Promoting the "post" learning commons to innovate learning and education in higher education in Japan

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24650546
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEUCHI Hiroya 千葉大学, 文学部, 教授 (10290149)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KAWAMOTO Kazuhiko 千葉大学, 統合情報センター, 准教授 (30345376) ; SHIRAKAWA Yuji 千葉大学, 普遍教育センター, 准教授 (50434254) ; KUNIMOTO Chihiro 駿河台大学, メディア情報学部, 講師 (10599129) ; OKAMOTO Kazushi 千葉大学, アカデミック・リンク・センター, 特任助教 (10615032) ; ANEKAWA Yudai 千葉大学, アカデミック・リンク・センター, 特任助教 (00554304) ; FUJIMOTO Shigeo 千葉大学, アカデミック・リンク・センター, 特任助教 (10568231)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: 学習環境 / 大学図書館 / ラーニングコモンズ / 学習行動 / 情報利用行動 / アクティブラーニング / 学士課程教育

Research Abstract

Interdisciplinary research was conducted in Academic Link of Chiba University to evaluate how learning commons, combined with the provision of library materials and human support, effect students' learning and information seeking behavior, and learning outcome as well. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied, including questionnaire survey, focus group interview, "photo voice" analysis, analysis of in-house usage of library materials, and analysis of pictures recording how students moved tables, chairs, and whiteboards in learning commons. The results of these surveys and analysis show that the new learning environment successfully met the various needs of students. It was also suggested that the new learning environment positively affected the students' learning outcome indirectly.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 大学図書館の新しい姿 (2013)
  • Author(s): 竹内比呂也
  • Journal Title: 大学マネージメント Volume: Vol.9, No. 7 Pages: 2-8
• [Presentation] A Graph Based Data Mining Method for Collaborative Learning Space in Learning Commons (2014)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Okamoto, Hitoshi Asanuma, and Kazuhiko Kawamoto
  • Organizer: Proc. of 9th International Forum on Multimedia and Image Processing in World Automation Congress
  • Place of Presentation: (accepted)
  • Year and Date: 20140803-07
• [Presentation] 図書館付設型ラーニングコモンズの整備による学習行動の変容に関する探索的研究 (2013)
  • Author(s): 竹内比呂也,庄司三千子,丸茂里江,池尻亮子,竹内茉莉子,谷奈穂,國本千裕,岡本一志,白川優治,川本一彦,姉川雄大,藤本茂雄
  • Organizer: 大学教育学会第35回大会
  • Year and Date: 2013-06-02
• [Presentation] 大学図書館でのSAによる学習相談の試行的実践—千葉大学アカデミック・リンクの事例報告 (2012)
  • Author(s): 竹内比呂也,姉川雄大,白川優治.國本千裕,川本一彦,岡本一志,米田奈穂,庄司三千子,谷奈穂
  • Organizer: 大学教育学会第34回大会
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-27