Development of Family Portfolio to improve "parent awareness (PA)" and "interpersonal interaction themes (IIT)."

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350923
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Aichi Shukutoku University (2014-2015); Tokai Gakuin University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Sato Tomomi 愛知淑徳大学, 人間情報学部, 講師 (70568724)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ARAKI Junko 産業能率大学, 情報マネジメント学部, 准教授 (50447455) ; SATO Shinichi 日本福祉大学, 国際福祉開発学部, 教授 (10410763)
• Research Collaborator: KONNO Satoru Switch, エンタテインメント, 代表取締役
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 教育工学 / 生涯学習 / 学習環境デザイン / アプリ開発 / 親性の向上 / eポートフォリオ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The authors developed a smartphone application “Family Portfolio” that records pictures of children and family with a comment and tags. The functions of the application aim at promoting “folio-thinking” that would occur through developing and reflecting on portfolios. Folio-thinking is deep learning that is composed of 1) reflection, 2) Integration, and 3) sharing of learning. “Family Portfolio” publishes a family newspaper automatically once a week based on the photographs which they accumulated during the week. The system aims to promote users to realize their development as a family, and would improve “Parent Awareness” and “Interpersonal Interaction Themes.” The results of evaluation experiments showed that using the application improved awareness of a parental role and of a child.

Free Research Field

教育工学