Shaffer
12-01-03, 09:32 AM
Marines were an essential part of “Manabipia 2003,” a Japanese government-sponsored lifelong learning fair.
During a five-day exposition, five volunteers from the Marine Corps community served as English language instructors via a long-distance videoconferencing system.
On Friday, the fair’s second day, two Marines communicated with more than 100 inquisitive Japanese students spread across the island. Called e-learning, the technology uses videoconferencing now under development by a local power company.
In a small conference room at the Okinawa Electric Power Company near Camp Kinser, Capt. Chris Perrine, a Camp Foster public affairs officer, spoke to his students, who were anxious to test their English from a few miles away. Students waited patiently for their turns in a long line at the Ginowan Convention Center, where most of the fair’s events took place.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=18990
During a five-day exposition, five volunteers from the Marine Corps community served as English language instructors via a long-distance videoconferencing system.
On Friday, the fair’s second day, two Marines communicated with more than 100 inquisitive Japanese students spread across the island. Called e-learning, the technology uses videoconferencing now under development by a local power company.
In a small conference room at the Okinawa Electric Power Company near Camp Kinser, Capt. Chris Perrine, a Camp Foster public affairs officer, spoke to his students, who were anxious to test their English from a few miles away. Students waited patiently for their turns in a long line at the Ginowan Convention Center, where most of the fair’s events took place.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=18990