Development of a New Universal Visualization Method for Curriculum Mapping Utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Pedagogical PDCA

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02983
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09050:Tertiary education-related
• Research Institution: Kobe Tokiwa University
• Principal Investigator: Mitsunari Kenichiro 神戸常盤大学, 教育学部こども教育学科, 教授 (10530727)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 伴仲 謙欣 神戸常盤大学短期大学部, 口腔保健学科, 助教 (50752119) ; 中田 康夫 神戸常盤大学, 保健科学部, 教授 (70295773) ; 高松 邦彦 神戸常盤大学, 保健科学部, 准教授 (80392017)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: Eduinformatics / New Visualization

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In universities, the importance of Curriculum Mapping (CM) is emphasized, which comprehensively indicates the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students should acquire. However, the existing CM methods make it challenging to grasp the entire picture at a glance and suffer from the complexity of manual operations and problems with immediate reflection. This research aims to develop a new CM visualization method utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to address these issues. The development of Eduinformatics, an integration of education and informatics, is also underway. Several visualization methods were created in practice, and ultimately, a new visualization method was developed by creating a Doc2Vec model from the Japanese Wiki using machine learning and combining it with a heatmap. This achievement was presented at an international conference.

Free Research Field

高等教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

教育の質保証は、高等教育における重要な課題の一つである。近年、Eduication（教育）の問題をInformatics(情報学）を用いて新解析法や新可視化法を開発する学際分野Eduinformaticsが急速に発展している。我々は、このEduinformaticsを用いて高等教育における教育についての新可視化法を開発した。これにより、高等教育の質のさらなる向上が期待される。