Comprehensive Research on Formulation Processes and Systemizations of The Learning-Supporting Network by Higher Education Institutions

本研究项目为期2年。因此，我们主要收集了国家社会教育培训学院和大学图书馆的文献，并调查了第一个财政年度与该项目有关的一些先进和著名的案例。此外，我们还采访了几位专家，并通过电话向相关人士和相关网站收集信息。结果发现，高等教育机构的学习支持网络有3种类型。第1种：在交流单位制下成长起来的高等教育机构网络扩展到市民层面，然后利用市民的学科学习制度参与网络学习。第2种：广泛的学习支持网络是由地方政府的政策制定的，然后几所高等教育机构作为网络的一员参与其中。类型3：以社区为基础，一些高等教育机构（或高等教育机构和地方政府）分享其社区的问题，并制定了解决这些问题的学习支持网络。在第二个财政年度，我们采访了几个机构和组织在此基础上，结合一些高等教育和终身学习专家的研究成果，提出了学习支持网络的概念，并指出了其中的几个关键点，如：学习支持网络是指学习支持网络中相关人员之间的“共享框架（=共享目标）“，或所有成员之间的相互信任和共同工具，从而实现和促进学习支持网络的发展。

This research project is 2 years project. So we mainly collected the documents at The National Training Institute for Social Education and university libraries, and also investigated some advanced and famous cases that were related to this project in first fiscal year. In addition, we interviewed several specialists, and collected information from related persons and related sites by telephone. As a result, we found out 3 types as the learning-supporting network by higher education institutions.Type 1 : The network of higher education institutions that grew in the exchanging-unit-system expanded to the level of citizen, and then they became to participate the network and learn by utilizing the subject learning system for citizens.Type 2 : The wide learning-supporting network was formulated by policies of a local government, and then several higher education institutions took part in the network as a member of it.Type 3 : Based on a community, some higher education institutions (or higher education institutions and a local government) shared problems of its community, and formulated the learning-supporting network to solve them.In second fiscal year, we interviewed several institutions and organizations (the learning-supporting networks) based on those types, and rounded off these results advised from some specialists of higher education and lifelong learning.We could made it clear on these investigations that there were some key points, for example, "shared frameworks (=shared aims) " among related persons, or mutual confidences and common tool for all of members, when they would realize and promote the learning-supporting network.