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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  • English as a Strategy in View of the Digital Divide: The Transition Phase From CALL to Ubiquitous Computing
  • Digital Divide オ シヤ ニ イレタ センリョク ト シテ ノ エイゴ CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning カラ Ubiquitous エ ノ ヘンカクキ

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Since the mid-1990s, various universities have vied to introduce lavish CALL (Computer-AssistedLanguage 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 academicconferences. Meanwhile, there has been little debate about the educational effectiveness of andproblems relating to one such example, that of the wireless LAN + mobile environment. Taking intoaccount social needs, which are shifting from the personal computer + internet model to that ofmobile media + pervasive computing, the e-Campus concept of the University of Electro-Communications, which enables the wireless LAN + mobile environment to be experienced inclasses, 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 ofa variety of peripheral equipment, media (USB flash memory and various cards for digitalcameras), cables and their own mobile devices, both within and outside the classroom, and havegained 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 acommon folder, and their appetite for autonomous learning has increased. In addition, as only onemonitor on the teacher's control console is needed in a wireless LAN environment, supportsoftware used in companies was introduced, which shows the shared screen and the movements ofthe mouse on a large screen using a projector. This was developed in order to support clients inremote areas via the Internet. As a result, the exchange of information between students and theteacher and students and the class as a whole, as in the case of CAI (Computer-AssistedInstruction) 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.

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