Name

Kanji Akahori, Ph.D

Biography

• Professor - Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology(1996 − present)
• Professor - Center for Research and Technology of Educational Technology (1991 -)
• Ph.D in computer science and technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1989)
• Associate Professor - Center for Research and Technology of Educational Technology (1988)
• Assistant Professor - Tokyo Gakugei University (1981)
• High school science teacher (1969 -)

Area of Specialization

Educational Technology, focusing on cognitive processes, structural modeling of instructional materials, instructional system design, and mathematical modeling of instructional evaluation.

Selected Works

• Development and Evaluation of Web-based In-Service Training System for Improving the ICT Leadership of Schoolteachers; Akahori, K., Horiguchi, H., Suzuki, K., Nambu, M., Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 211 - 225 (2001)
• Using Multimedia in the Network Society; Learning Japanese in the Network Society; University of Calgary Press, pp. 1 - 24 (2002)
• The Features and Roles of Simulation Software in the Classroom; Springer, pp. 81 - 89 (2004)
• Improvement of Teaching and Learning Process of Higher Education Introducing Web Bulletin Board and Mobile Phone; Akahori, K., KSET 20th Anniversary International Conference Proceedings, pp. 111 - 118 (2005)

Awards

• Research Paper Award - Japan Society of Educational Technology (2006)
• Outstanding Paper Award - ICCE 2000, International Conference on Educational Technology (2000)
• Best Practice Award - Tokyo Institute of Technology (2006)