Education Program for Fostering Global Person by Utilizing ICT (Making Web Work, Short Film and Computer Program)

Abstract

The education program by utilizing ICT for fostering global person in Hokkaido Information University (HIU) is held in collaboration with Rajamangala University of Technology Tanyaburi (RMUTT) of Thailand. This program is held once a year since 2011. The program is composed of five small programs: a contest of ICT works in each university, prior lectures for workshops, an international contest between these two universities, the two workshops and a briefing session for presenting their works made in the workshops. The main part of this program is composed of two successive workshops. These workshops are held in HIU and RMUTT alternately at interval of a few days. The duration of each workshop is 8 days apart from moving days. The 18 students of each university visit their partner university each other. They make Web work, short film or computer program by utilizing ICT in cooperation with each other in groups. In this program, students develop as global person. This program is managed with collaboration by many staffs of both universities.