A COGNITIVE TOOL FOR KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION WITH PSEUDO-HAPTICS

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560106
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: KASHIHARA Akihiro 電気通信大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 教授 (10243263)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 教育工学 / 知識構築支援 / 擬似力覚 / 認知ツール / タブレットメディア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main issue addressed in this work was to design and develop a cognitive tool with tablet media that allowed learners to externalize knowledge learned from an instructional material by means of a knowledge map including nodes and links, and that accompanied some touch operations for the map composition with pseudo-haptic senses. The pseudo-haptic senses are expected to produce cognitive awareness about the importance or relevance of knowledge learned. In particular, the work focused on how to provide pseudo-haptic senses according to the touch operations conducted by learners to enhance their awareness. The results of the case studies suggested that the pseudo-haptic senses provided could effectively promote awareness and retention of the important nodes/links.

Free Research Field

知識工学