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Leading IT Specialist Training Promotion Program
Inter-institute educational materials perfection project
Content of Educational materials for the Education of
Advanced IT Human Resources
Striving for the continual development and
circulation of the content of teaching materials
The “Leading IT Specialist Training Promotion Program” aims at cultivating the leading IT specialists who have the ability to take the initiative in software development in companies and other entities. The program has been conducted in university institutes nationwide (eight institutes as of fiscal 2008) since fiscal 2006, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
The Inter-institute teaching materials perfection project involves the construction of portal sites, the development of copyright guidelines to disseminate and expand educational materials, the joint development of educational materials, improvement and editing of educational materials, and the holding of international symposiums, with the objective of efficiently disseminating and expanding nationwide educational materials developed through diverse education programs at the institutes.
Promoting the Nationwide Dissemination and Expansion of
Good Teaching Materials － Use and Reuse
- Promoting the dissemination of educational materials developed in institutes amongst universities and businesses nationwide
- ♦Various types of educational materials
- Educational materials for PBL, FD, and the lecture course for
the development of human resources engaged in software development, etc.
- Educational materials for PBL, FD, and the lecture course for
- ♦Diverse forms of educational materials
- Video content, PDF content, PPT content, etc.
- ♦Various types of educational materials
- Activities to promote the use of educational materials
- ♦Development of copyright guidelines concerning the use and reuse of educational materials
- ♦Training for instructors, information-sharing
- Activities as a central institute for improvement, editing, dissemination and the use of educational materials
- ♦Liaison office for teachers
- ♦Liaison office for businesses and researchers
- New development and planning of educational materials to meet the needs of universities and businesses
- ♦Planning of teaching materials to solve issues and to accommodate the needs of businesses
The portal site is under construction. It is aimed at continuously disseminating and developing educational materials, which are the outcomes of the “Leading IT Specialist Training Promotion Program” at each institute, and playing a central role in development of educational materials for the cultivation of IT human resources. In fiscal 2008, construction and technical verification of the portal site will be carried out, and it will commence operation in fiscal 2009.
- Provision of video educational materials, in addition to conventional educational materials in the form of PowerPoint and PDF files.
- Inter-institute content search available through the inter-institute portal
- Provision of the popularity display function, such as the number of hits on content and review results
- Provision of a place in which teachers can release educational materials themselves
- Two distribution options selectable for teachers who create and release content
- ♦Distribution from the institute’s own server
- ♦Distribution from the common server of the inter-institute portal