs was positive in general. As the school replaces its extra-curricula classes for preparing entrance examination by the system, the school get benefit too. The "yobiko" s also get benefit if a lot of high schools make contracts with them. As everyone get benefit from a system, It will become more popuar for a few years.A satellite broadcasting system is effective to send information to remote areas. An experiment to send information on educational computing from Hokkaido to a group of teachers in Oita as in-service training was evaluated. The same information was lectured in a regular lecture room for another group. A questionnaire survey was conducted for two groups to investigate if there is difference among two groups on their understanding, attitude, and motivation. The result shows that there is almost no difference between the two groups, and the lecture by satellite broadcasting was as equally effective as conventional lecture. Less