ICT活用型防災教育システムの現状と展望

Disasters can happen to anyone. Disaster education (e.g., evacuation drills) is an excellent way to protect people from disasters. However, these measures are not widely implemented in modern society. People are not necessarily motivated to undertake conventional disaster education. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the capacity to change this situation. ICT-based Disaster Education (ICTDE) can contribute to protection from and survival in disasters. This review gives an overview of present and future of ICTDE systems, including an examination of frequently used systems (e.g., simulations and virtual reality), in association with two proposed disaster education models. A practical example drawn from the author’s own ICTDE experience is also described.