ProBoPortable: Development and Evaluation of Cellular Phone Software to Visualize the Status of Division of Labor in Project Based Learning

• MOCHIZUKI Toshio

  Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo

• KATO Hiroshi

  National Institute of Multimedia Education

• YAEGASHI Kazaru

  College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University

• NAGAMORI Yusuke

  Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• NISHIMORI Toshihisa

  Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo

• FUJITA Shinobu

  Spiceworks Corporation

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• ProBoPortable:プロジェクト学習における分業状態を可視化する携帯電話ソフトウェアの開発と評価
• ProBoPortable プロジェクト ガクシュウ ニ オケル ブンギョウ ジョウタイ オ カシカスル ケイタイ デンワ ソフトウェア ノ カイハツ ト ヒョウカ

Abstract

The authors developed a cellular phone application which displays information regarding progress and achievement of the tasks and division of labor in project-based learning in higher education. The ProBoPortable application works as wallpaper on the learner's cellular phone screen, and cooperates with a Web-based groupware. When a learner activates his/her phone, ProBoPortable immediately retrieves the current status of the project from the groupware database and displays the status on the screen. Classroom evaluation was performed in an undergraduate course, which confirmed that ProBoPortable enhanced mutual awareness of the division of labor among learners. Moreover, since the sense of community was increasingly generated, learners were encouraged to proceed with their own task because they were aware of the status of others' tasks, as and when necessary.

Journal

• Japan Journal of Educational Technology

  Japan Journal of Educational Technology 31 (2), 199-209, 2007

  Japan Society for Educational Technology

Keywords

• PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
• CELLULAR PHONE
• EMERGENT DIVISION OF LABOR
• HIGHER EDUCATION

Details

• CRID: 1390001205224240896
• NII Article ID: 110006794709
• NII Book ID: AA11964147
• DOI: 10.15077/jjet.kj00004964275
• ISSN: 21896453
• ISSN: 13498290
• NDL BIB ID: 9267193
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/9267193
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I9267193
• Text Lang: ja
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