Profile of Workshop: e-Portfolio Way

Profile: Workshop Moderator

Tosh Yamamoto

Tosh Yamamoto is a professor at the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Kansai University in Osaka, Japan. His current interest is in the development for e-Portfolio system for life-long learning for the benefit of all stakeholders that are involved in the education. He has been active in disseminating the use of e-Portfolio by organizing a session in conferences as well as giving lectures in the FD workshops.
【Academic Career】------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1992 – 1998 Assistant Professor, Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Indiana, USA.
2002 Ph.D. in e-Learning and Instructional Design.
2002 – 2010 Professor, Dept. of Media Informatics, Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.
2010 – Present Professor, Center for Teaching and Learning, Kansai Univ.

【Research History】----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1998 – 2002 Virtual Language Lab on the Internet
- Learning Contents Delivery using LMS (Blackboard, WebCT, Desire2Learn)
- Interactivity in e-Learning that brings Learning Effectiveness
- e-Portfolio system (concept)

2003 – 2008 Learning Styles (Learner Preferences)
- Dynamic Contents Delivery System based on Learners’ Preferences in Learning
- e-Portfolio Design and Assessment: Stage I

2009 – 2012 (Present)
e-Portfolio Design and Assessment: Stage II

【Social Contribution】-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Advisor for Panasonic Learning System
- Researcher : IT Research Institute
- Researcher : Global Security Institute at Keio University
- APTEL 2010 at Kansai University Local Organizer
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Last Update: June 27, 2012.

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Presenters for this Workshop
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Tosh YAMAMOTO (moderator of the workshop):
Professor at the Center for Teaching and Learning, Kansai University. A specialist in e-Portfolio and assessment.
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Chiaki IWASAKI (moderator of the workshop):
Professor at the Center for Teaching and Learning, Kansai University. A specialist in ICT education and competency-based assessment.
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Haruo KUROKAMI: Professor in Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University. A specialist in e-Portfolio Assessment with Rubric.
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Norihiko TANABE: an expert professor for curriculum and course development in science and technology for 1-6.
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Tshuneaki EMORI: an expert professor for curriculum and course development in ICT and technology for 7-9.
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Minoru NAKAZAWA: Professor in the Department of Information Engineering at Kanazawa Inst. of Tech. A specialist in designing e-Learning and e-Portfolio system.
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Takashi TAKEKAWA: Leader of e-Portfolio Team: Manaba-Folio, the Asahi-NET.
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