Fujitsu and The University of Tokyo Begin Joint Field Trial to Visualize Active Learning Processes, Invigorate Classes
2018年3月13日 - 1:19PM
JCN Newswire (英)
The Center for Advanced School Education and Evidence-Based
Research (CASEER), an institution affiliated with the University of
Tokyo Graduate School of Education and the Secondary School
attached to the Faculty of Education, the University of Tokyo,
Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the
launch of a joint field trial to visualize students' activities
during active learning using Creative Digital Space User-Interface
(UI) technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories, which can
digitalize an entire room. The trial will be conducted in classes
at the Secondary School from April 10, 2018 through March 20,
2019.
Creative Digital Space technology turns shared spaces, including
walls and desks, into wholly interactive spaces, enabling
participants to discuss and share on large screens materials
carried in smart devices or notes taken on digital sticky notes.
For this field trial, Fujitsu developed new technology to visualize
data for activities conducted in the UI technology space, recording
the flow of communication during group activities in the form of
time lines based on information shared on smart devices and the
creation and operation of digital notes, as well as the number of
people involved. This will enable teachers to review their lessons
as they can understand, based on the activity status of each
individual student, the process that led to their final
results.
Through this field trial, CASEER and the Secondary School will
develop new methods for cooperative learning, improving teaching
quality. The Fujitsu Group will analyze data from this trial,
including collected activity data, in order to develop technology
to improve and invigorate in-person communication, delivering
services that can be broadly used in educational or professional
settings.
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Photos: Using the Creative Digital Space technology in
collaborative learning
Background
On the front lines of education in recent years, as part of an
effort to promote active learning in which students proactively
express their own thoughts, classes have begun to incorporate
collaborative learning, with groups working together on a problem.
In collaborative learning, the process leading to the final result
is also an important aspect of student evaluation. However, because
the usual method uses tools such as paper, pencils, and
blackboards, it has been difficult to capture the flow of the
process that enabled the students to arrive at their final
results.
CASEER and the Secondary School attached to the Faculty of
Education have been researching methods for collaborative learning
since 2006, and focusing on the effectiveness of utilizing ICT,
they have been conducting collaborative learning lessons in
classrooms equipped with Creative Digital Space technology since
fiscal 2017. Now, by visualizing the communication in collaborative
learning, teachers will be able to grasp the student's individual
actions and the entire process of the learning, which is expected
to lead to the development of new methods for collaborative
learning.
Details of the Field Trial
1. Trial Period
Planned for April 10, 2018 - March 20, 2019
2. Trial Classes
Classes with group work projects planned for third and fourth year
students at the Secondary School
3. Objective
This trial aims to capture the process that led to the students'
final results by visualizing the flow of communication between
students, and between students and the teacher during collaborative
learning. It will use this information to discover new methods for
evaluating collaborative learning, such as the optimal number of
students in a group, group composition that makes use of each
student's characteristic, the ways classes are conducted, and
training for teachers.
4. About Creative Digital Space Technology
Multiple sets of projectors and cameras will be deployed in a
classroom, converting the entire space into a unified digital
window system. Users can transmit information from smart devices
they bring with them to the virtual screens projected onto desks
and walls, and can take notes on digital sticky notes and share
them between users. Moreover, using cameras to read the movements
of digital pens, users can write on the virtual screens, and with a
simple gesture, can send pictures projected onto a desk to a nearby
wall.
Now, Fujitsu has added activity data collection technology to
existing spatial UI technical capabilities, where the contents and
creation/operation history of digital notes, as well as the number
of people involved in such activities are linked into a time line.
This enables the user to visualize the flow of communication on a
dashboard.
5. Field Trial Details
The system will collect the information students look up on their
smart devices, the notes they take in digital sticky notes, and the
actions they take with such digital data during collaborative
learning classes, and organize them into a time line. This will
visualize such facts as who transmitted what sort of information
and when, as well as how group members reacted in response.
Teachers will use this data to review their lessons, looking at
student actions during the lesson that led to good results, the
appropriate team composition, and teaching directions, based on the
records of communication between the teacher and students, with the
goal of invigorating collaborative learning. In addition, the trial
will analyze the collected data, and use it to develop technology
to improve communication and evaluate its effectiveness.
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Screen: Visualization of the activity process displayed on a
dashboard
Future Plans
CASEER and the Secondary School will develop new methods for
collaborative learning using the insights gained in this trial.
Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories will aggregate collaborative
learning data from on-site in the school into the cloud, and use it
to develop analysis technologies in order to increase activity on
the ground. In addition, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories will
offer services that can be used in a variety of industries and
fields, not just on the front lines of education, invigorating
on-site communication.
About Fujitsu Laboratories
Founded in 1968 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited,
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. is one of the premier research centers in
the world. With a global network of laboratories in Japan, China,
the United States and Europe, the organization conducts a wide
range of basic and applied research in the areas of Next-generation
Services, Computer Servers, Networks, Electronic Devices and
Advanced Materials. For more information, please see:
http://www.fujitsu.com/jp/group/labs/en/.
About Fujitsu Ltd
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication
technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology
products, solutions, and services. Approximately 155,000 Fujitsu
people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our
experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with
our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated
revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US$40 billion) for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2017. For more information, please see
http://www.fujitsu.com.
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