Development of the lesson archives of Human sciences and a trial of it through cable TV network for the life long education.

在项目之初，我们打算拥有自己的有线电视频道，用于我们有关终身教育的应用。但是，大学改革的浪潮非常紧迫，我们的校长要求我们在Tokorozawa校区建立一个电子学校。因此，我们向教育部提出了我们的建议。2003年，我们获得了开办电子学校的许可。这所电子学校的目标是有工作的成年人。e-school课程的内容主要是通过录制人文科学学院讲师的现场表演来构建的。电子学院的课程设置与传统人文学院的课程设置基本相同。学校系统的一半与传统大学相同，另一半则由参与网络管理和教学内容开发的私营公司组成。因此，我们称我们的电子学校系统为混合学校系统。每班30名学生分配一名家庭教师。他或她帮助学生学习特定科目。每位导师必须具有硕士学位。电子学校的优势如下。1)教育功能在时间和空间上的拓展。2)通过公开教学提高教学质量。3)借助论坛和导师实现个性化教学。4)为研究生提供财务和教育奖励制度，为他们提供导师职位。电子学校面临的挑战1)与其他函授课程相比，学费更高。2)开设实验、实地研究、研讨会等各种课程的难度。3)教师在准备教材和指导学生方面的工作量很大。4)教师对电子学校的消极态度。5)聘用和培训导师困难。

At the beginning of our project, we had intention to acquire our own cable channel which is available to our application concerned to life long education. But, the wave of the reform of university is very urgent, we are asked to build a e-school in Tokorozawa Campus by our president. So, we had presented our proposal to ministry of education. And we got permission to start our e-school at 2003.The e-school is targeted towards working adults. Contents of the e-school courses were mainly constructed by videotaping live performances of instructors in the classes of the Faculty of human sciences. The curriculum of the e-school is almost the same as that of the traditional counterpart in the school of Human Sciences.Half of the school system is common to traditional universities, but the other half consists of private companies involved in the administration of networks and the development of instructional content. Thus, we call our e-school system a hybrid school system.A tutor is assigned to each class of 30 students. He or she assists students' learning of particular subjects. Each tutor must have a master's degree.Advantages of an e-school are as follows.1) Expansion of educational functions in time and space.2) Improvement of the quality of instruction by making it public.3) Realization of individualized instruction by the aid of BBS' and tutors.4) Financial and educational reward systems for graduate students by providing them with positions as tutors.Challenges an e-school faces1) Higher tuitions in comparison to other correspondence courses.2) Difficulty of offering various kinds of classes such as laboratory sessions, field research, seminars, etc.3) Heavy work load of instructors in preparing teaching materials and supervising students.4) Instructors' negative attitude towards e-schools.5) Difficulty of employing and training tutors.