Development and evaluation of Mobile Learning Content for Building up Medical Terminology

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501189
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Shimane University
• Principal Investigator: IWATA JUN 島根大学, 医学部, 教授 (00280438)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WANG Shudong 島根大学, 外国語教育センター, 准教授 (50435046)
• Research Collaborator: TAMAKI Yuko 島根大学, 外国語教育センター, 特別嘱託講師 ; TELLOYAN John 島根大学, 医学部, 特別嘱託講師 ; CLAYTON John ワイカトインスティチュートオブテクノロジー, 教育テクノロジーセンター長
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 医学英語教育 / モバイルラーニング / ジャンル分析 / ESP

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed self-study vocabulary quizzes to be delivered to medical students’mobile devices. Two hundred forty-two students signed up for a subscription to this content and each content consisting of 5 medical vocabulary quizzes, was delivered to them twice a week. A survey conducted on the students’ perceptions of the content showed that half of them found the content useful for their medical English study and about two-thirds of them found the content level appropriate. However, data analysis revealed that the students’actual use of the content averaged a mere 9.5%, which illustrated that the students’ readiness for mobile learning was low while their mobile learning expectations were high. We started our second trial with 209 students in 2014 with modified content. The data analysis showed the average rate went up to 24.3%. This seems to be due to participants’higher readiness and motivation towards mobile learning in the second trial as well as modification of the content.

Free Research Field

教育工学、英語教育