Takashi Sakamoto
Takashi Sakamoto
Director-General, National
Institute of Multimedia Education
http://www.nime.ac.jp
Professor Emeritus
Tokyo Institute
of
Recent Affiliations
1987 Professor of
Educational Systems Technology, Department of Systems Science,
Graduate School, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1992 Vice President, National Center for University Entrance Examinations
1996 Director-General, National Institute of Multimedia Education
Member
Science Council of
Central Council for Education (MESC)
University Council (Specialist Member) (MESC)
Council for Lifelong Learning (Specialist Member) (MESC)
Board Member of
Japan Association for the Promotion of Educational Technology
Japan Institute of Research for Educational Material and Culture
Research Institute for the
Foundation for Developing Human Competence
Academic and Professional Society
President, Japanese
Association of Educational Technology Societies
Author
150 Academic Papers
(incl,45 English or foreign language)
140 Research Reports
210 Books (incl,11 single Author and 30 English)
110 Edited Books
400 Papers at Conference (incl, 40 International)
600 Papers in non-Academic Journals
Editorial Board for International Journals
Computers &
Education (Pergamon)
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (Blackwell Science)
Journal of Interactive Learning Research (AACE)
International Journal of Communication, Information and Education (New)
International School Psychology
Industry and Higher Education (IP Publishing)
Experience as a consultant
World Bank (Mass
Media and Education)
Asia Bank
UNESCO
PLENARY
University Education
Reform and E-Learning
ABSTRACT: The
e-Japan strategy statement II and the e-Japan Priority Program 2003 stressed
the importance of “Achievement of Human Resource Development, and the Promotion
of Education and Learning” and placed high value on the key word “e-Learning”.
In the near future, e-Learning would become education in general and the
traditional face to face education in universities and schools as well as
distance education would be only a specific part of education respectively.
Education consists of the state of affairs where learning objectives are
achieved through learning by interaction between learners and information
resources. Any member of our society would become learners and learn any
content anywhere anytime via any curriculum, any method, any learning media,
any learning style etc. The spread of e-learning will influence university
education by the participation of various educational providers such as
corporate, organization, educational business, etc. There the quality assurance
on the courses, degree, diploma, certificate, content, website, system, organization,
etc. would be important. New type of university leaders would deal with these
situations effectively, whom society must enhance by university education
reform.