With the impressive developments of ICT, a new field of research on learning called Learning Environment Theory is gaining popularity. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing institutions that promote education to make major structural changes. As a result, traditional ideas about the meaning of learning environments, in which formal learning in the classroom and informal learning outside the classroom work together, efforts to create autonomous learning environments are now going through a major transformation.
Learning Environment Theory has connections with a variety of disciplines, including cognitive science, neuroscience, culture, and communication.
In addition to Learning Environment Theory, research on education is exploring the possibility of bringing in new perspectives, such as globalization and education, integrated education/individualized autonomous learning, and situated learning. Consequently, the idea of Environmental Design is gaining importance as well.
In these lectures, four faculty members will discuss ICT-based learning environments based on research in their respective fields at this important time, with the aim of producing human resources with a broad range of knowledge and practical skills: promoting collaboration between those involved in education and those in technology, considering the needs of learners, and developing contents that reflect new learning styles, with emphasis on awareness of the existence of new trends. Students will be invited to articulate proposals for developing learning environments that exploit their creativity in building a new learning environment through theory and practice.