Digital Divideを視野に入れた戦力としての英語:CALL (Computer - Assisted Language Learning) からUbiquitousへの変革期
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Since the mid-1990s, various universities have vied to introduce lavish CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) systems to their language education programs (particularly those for English), and many practical examples of e-Learning and other initiatives have been presented at academic conferences. Meanwhile, there has been little debate about the educational effectiveness of and problems relating to one such example, that of the wireless LAN + mobile environment. Taking into account social needs, which are shifting from the personal computer + internet model to that of mobile media + pervasive computing, the e-Campus concept of the University of Electro-Communications, which enables the wireless LAN + mobile environment to be experienced in classes, is extremely interesting. With regard to learning in a well-equipped CALL classroom, students, who are not confined to a computing room in terms of time or space, can make full use of a variety of peripheral equipment, media (USB flash memory and various cards for digital cameras), cables and their own mobile devices, both within and outside the classroom, and have gained a good understanding of the meaning of "English as a strategy in view of the digital divide", something which had been hard to deal with in the English education that existed hitherto. Furthermore, students have contributed to classes, through such activities as the setting up of a common folder, and their appetite for autonomous learning has increased. In addition, as only one monitor on the teacher's control console is needed in a wireless LAN environment, support software used in companies was introduced, which shows the shared screen and the movements of the mouse on a large screen using a projector. This was developed in order to support clients in remote areas via the Internet. As a result, the exchange of information between students and the teacher and students and the class as a whole, as in the case of CAI (Computer-Assisted Instruction) was achieved. It is hoped that this report will be of assistance in language learning, which has begun to move in the direction of ubiquitous computing.
- 電気通信大学の論文
- 2005-01-31