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Video Conferencing for Bioethics Education
A trial in bioethics education to combine different subjects,different grade students, different regions and different schools.
Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School Yuzuru Shatari
Introduction
“The Bioethics Education Network in Japan”, established in 1996,has successfully combined teachers practicing bioethics education at high schools with teachers and students all over
Japan who are interested in this subject.
By using TV conferencing, it is now possible to connect students that who used to be instructed separately.
TV Conferencing ・・・
Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School
Naha Kokusai High School
Tsukuba University
・・・ makes it possible for people in different places to talk to each other as if they were in the same place.
GLOCOMcomputer
server
Local Newspaper “Hokuriku Chunichi Shinbun”date Oct.
25.2003
11th grade Biology Class students
10th grade Information Science Class students
Ishikawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
A New Development by Fusion of Different
Regions
Different subjects
Different grades
Different regions
Learning together about
bioethics
Students learning the same theme– Different subject develop different opinions
As a result
Using video conferencingVarious activities in different places
New developments in bioethics education
Advantages of Using TV Conferencing in Bioethics Education
Limitless opportunity
Ease of preparation
Better educational effect
To learn without the Limitation
of locations,
gradessubjects
Teachers need tohave a tremendous
amount ofdiscussion
andpreparationseminars
Exchange among students
Will make possibleNew discoveries
AndBroader learning
opportunities
Conclusion
• TV conferencing can be used easily wherever you have an Internet connection.
• TV conferencing can be expected to function in the future as a new means to combine teachers and their students all over Japan.
Video Conferencing for Bioethics Education
A trial in bioethics education to combine different subjects,different grade, different regions and different schools.
Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School Yuzuru Shatari