Textbooks and Articles Online

 

Books and Dissertation

 

         Japanese Online Distance Education: Learners' Perspectives

VDM Verlag Publishing, May 2008

 

         Japanese Online Distance LearnersÕ Opinions and Learning Preferences:  A Mixed Methods Study

            Ph.D. Dissertation submitted to University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2007

 

                        Dissertation Abstract (in Japanese)

                        博士論文の要旨

 

Textbooks

 

Getting into English

(with Joseph Cronin)

NanÕun-do Publishing, 2010

 

Moving on with English

NanÕun-do Publishing, 2007

 

            Review - Moving on with English

            by Margarete Wells

            The JALT Language Teacher 12/2008

 

Time to Communicate

 NanÕun-do Publishing, 2002

 

            Review - Time to Communicate

by Justine Ross

            The JALT Language Teacher 11/2004

           

Articles

 

   Globalization, Technology and Distance Learning

 

            オンライン通信教育学習者の満足度 (と青木久美子) 

            日本教育メディア学会 教育メディア研究 第16, 2, 2010, pp.17-31

 

Using Videomail (Vmail) Effectively in Online Intercultural Exchanges

CALL-EJ Online, Vol. 11, No. 2, February 2010

 

Predictors of Learning Satisfaction in Japanese Online Distance Learners

(With Kumiko Aoki and Larry Dlugosh).

International Review of Research in Online Distance Learning, Vol 9, No. 3 (2008)

 

Learning  Satisfaction of Japanese Online Distance Learners: Survey Results

(With Kumiko Aoki and Larry Dlugosh).

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology in Higher Education and Training.

Kumamoto, Japan, July, 2007

 

Learning Styles of Distance Learners in Japan: Cultural considerations (With Kumiko Aoki)

 Conference Proceedings of the European Learning Styles Information Network Ō 11th Annual Conference.

 Oslo, Norway,  June, 2006

 

Cultural Influences on Online Learning in Japan

Conference Proceedings of the ICDE International Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education.

New Delhi, India, November, 2005

 

The Use of Information Technology in Japanese Higher Education: A Pilot Study.

 

Current Issues in Online Distance Education

Yokkaichi University Journal of Environmental and Information Sciences. Vol. 8, 2005

 

Japanese Higher Education Internationalization Policy: 1983-2003

Yokkaichi University Journal of Environmental and Information Sciences. Vol. 7, 2004

 

    Reflective Journals

Using Task Journals with Independent Readers

 English Teaching Forum, Vol. 20 #3, 2002

 

Using Reflection/Review Journals in Japanese Classrooms

            The Language Teacher Issue 20, November 1996

 

    Japanese 1st year university students

    English related background

 

First Year StudentsÕ Background, Interests and Motivation: Before Instruction.

Yokkaichi University Journal of Environmental and Information Sciences. Vol. 1 (1,2), 1998

 

First Year studentsÕ English Related Educational Background: Further Investigation.

Yokkaichi University Journal of Environmental and Information Sciences. Vol. 2 (2), 1999

 

 

    Other

 

Some Good Books for Reading and Reading Aloud

Bilingual Japan, Vol. 13 (1) 2004

The Role of Explicit Instruction of English Phonology in Communicative Language Teaching.

Annals of the Research Center for General Education, Kansai University. 23, 1997