The data obtained there has been utilized for the development of teaching methods and evaluation systems. The center also conducts research on the current state of higher education, university classes, and faculty development. This project is a joint seminar between the center at Kyoto University and Osamu Inoshita seminar at Keio University. Basically the courses conduct seminars based on student discussion. The classes are recorded and then entered into the class Web page.
Students can then access the data from both universities and interact through the Internet.
In 1999, the center's fifth year, a self-evaluation and an external review were carried out. The research generated from the study will help and develop the daily activities of various university departments and institutions. Organizing the Faculty Development through Classroom Observation at Kyoto University 5. This is a distance education course which was conducted between UCLA and Kyoto University starting in October 1999. The interactive lecture without time lag was made possible by using the exclusive intranet of NTT company across the Pacific Ocean.