DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL LIFE-LONG LEARNING SYSTEM CONCERNING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION -MAKING PRACTICAL USE OF ECO-MUSEUM AND MULTIMEDIA.

为了激活日渐式微的科技教育，本项目旨在通过生态博物馆和多媒体的实际应用，开发相应的区域终身学习系统。该项目的主题是“TATARA”铁制造，这是自古以来在出云地区（岛根县的一部分）提出的。从地质、植物学和经济学的角度，阐述了“TATARA”的历史、特点及其在出云地区提出的原因。为了展示结果，制作了一个主页，并在主页上介绍了作为生态博物馆范例的“铁之路文化集团”。学习者通过观看主页，在脑海中形成一个“TATARA”的形象，然后通过访问“Tetsu no Miti Bunkaken”来更深入地了解“TATARA”。该系统可以回答新课程中引入的“综合学习”课程。目前，由于内存容量和安全性的原因，我们学校的主服务器不能允许我们的主页向公众开放。在打开主页之前，会发送包含内容的CD-ROM。

In order to activate science and technology education that is getting less active, the present project started for the purpose of developing the corresponding regional life-long learning system by making practical use of eco-museum and multimedia. The main theme of the project is "TATARA" iron manufacture which greatly proposed in Izumo district (a part of Shimane prefecture) since ancient time. The history and the characteristics of "TATARA" and also the reason why it proposed especially in Izumo district were shown from the geological, botanical and economical points of view. A homepage was created to show the results and "Tetsu no Miti Bunkaken (The cultural bloc of Iron-Road)", as an example of eco-museum, was introduced in the homepage. Learners watch the homepage and make an image of "TATARA" in mind, and then visit "Tetsu no Miti Bunkaken" to understand "TATARA" more deeply. This system could answer a class of "Integrated Study" which will be introduced in the new curriculum. At the present time, the main server of our university cannot allow our homepage to be open to the public due to the capacity of memory and security. A CD-ROM containing the contents is delivered until the homepage becomes open, instead.