Learning in a Distance and Collaborative Course that Connected Kyoto University and UCLA

Author

Tsuji, Takaaki

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Educ., Kyoto Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

26-27 Jan. 2006

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

67

Abstract

In this paper, I´ll report the learning in a distance and collaborative course that connected Kyoto University and UCLA. This course on Kyoto University side consisted of various activities, for example, a distance lecture by instructors and guest speakers, a visit to UCLA, group work for designing educational content by using squeak, and an open workshop held with Horikawa High School. The author noticed in the quantitative and qualitative data collected to research the various activities that students in this course at Kyoto University have experienced authentic learning with others mediated by information technology or computers

Keywords

courseware; distance learning; educational courses; Kyoto University; UCLA; collaborative course; distance learning; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer interfaces; Computer science education; Cultural differences; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Global communication; Information technology; Tides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2006. C5 '06. The Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2563-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C5.2006.24

Filename

4019377