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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
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Video Conferencing for Bioethics EducationA trial in bioethics education to combine different subjects,different grade students, different regions and different schools. Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School Yuzuru Shatari
“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. Introduction
GLOCOMcomputer server TV Conferencing・・・ ・・・ makes it possible for people in different places to talk to each other as if they were in the same place. Tsukuba University Naha Kokusai High School Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School
Local Newspaper “Hokuriku Chunichi Shinbun”date Oct.25.2003
11th grade BiologyClassstudents Different regions Ishikawa Prefecture Learning together about bioethics Different grades 10th grade Information Science Class students Different subjects Okinawa Prefecture A New Development by Fusion of Different Regions
As a result Students learning the same theme • Different subject develop different opinions Using video conferencing Various activities in different places New developments in bioethics education
Teachers need to have a tremendous amount of discussion and preparation seminars To learn without the Limitation of locations, grades subjects Exchange among students Will make possible New discoveries And Broader learning opportunities Advantages of Using TV Conferencing in Bioethics Education Limitless opportunity Ease of preparation Better educational effect
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 EducationA trial in bioethics education to combine different subjects,different grade, different regions and different schools. Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School Yuzuru Shatari