2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
An investigation into the use of digital stories to reduce culture shock of Japanese students
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18K12477
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
ワイト ジェレミー 立命館大学, 情報理工学部, 准教授 (00710716)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | Japanese Students / Study Abroad / Anxiety / Digital Stories |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Due to COVID all study abroad activities were cancelled. I was unable to conduct any research and delayed this grant.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
My research is about study abroad. As all study abroad programs were cancelled I was unable to conduct any research and delayed my funding.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Due to the current COVID situation I am unsure how my research will proceed in the following year. If the situation in Japan improves and study abroad programs are restarted then I will be able to continue. In this case I will use the digital stories so far and see how the use of them reduces the anxiety of students when studying abroad. If the COVID situation does not improve then I will look at hosting an online conference with other like minded researchers to see how they are proceeding with their study abroad research. I also plan to gather research articles from other researchers and myself to publish a book on studying abroad. I will also begin to develop a digital story website so that the resources collected over the last three years are freely available to other researchers and students looking to study abroad.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The main costs this year will be hiring an assistant to develop a website for my research and the costs associated with developing the website. My assistant will also need to be responsible for basic maintenance of the website during the current AY. Equipment purchases will be used for the hosting of a successful online conference on the topic of study abroad. Will some money will be used for the book editing purposes.
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