Project Tele-Conference Discussion on "Asian Architecture and Environment"

1. The Principle and Reason

Following the action of the Commission on Higher Education to initiate the Inter-University Network: UniNet project, the project features a high-speed network connection among local universities/institutes and foreign institutes, in the attempt to promote the knowledge exchange between Thailand and other countries around the world. This project features the mutual sharing of academic resources with universities/institutes in Thailand , while fostering the hosting of distance learning-based activities and researches that are related to the field of information technology, and also promoting the exchange of academic information and research among participating members.

Presently, the information technology for the academic development has increased the media bandwidth for connecting to the global internet network, along with the allocation of such bandwidth to service the universities/institutes under Commission on Higher Education, in the attempt to utilize the high-speed internet to better promote the distant teaching and learning activities and the academic research with greater efficiency. For this reason, the Office of Information Technology Administration for Education Development (UniNet) has collaborated with King Mongkut's Institute of Technology , Ladkrabang (KMITL), Chulalongkorn University, Silapakorn University, Kasetsart University, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Asumtion University organize the distance training project via the video conferencing system that connects to the Internet2 and TEIN2 networks. This features the training between University in Thailan and universities in foreign countries that represents a simultaneous (two-way) distance learning between Tokai University (Japan), Muroran Institute of Technology (Hokkaido ,Japan) and Konkuk University (Korea). The global distance learning project via the teleconferencing system has given rise to the development of global distance learning, where the teacher and students are apart in different countries, and also helped to promote the good understanding among countries that connect to the joint academic and research networks that features an academic linkage between America , Europe and Asia.

2. Objectives

• The subject of “Asian Culture in Architecture and Environment”, aims to promote and foster the cultural exchange between Thailand Japan and Korea, in the field of architecture and the environment that forms the heritage of both countries, and develop a clear understanding of the culture that constitutes the key basis in the development of a nation, by means of the knowledge exchange between the Asian educational institutes with the assistance of the up-to-date computer and network technology. The course seeks to formulate the teaching and learning methods, by using the tele-conference discussion and to develop the curriculum based on the e-learning format.
• To exchange and transfer technology and knowledge between countries.
• To enhance our education into an interactive and multi-dimensional learning environment.