| Project/Area Number |
25370628
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Shimane University |
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Principal Investigator |
Wang Shudong 島根大学, 外国語教育センター, 准教授 (50435046)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IWATA Jun 島根大学, 医学部, 教授 (00280438)
Jarrell Douglas 名古屋女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (60226363)
TEI Rai 島根大学, 外国語教育センター, 特別嘱託講師 (50710993)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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| Keywords | Mobile Language Learning / content development / student involvement / content quality / evaluation / challenges / smartphone / mobile learning content / mobile learning apps / smart phone / learning content / student development / mobile apps / mobile phone / learning materials / involving students / development / larger readership |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We started to involve students in developing materials for a mobile English learning project in 2013. In the first stage, students were paid to write short essays, make grammar and vocabulary quizzes, and create learning animations. In the second stage, we called for volunteer contributions from subscribers in the hope of sustaining a project by the students and for the students. The data collected highlighted several areas 1) Mobile learning materials are usually short and focused, making them suitable for development even by students. 2) The content developed by students is perceived to be as readable by their peer users as teacher-generated materials. 3) Without proper instruction and training, students tend to contribute e-learning content that needs substantial editing by teachers. 4) Even with an offer of payment, few students are motivated to contribute content. How to sustain student participation in content development is found to be a major challenge in the project.
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