Abstract
Today there is a growing call for making the most of IT in education, but stress and value tend to be placed too much on glamorous achievements of IT education, such as formation of learning communities on−line and advantages of e−Learning.At the same time, however, a large number of “IT refugees” has been produced continuously. The true nature of this problem has as yet been scarcely addressed, and left behind as it is.In order to relieve those “IT refugees,” it is essential to（1）re−identify lecture−related time and space as “social space for learning,” and（2） reconstruct it with a concept beyond the traditional “vertically−divided IT armchair study.”This article is intended to discuss important points in making lectures in the IT−age useful and meaningful, by reviewing the situation where the majority of Japanese university students are in, identifying problems today's university education is faced with, and examining the decade−long experience of the Semminar on social reserch under the guidance of Amano.
