Computert Education and Information Techology

Daido Institute of Technology



Information Environment for Education [ Photograph and Caption ]

Multimedia Room
This room is equipped with 61 Windows desktop computers, a LCD projector, a LD/DVD player, a VTR, a 120-inch screen and a color laser printer. Except a PC for lecturer, all PCs can electrically move up and down. When PC moves down till bottom, it is put away in a desk.



Computer Classroom 1, 2
Each room is equipped with 71 Windows desktop PCs. If partition is removed, these two classrooms become one classroom in which 140 students can learn.


Self-study Room A
Self-study Room A is equipped with 50 Windows desktop PCs and 3 Macintosh desktop PCs. Students can use PCs for report preparation, graduation thesis and so on. This room is opened all the time from 8:30 on Monday to 22:00 on Friday except on holiday. Another self-study room is equipped with 65 Windows desktop PCs and 3 Macintosh desktop PCs.


Homepage

http://www.daido-it.ac.jp



Abstract:

Information Environment for Education in Daido Institute of Technology

Daido Institute of Technology was established in 1964 as a college composed of a single department of engineering. In April 2002 the school of informatics, which is a second department, will be initiated. New Informational Education Center was completed in a new building for classes at Takiharu Campus in September 2000. At the same time computer and network system were also renewed. Several characteristics of new information environment for education are summarized as follows.
(1) On account of a new education form using multimedia, network is constructed by 1Gbps main cables and 100Mbps branch cables.
(2) 486 desktop PCs (480 Windows PCs and 6 Macintosh PCs) are available and connected to the Internet. There are four PC classrooms, one multimedia room and two self-study rooms. Two self-study rooms are opened all the time from 8:30 on Monday to 22:00 on Friday except on holiday. Every student can use PCs there for E-mail, Web lookup, report preparation, graduation thesis, masterfs thesis and so on.
(3) Teaching support system was originally developed as Web application. Using this system, students can register and check their attendance, acquire teaching files and hand in their reports. Also teacher can check and total the number of attendance, distribute teaching files and collect reports.
(4) OS (Windows 2000) of all client Windows PCs are automatically initialized by restart. This system enables users to customize their client PC freely as they like.


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