Computert Education and Information Techology
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PC classroom 1, Mejiro Computer Center:
All 74 PCs are connected to the Internet. CAI educational system, which enables interactive communication between lecturers and students, is equipped in order to realize successful IT education from literacy teaching for freshmen to professional education. Windows NT and wide range of application software from basic ones to multimedia are installed.
PC classroom 2 & PC classroom 3, Mejiro Computer Center:
29 desktop PCs and 14 laptop PCs are connected to the Internet. Students use the room except for regular lectures, to prepare graduation thesis and masterfs thesis and web searching. Windows NT and various application software such as a statistical package specifically used for thesis are installed.
Nishi-ikuta Computer Center:
In Nishi-ikuta Computer Center we have 3 PC classrooms . Room 1 and Room 2 have 46 and 17 Windows PCs respectively and 8 and 3 Macintosh PCs respectively. New Room 3 is equipped with 42 laptop Windows PCs. All PCs are connected to the Internet and 85% of all students fully utilize these facilities during classes and by themselves for information processing and their studies. In room 1 CAI system is made available for all students and used frequently to present model operations, educational materials and so on by teachers and lecturers on various classes and workshops.
Computer Education and Information Technology in Japan Women's University
Since mid-1980s, Japan Women's University (JWU) has been offering computer courses as general education aiming to teach students to utilize computers as tools for studying in various fields. In addition to the courses covering computer literacy and introductory computer science, which most students enroll in their early academic years, some of the departments offer distinctive programs relating computers and computer science. They are: statistical data analysis in home economy and social sciences, creation of fine arts, computer- aided architectural design, numerical computation and simulation in natural sciences, and so on. The Computer Center provides computers and network facilities for these courses, that is, 6 PC classrooms and 280 Windows and Macintosh PC's on Mejiro and Nishi-Ikuta campuses altogether. Some departments have their own computing facilities, too, including UNIX systems. JWU has a plan to upgrade campus network environment in 2001, the 100th anniversary of the establishment, by constructing a new building equipped with optical cables and gigabit switches.
