The proposal of an Expression of the Instructional Model of Information Education based on Ontology Theory

A goal of information education is to enable students to acquire the ability of using information in order to live in a modern information-oriented society. Such meta-ability cannot be learned in the traditional Japanese instructional way of knowledge being transmitted by teachers. When a teacher designs an instruction plan for information education, it is necessary to include not only the target goal of the unit but also other related goals determined by types of teaching tools and teaching materials. The purpose of this study is to support the teacher of information education in the process of designing the instruction plan. First, we propose a process for instructional design that is different from the traditional one and which is adapted to information education. Next, we present concepts, which comprise designed instruction and information education clearly and systematically based on ontology theory.