2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of a Discussion Board Tool Designed for the Collaborative Learning that Includes Peer-Review Process
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18500730
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | Teikyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
SASAKI Shigeru Teikyo University, Department of Information Science, Lecturer (70328087)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
WATANABE Hiroyoshi Teikyo Uinversity, Department of Information Science, Associate Professor (40240519)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | Educational Technology / Collaborative Learning / Group Discussion / Peer-Review / Advanced Programming / e-Learning / Web Forum |
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| Research Abstract |
We have been practicing the programming course in the self-learning style using Course Management System (CMS), and we have already reported that some educational effects have been obtained from those practices. We have designed a model of a group discussion which includes peer-review process in which students show their products (programs and reports) to each other, review their products, and improve their products' perfection. However, because the discussion function of CMS tools doesn't have the grading function, it is very difficult to perform our discussion model using it. We have developed the discussion board system with some functions designed specially for the group discussion.
The procedures in our group discussion model are as follows. (1) hand in programs and reports, (2) review the other members' programs and reports to each other, (3) respond to the evaluation, improve their programs by referring the comments, and discuss about them again, and (4) hand in the final version. We have implemented some functions to perform the group discussion. On the discussion board system, students can : (1) hand in their products, and (2) evaluate their products to each other. We have implemented the function to total the student's evaluation result, so that teachers can reduce their work to total them. In addition, we make discussion board that students can discuss on their product by a revealing name or by anonym it, and make it un-open to the other students until they finish their evaluations. Various peer-reviews and the discussions were able to be managed by using these functions.
The research of the agent who automatically applies the comment to the content of the students' remarks are done based on the discussion board tools made in this research, and there is a possibility of developing in the future.
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