You can find a full CV HERE
I originate from Manchester,UK, now living in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. My original career was in software engineering working at Salford University in Manchester, UK. I read for a degree in Japanese/Linguistics at Sheffield University in the UK in order to do research into natural language processing, but (it's a long story!) ended up becoming a teacher of Japanese. In 1988 I gained a BA Dual Honors Degree (Class One) in Japanese/Linguistics. I then taught Japanese in the UK until 1994, developing a range of Hypercard stacks for learning Japanese. In 1994 I moved to Melbourne University, Australia, where I taught Japanese and began to use the Internet in a series of Monbusho research projects with Prof Izumi Saita of Tohoku University. We used e-mail, mailing lists, internet video conferencing and web page creation software for collaborative project between Australian/Japanese students. In 1998 I gained a Masters Degree in Education (Educational Technology) at Monash University, Australia. In 1998 I came to Japan, working on an internet project at the Japan Foundation Kansai centre for one year and then 4 years at Nagoya University developing software for learning Japanese including Jewels Virtual Nagoya Univeristy System, Japanese WebQuests, ECIS Internet Hosokyoku. I taught a course in Educational Technology forJapanese Language eduction to Japanese postgraduate students. I am currently an Associate Professor at Kobe University International Student Center, Japan, having moved there in February of this year. I am teaching 5 classes of Japanese a week to International students, ranging from beginners to advanced. I am also responsible for running a computer lab of 25 Macintosh iBook clients and OSX server using wirless lan. I am use this lab twice a week for listening comprehension/oral discussion classes using digitial video and Quicktime streaming technology. I also teach Oral English Research at Kansai Gaidai University once a week and we are exploring the issue of identity (including identity in the Internet Age). My main theoretical motivations come from the theory of social constructivism the most influential book I have read so far is Driscoll, M. P. 1994. Psychology of learning for instruction , and my most influential web site (apart from Keiko's which is my most used?) is the WebQuest site .
In recent years there has been a distinct convergence of socially-based theories of education and computing. In education we are seeing a shift away from individualised instruction to models based on collaborative learning. This is now finding its way into language learning in general. On the technology side, the relatively new field of Social Computing is beginning to affect the way people around the world interact with one another through new networked technologies that can enable people to work collaboratively irrespective of time and location.
I will discuss how these developments in educational theory and technology can and are being harnessed for Japanese language education, with reference to ongoing projects that are making use of these technologies against the backdrop of social-based learning.
Richard sensei's paper is at http://lab.kisc.kobe-u.ac.jp/%7Eharrison/senseipaper.html
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN with the new interface. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Richard sensei and others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.
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