@article{oai:sgul.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002304,
 author = {DOBSON, Joseph Wells and DOBSON, Joseph Wells},
 issue = {67},
 journal = {札幌学院大学人文学会紀要, Journal of the Society of Humanities},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Information technology has rapidly changed the way that education can be delivered and supported. In Japan, the number of internet users has spread more slowly than in Western countries. However, that is changing, and Japan is now only second to the United. States. in total number of users. The potential use of multimedia-based course delivery, and as a way of supplementing existing courses in Japan, is enormous but re-mains unrealized except in a few isolated cases. Numerous barriers and hurdles need to be overcome for most institutions to be able to offer accredited internet-delivered courses. The myriad of issues involved in developing internet-delivered courses include : accreditation, cost-effectiveness, marketing, public perception, the drop-out rate, the development of software and curricula, and infrastructure costs. In this paper, it is argued that establishing internet-delivered courses in Japan is a positive step that has potential to increase interaction between students and teachers, provide better flexibility and access, provide access to students who cannot fit into regular residential degree programs, and possibly serve as a stop-gap measure for a number of smaller universities and colleges which are struggling to maintain adequate student numbers. Online education is not necessarily a replacement for traditional universities, but rather an educational alternative. If approached and designed effectively, online-delivered courses have the potential to offer some students a viable, quality, and cutting-edge learning experience., Information technology has rapidly changed the way that education can be delivered and supported. In Japan, the number of internet users has spread more slowly than in Western countries. However, that is changing, and Japan is now only second to the United. States. in total number of users. The potential use of multimedia-based course delivery, and as a way of supplementing existing courses in Japan, is enormous but re-mains unrealized except in a few isolated cases. Numerous barriers and hurdles need to be overcome for most institutions to be able to offer accredited internet-delivered courses. The myriad of issues involved in developing internet-delivered courses include : accreditation, cost-effectiveness, marketing, public perception, the drop-out rate, the development of software and curricula, and infrastructure costs. In this paper, it is argued that establishing internet-delivered courses in Japan is a positive step that has potential to increase interaction between students and teachers, provide better flexibility and access, provide access to students who cannot fit into regular residential degree programs, and possibly serve as a stop-gap measure for a number of smaller universities and colleges which are struggling to maintain adequate student numbers. Online education is not necessarily a replacement for traditional universities, but rather an educational alternative. If approached and designed effectively, online-delivered courses have the potential to offer some students a viable, quality, and cutting-edge learning experience., 10, KJ00000180041, 研究ノート, Note},
 pages = {111--122},
 title = {Online Education and Implications for Japan},
 year = {2000}
}