Some of the PC's in the 2nd floor complab. Click to enlarge...

The campus currently has 2 computer laboratories. One is located on the 4th floor of the and the other is on the second floor of Aoi Hall next to the Standard and Seminar classrooms opposite the CALL Seminar Room. Any Yamasa student can used either laboratory - there are no rules segregating students from different programs, though there are some rules concerning use of the room.

The Aoi Hall computer lab is at the western end of the building and is within 30 meters of all classrooms. All of the computers are permanently connected to the Internet via Yamasa's LAN (local area network). It is also open on Saturdays and late into the evening on weekdays. Access to these computers and the internet is free, untimed and unrestricted. The laboratory is reasonably large (37 square meters) and is well lit. Two of the walls also have windows providing natural light.

The operating systems are Japanese and a range of educational materials are available to support self-learning. All students on campus receive password access to Yamasa's innovative Online Center, and can also receive their own browser based Yamasa email addresses - "name"@yamasa.org (also a free service).

In addition to self-learning, the laboratory is also used as a classroom when teaching students how to use Japanese language software and when assisting students to make their own Japanese language homepages. Furthermore, as well as using Yamasa supplied PC's, students are able to connect their own computers to the network via LAN cards.

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