2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The Role of Informal Learning Spaces in the Japanese University Context
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19K03023
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
BERMAN NAOMI 東京大学, 大学総合教育研究センター, 特任講師 (60814407)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | digital ethnography |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
1. Method re-design (for pandemic circumstances). 2. Research Assistant training. 3. Participants recruited. 4. Footage shot and edited. 5. Interview questions piloted. 6. Interviews conducted. 7. International Conference Paper (ACSPRI). 8. Osaka University visit to discuss collaboration (to follow up in 2021)
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
Pandemic caused research site and participants to be completely inaccessible, rendering original research plan redundant. Had to re-design approach and modify consent documents and interview questions accordingly
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
1. Data analysis
2. 5 conference (local and international) presentations
3. 6 journal articles
4. Design and conduct follow up with participants (with the view to commence new research project on post-pandemic university spaces)
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the pandemic conference opportunities were non-existent
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