2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Design of wearable technology and contents for hearing-impaired person
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18300292
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational technology
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| Research Institution | Tama Art University |
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Principal Investigator |
KUSUNOKI Fusako Tama Art University, 美術学部, 教授 (40192025)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TERANO Takao 東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 教授 (20227523)
NAMATAME Miki 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 教授 (20320624)
YAIRI Ikuko 上智大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (10358880)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 学習支援 / ユビキタス / ウェアラブルコンピューテイング |
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| Research Abstract |
Our research presents a novel learning method for hearing-impaired students in an open space. The method is characterized by the use of handy laser-show device newly developed by the authors. The difficulty of the learning of hearing-impaired students comes from the fact that they cannot smoothly interact with each other among students, teachers, and target objects. In a classroom lesson, we are often familiar with the situations, however, in case of an open space, so far, we have had few effective methods. To solve the issues in open space situations, we describe a new learning method, in which we show direct explanations on the target object through a handy laser-show device : Big Fat Wand (BFW). BFW is designed to have capabilities of 1) carrying easily, and 2) presenting characters, images, and animations through authoring tools on a PC. To evaluate the effectiveness, we have carried out intensive experiments with hearing-impaired students of Tsukuba University of Technology. The results have revealed 1) that a usual lecturer with no experience nor expertise about the teachings to them is able to give good lectures with BFW, and 2) that BFW explanations with simple figures about the structure of the target objects are especially educative for hearing-impaired students.
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[Journal Article] A Handy Laser Show System for Open Space Entertainment2009
Author(s)
Takahashi, T., Namatame, M., Kusunoki, F., Ono, I., Terano, T.
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Journal Title
Entertainment Computing(Natkin, S., Dupire, J. )(Springer)
Pages: 311-312
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[Journal Article] Big Fat Wand: A Pointing Device for Open Space Edutainment2008
Author(s)
Takahashi, T., Namatame, M., Kusunoki, F., Terano, T.
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Journal Title
Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment(Nijholt, A., Reidsma, D., Hondorp, H. )(Springer)
Pages: 240-245
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