A Research on Interactive Digital Learning Environment Compatible to Education in Information Age

在本次研究中，我们从以下三个方面进行了规划、实践和成果：(A)关于学校学科中媒体利用的研究。在这方面我们研究了三点。1)初中学科媒介利用情况；2)调查信息教育课程的实际情况；3)调查国外案例并观察趋势。我们专注于英国、澳大利亚和韩国等国家使用的教育媒体。结论是，日本的教师培训和支持体系与其他国家相比是不足的。(B)互动式学习社区的学习环境发展在这个领域，我们开发并评估了网络环境下社区的支持系统。在这个领域有两个研究项目。其中一个项目是日本海外合作志愿者（JOVC）成员与日本中小学之间的项目。其目的是在网络环境中获得国际理解。另一个项目是校际在线交流。从这两个研究项目中，我们得出了两个结论：1)如果没有协调员专家，校际交流学习项目很难实施。我们发现教师实际上可以扮演协调者的角色，并通过体验获得更多的知识。2)在交流学习活动中，大多数教师的教案主要关注的是促进学生之间的交流。(C)互动式学习内容的学习环境开发在这方面，我们根据教师的反馈信息，考虑可用性构建了一个网站。当通过互联网提供数字内容时，重要的是要制作一套教育材料和课程计划，以便有效地使用它。

In this research, we have planned, practiced and gained outcome from the following three areas :(A) Research on the utilization of media in school subjectsIn this area we researched three points. 1) The conditions of utilization of media in lower secondary school subjects, 2) investigated the actual conditions of information education curriculum, and 3) Investigated cases from abroad and observed the trends. We focused on educational media utilized in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and Korea. The conclusion is that in Japan, the teacher training and support system is insufficient compared to the countries.(B) Learning environment development for interactive learning communitiesIn this area we developed and evaluated a support system for communities in a networked environment. There were two research projects in this area. One project was between a member of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOVC) and Japanese lower/higher secondary schools. The aim was to gain international understanding in an online situation. The other project was an inter-school exchange in an online situation. From these two research projects we reached two conclusions that are as follows :1) Inter-school exchange learning projects were thought difficult to put into practice without having a coordinator specialist. We found that teachers can actually play the role of coordinator and gain more knowledge through the experience.2) In exchange learning activities, the main concern is to promote the communication among students in most teachers' lesson plans.(C) Learning environment development for interactive learning contentsIn this area, we constructed a website considering usability based on feedback information from teachers. When providing digital contents through Internet, it is important to make a set package of educational material with lesson plans to use it effectively.