Case Studies of DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) Delivery Lessons Using ICT in Elementary School Classroom in Japan – Lessons from COVID-19 to Future Practices

The COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to conduct the face-to-face contact-based DRR (disaster risk reduction) delivery lesson we had been giving in an elementary school. To overcome this challenge, we developed a video tool and practiced delivery lessons by using ICT in schools. This paper reports on three cases. In study 1, we conducted a delivery lesson by connecting the school broadcasting room to the classroom in a one- way manner. In study 2, we practiced with connecting the laboratory in a university to individual student’s computers. In study 3, we visited the school and carried out the practice in connecting the school computer room with the classroom teacher’s computer in classroom. We summarized the differences among these three practices, as well as their various characteristics, and discussed the future directions of ICT-based DRR delivery lessons. The ICT-based DRR delivery lesson could bring new educational effects that have never been generated by the traditional delivery lessons.