MIO TSUBAKIMOTO
Project Assistant Professor
http://www.mio-lab.net/
Dr.Tsubakimoto is a project assistant professor (full time) at the university of Tokyo in Japan. She is doing research in Center for research and development on higher
education. She received B.A. in Education from Tokyo Gakugei University in 2003. M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2005, 2008. Her paper,"Development and Evaluation of a Tool to Reduce Recency Effect in Human Report Evaluation"(in Japanese) was awarded as the outstanding research paper by Japan society of educational technology in 2007.
Her major is educational phychology and educational technology. Her current research interests are to promote and assess writing ability of learners.
HIROKI OURA
Project Researcher
http://www.ak.cradle.titech.ac.jp/
Mr. Hiroki Oura earned his master's degree in engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2007. He has been engaged in research of classroom technology including presentation tools and classroom communication systems.
TOSHIO MOCHIZUKI
Project Associate Professor
http://www.mochi-lab.net/
Dr. Mochizuki has been engaged in evaluation research on e-leaning and educational environments using information communication technology, as well as developing Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) systems. He worked as an assistant professor at the Information Science and Technology Center of Kobe University before assuming the current job in 2006. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Young Researcher Award and the Best Research Paper Award from the Japan Society for Educational Technology and also holds a Ph.D. degree in Educational Technology from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies.
KAZUTAKA KURIHARA
Project Assistant Professor
http://staff.aist.go.jp/k-kurihara/
Dr. Kazutaka Kurihara is currently working as a research scientist at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He completed his PhD studies in March 2007 at the University of Tokyo. His doctoral dissertation deals with flexibilities of presentation software tools.
TOSHIHISA NISHIMORI
Fellow / Project Associate Professor
Komaba Organization for Educational Development
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
http://utmeet.jp/
Dr. Nishimori received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Sciences from Osaka University. He formerly worked as an assistant professor at the National
Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) and visiting associate
professor at MEET. He has been engaged in the research centered on the
development of multimedia teaching materials that will facilitate
learning through interactions among learners. He is a co-author of
e-Learning Management (published from Ohmsha) and a recipient of the
Outstanding Young Researcher Award and the Best Research Paper Award
from the Japan Society for Educational Technology.
YUHEI YAMAUCHI
Fellow / Associate Professor
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
http://ylab.jp/
Dr. Yamauchi is an associate professor of Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies of the University of Tokyo. He received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Science at Osaka University. He has been engaged in the research that is combined with fieldworks with regard to designing educational environments that make use of information technology. Furthermore, he has founded and maintained the first e-learning site of the University of Tokyo, which is called “iii online”. He is the author of Literacy in the Digital Society (published from Iwanami Shoten) and a co-author of Why Don’t You Workers Go to Graduate School? (published from NHK Publications). He is also a recipient of the Outstanding Young Researcher Award and the Best Research Paper Award from the Japan Society for Educational Technology.
JUN NAKAHARA
Fellow / Associate Professor
http://www.nakahara-lab.net/
Dr. Nakahara graduated from the University of Tokyo and earned a Ph.D. degree in Human Science at Osaka University. He worked as an assistant professor at the National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) before assuming the present position. He has been involved in research relating to the use of information technology in higher education, corporate human-resource development, and development of learning systems utilizing cell phones. His major publications include e-Learning Management (published from Omusha); Human Resource Development: Workplace learning Primer (published from Chuokeizai-sha); Management Strategies for University e-Learning: Conditions for Success (published from Tokyo Denki University Press). He was a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the Fulbright Scholarship in 2004. He has received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award and the Best Research Paper Award thrice from the Japan Society for Educational Technology.