[教育方法・教育実践・教育学習支援] Cities as a Learning Laboratory:An Experiment in Hybrid Student Exchange Between Universities

The paper presents an experiment in virtual student exchange between the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and Konan University, Japan, to explore ustainable urban development and learn about each other's cities and approaches to creating urban spaces for the 21st century. Using various tools and learning strategies, the students shared experiences interacting with their surroundings and neighborhoods regarding three urban realities–resilience, livability, and sustainability. The paper explores these three concepts through the idea of a "Sense of Place" (or 地域自慢, in Japanese) in understanding how communities and other urban stakeholders create unique spaces within the concepts of resilience, livability, and sustainability.