Construction of education environment utilizing tablet devices by applying Ad Hoc / sensor network technology

• Project/Area Number: 15K00504
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Learning support system
• Research Institution: Kagawa National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: TAKAJO Hideyuki 香川高等専門学校, 通信ネットワーク工学科, 准教授 (30261118)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 小テスト / タブレット / e-learning / リアルタイムモニタリング / WebSocket / 双方向通信 / 電子教科書 / リアルタイム / アドホックネットワーク / センサーネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we regard a tablet as a kind of sensor, and have developed a Web-based e-learning system by which teachers can monitor student's understanding level through tablet-based quiz test in real time during class and explain again in the same class depending on the level.
As a result of this research, we have build the system that satisfies this objective by using two-way communication and high-speed database that are not found in existing e-learning systems. In addition, we carried out demonstration experiments in actual classes and confirmed its effectiveness.