Development of Astronomy Education Platform for Lifelong Learning Using Extensible Smart Device

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25280131
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Entertainment and game informatics 1
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Yasuda Takami 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (60183977)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ENDO Mamoru 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (90367657) ; IWAZAKI Kumiko 金城学院大学, 国際情報学部, 教授 (50345427) ; MIZUNO Shinji 愛知工業大学, 情報科学部, 教授 (20314099) ; URATA Mayu 名古屋大学, 大学院国際開発研究科, 助教 (70634947)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: デジタルミュージアム / ヴァーチャルミュージアム / 天文教育 / ワークショップ / オープンデータ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we have developed a new lifelong learning platform through the integration of astronomy and data science. We have also evaluated its efficiency through a range of experiments.
We can confirm that the developed systems and applications in which cloud networking and extensible smart device technology have been applied and widely accepted by the users. The platform we have developed was effective in studying astronomy outdoors as well as indoors and helped enhance the users' learning experience at the Science Museum. Appropriate utilization of information technology in a variety of situations is important in science, education and lifelong learning.

Free Research Field

メディア情報学