Constructing learning communities for improving communication skills of future leaders of Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350344
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Hiroshima City University
• Principal Investigator: Kawamoto Kayo 広島市立大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (10264938)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 学習コミュニティ / 電子掲示板 / コミュニケーションスキル / 議論スキル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to construct the learning communities which can improve the communication skills of the future leaders of Japan in the discussion.
To achieve this purpose on the online community, we developed learning community systems to acquire necessary communication skills, especially discussion skills, for leaders.The proposed system uses bulletin board system and has characteristic mechanisms that allows the leader to visually grasp the state of the discussion, that can be contacted individually with the participating members, and that can consult with a mentor who supports the leader.
We showed that the proposed system can improve effectively the communication skills of the discussion leaders on the community consisting of college students.

Free Research Field

教育工学