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Kanji Akahori
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Effectiveness and Some Problems of the Internet
Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1165–1168
The 100-school networking project began in 1993, sponsored by MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry) and Ministry of Education, and directly supported and managed by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency) and CEC(Center for...
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Qualitative Analysis of Information Communication Technology Use on Teaching-Learning Process
Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 11–16
This paper describes some of the features of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and its uses in the teaching-learning process in elementary schools. A number of articles have addressed various issues concerning the many difficulties of how...
Topics: Communication, Schools, Information Communication Technologies
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A Computer-Based Instructional System on Problem-
Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1169–1171
Faculty who use a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum need to alter their traditional teaching methods of lectures, discussions and asking students to memorize materials for tests. In PBL, a faculty member acts more as a facilitator than a...
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AK-method as a Qualitative Causal Structure Analysis and its Application in the Analysis of a Mobile Learning Tool
Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 561–568
This paper proposes a new qualitative causal structure analysis method named as the AK-method, and describes the results of its application in verifying the effectiveness of a mobile learning tool. Covariance structure analysis is a statistical and...
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Improvement of University Classes Introducing Topics-based Discussion Using the Web Bulletin Board
Kanji Akahori
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 23–24
This paper describes improvement of university classes by introducing topics-based discussions using the Web Bulletin Board (WBB), as a tool for assisting discussion. Students can exchange their ideas or opinions before and after classes by writing...
Topics: Students
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Development of iPod Usable Contents for Teacher Education Program
Yuki Watanabe; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 548–553
This research aimed to investigate the current state of in-service training of teachers in Japan and support in-service teacher education with regards to classroom teaching techniques to be implemented in elementary schools, junior high schools and...
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Enhancing Instructor’s Awareness of Learners in Videoconferencing Learning Environment
Yu Ara; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3586–3593
Needless to say, interaction is one of the key success factors in distance learning. However, in videoconferencing learning environment, it is difficult to foster various types of interaction among participants, even between instructors and learners,...
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Teacher Evaluation of the Instructional Designs Incorporating Automated Writing Assessment Software for University English Writing Classes
Kahoko Matsumoto; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3574–3577
This study analyzes the teacher evaluation of the 3 types of instructional designs incorporating the use of automated writing assessment software(AWE). These designs are specifically developed for the Japanese university writing classes. The authors ...
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Demonstration of an Application on 3G Mobile Phone and Two Dimension Barcode in Classroom Communication Support System
Prach Chaisatien; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3330–3336
As a ubiquitous connection tool, we can see mobile phones being used widely and these days becoming particularly popular among adolescents. Currently in Japan, the invention of the two dimensional barcode or Quick Response (QR) code provides a...
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Design and development of SNS system and user profile module for connecting learning research and teaching and classroom practice
Yuta Sato; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2121–2126
Most educational methods, such as educational materials, assessment methods, and educational policies, are developed by researchers without sufficient feedback from teachers who actually implement those methods in the field. Several reasons for this,...
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The Effects of Handwritten Feedback on Paper and Tablet PC in Learning Japanese Writing
Li Kai; Akahori Kanji
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec 04, 2007)
This paper compares the effect of paper-based handwritten feedback (PBHF) and that of Tablet PC-based handwritten feedback (TBHF) in learning Japanese writing. The study contributes to the research on motivation, usability and presence when learners ...
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An Application on 3G Mobile Phone and Two Dimension Barcode in Classroom Communication Support System
Prach Chaisatien; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3320–3329
As a ubiquitous connection tool, we can see mobile phones being used widely and these days becoming particularly popular among adolescents. Currently in Japan, the invention of the two dimensional barcode or Quick Response (QR) code provides a...
Topics: Evaluation
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Raising learners' consciousness of learning objectives in communicative language learning: Videoconference system for learner-centered communication instruction
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4141–4148
In this study, we investigate the effects of raising the consciousness of learning objectives in learner-centered video-conferencing. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether consciousness of learning objectives leads to action based on that...
Topics: Video, Instructional Design, Evaluation, Learning Objects
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Evaluation of iPod Usable Contents for Teacher Training Program
Yuki Watanabe; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2869–2876
In this research we estimated digital movie training contents aiming at supporting the teacher training about the classroom technique. Specifically, We mounted the contents to which can be viewed and listened were "anytime anywhere" in several...
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Effect of Bichrome Prints on Memory in the Middle-School Educational Environment
Yuu Maruyama; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4650–4655
This research has examined the merits of these printing presses in terms of a variety of representational forms with the use of different colors in bichromatic prints; further, by studying the effective number of cues provided for memorizing the...
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Self Awareness and Learning Performance in Videoconferencing with Self and Partner’s Image
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 1190–1197
This paper examines potential designs of videoconferencing systems for communicative language learning in learner-centered communication from the viewpoint of self-awareness. In this study, we focused on the effect of the presence of images on...
Topics: Communication, Learning Objects, Languages
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The Effect of Social Presence on Language Learning: A Comparison between Face-to-Face Conversation and Videoconferencing
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 711–720
This paper examines the effect of social presence on learner-centered communicative language learning. Social presence is the “the ability of participants in a community of inquiry to project them solve socially and emotionally, as ’real’ people”,...
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The Development of Mobile Digital Note System to Improve Students' Self-regulation
Tadashi Misono; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3837–3845
In this study, we describe the Mobile Digital Note System (MDNS) developed so that students can view their notes on mobile phones. In the experiment, students wrote their notes with the Anoto pen—a digital pen. The notes were saved in a picture...
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Effects of Emotional Transmissions between Senders and Receivers on Emotions Experienced in E-mail Communication
Yuuki Kato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 723–730
This paper focuses on communication by e-mail. An experiment was conducted to investigate the degree of influence of emotional transmissions between senders and receivers on the emotions which they experienced in e-mail communication. Twenty-two...
Topics: Communication
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Development and Evaluation on a Writing Correction System with Audio and Playback Strokes
Kai Li; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3944–3950
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a handwriting correction system with audio and playback strokes. The survey examined whether audio and playback strokes have a positive effect on students with regards to writing skill in second ...
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An Analytical Tool to Facilitate Instructor’s Self Reflection
Yu Ara; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 757–761
The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility to facilitate instructor’s self-reflection with an analytical tool called Automatic Learner’s Posture and Motion Analysis System (ALPMAS). ALPMAS analyzes lesson videos in a short amount of...
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Enhancing Interactivity in Face-to-Face Lecture by Using Board Mediated Communication
Kouki Sato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 146–153
This study is concerned about how teachers can enhance interactivity during face-to-face lectures. Toward this objective, the authors have developed a teaching tool which allows learners to send feedback during a lecture and displays the feedback,...
Topics: Interaction, Teachers, Communication
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E-mail Communication Versus Face-to-Face Communication: Perception of Other fs Personality and Emotional State
Yuuki Kato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4160–4167
This paper focuses on electronic mail, which is the most common communication tool used in CMC. An experiment was conducted comparing the arising of emotions in e-mail communication versus F2FC, including examining the effect of combining e-mail and ...
Topics: Communication
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Exploring the potentials of language learning using a MOOC
Yayoi Anzai; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 148–155
The aim of this study is to conduct exploratory analyses to investigate the potential of language learning integrating a MOOC. Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs, are an epoch-making invention in this century. The idea of MOOCs is based on Open...
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Evaluation of the Use of Automated Writing Assessment Software
Kahoko Matsumoto; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1827–1832
This study analyzes the evaluation of the 3 types of instructional designs incorporating the use of automated writing assessment software(AWE) both by in-service teachers and students. These designs are specifically developed for the Japanese...
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Do Mathematics in English! : Result from Activities that Japanese Students Tackled Problems Written in English
Tadashi Misono; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3293–3297
This research involved 35 high school students in Japan who tackled mathematics problems written in English. This activity has three steps. The first step was to translate the problems into Japanese. The second step was solving the problem using a...
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CinkNote (Collaborative Ink Note): A Tool for Group Discussion by Sharing Hand-written Annotations using Tablet PC
Hwayoung Kim; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5256–5260
When considering how computers and associated technologies can support environments for CSCL, we must consider the properties of the technology as a communication channel. Computational media are not limited to being means of communication. By the...
Topics: Students, Interaction, Communication
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Awareness and Performance through Self-and Partner's Image in Videoconferencing
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
CALICO Journal Vol. 27, No. 1 (September 2009) pp. 1–25
This paper examines potential designs of videoconferencing systems for communicative language learning in learner-centered communication from the viewpoint of self-awareness. In this study, we focused on the effect of the presence of images on...
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Factors Raising Consciousness of Target in Learner-Centered Communicative Language Learning Using Videoconferencing
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3828–3836
This study examines the potential design of a Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication system for raising consciousness of target that would result in appropriate exchange of discourse in learner-centered communicative language learning, compared ...
Topics: Learning Objects, Communication, Languages
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Development and Evaluation of a Feedback Support System with Audio and Playback Strokes
Kai Li; Kanji Akahori
CALICO Journal Vol. 26, No. 1 (September 2008) pp. 91–107
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a handwritten correction support system with audio and playback strokes used to teach Japanese writing. The study examined whether audio and playback strokes have a positive effect on students...
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Introducing QR code in Classroom Management and Communication via Mobile Phone Application System
Prach Chaisatien; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2181–2187
As a part of communication technology, it is hard to accept that we can now communicate with each other at anyplace and anytime. By the moment, mobile phone technology is growing rapidly in Japan, and it is important to apply this technology as a...
Topics: Educational Technology, Communication, Learning Management Systems
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Do Image and Voice in Synchronous CMC Help to Raise Consciousness of Learning Objectives? From the Perspectives of Social Presence and Learning Context
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 468–475
This study compares four types of Synchronous Computer-mediated Communication (SCMC); text-based chat with and without interlocutor fs image and audioconferencing with and without interlocutors f image (video conferencing and audioconferencing)....
Topics: Languages, Communication, Learning Objects
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Effect of Visualizing Social Interaction on Bulletin Board Systems to Enhance Social Presence of the User
Kouki Sato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 814–821
In this study, a social presence theory was examined to evaluate effectiveness of visualizing social interactions within computer mediated communication (CMC). The following three Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) were compared to investigate the...
Topics: Social Sciences, Computer Sciences, Interaction, Communication, Social Studies
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Enhancing short-term memory in learning writing:The effect of different media-based corrections
Kai Li; Akahori Kanji
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1588–1594
This paper described an online handwriting correction system called DInCo and a survey which examined the impact of using different media (paper, MS Word and DInCo) based corrections on correcting Japanese compositions on the students f memory for....
Topics: Students
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The practice and evaluation of the application of mobile phone in the university class
Masayuki Yamamoto; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2440–2450
Of late, there has been a lot of development in the use of mobile phones in the education field. This is mainly due to the portability of mobile phones which allows easy access to learning. This encouraged the author to develop a learning system...
Topics: Teachers
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Social Presence in Synchronous CMC-Based Language Learning: How Does it Affect the Productive Performance and Consciousness of Learning Objectives?
Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 20, No. 1 (February 2007) pp. 37–65
This study examines potential designs in the usage of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) for communicative language learning in learner-centered communication. In this study, the authors compared four types of SCMC: text-based chat...
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Familiarity among participants on a BBS: Analysis of relationship between depth of self-disclosure of questions and replies
Shogo Kato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 715–722
In text-based CMC, it is difficult for participants to feel familiarity for each other. This research involved an experiment which focused on self-disclosures of participants on BBS. Postings with three levels of depth of self-disclosure (deep,...
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Features of Communication When Using a BBS in a Counseling Environment for Non-attendance Children
Shogo Kato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4153–4159
This paper seeks to examine the features of communication when using a bulletin board system (BBS) in a counseling environment for non-attendance children, who typically cannot communicate with other people well. A practical experiment was taken in...
Topics: Communication, Children
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Effective Learning from Classmates’ Feedback:Examination of Analysis Forms in Public-Speaking Courses
Megumi Morisue; Kanji AKAHORI
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2888–2893
This study aims to examine how effective analysis forms are in enabling students in public-speaking courses to analyze their own speech performance by responding to classmates' feedback without losing their "self-reflective base." My past study of a ...
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Development of an e-learning system for higher education using the mobile phone
Kanji Akahori; Masayuki Yamamoto
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4169–4172
Mobile learning is getting a lot of attention because mobile devices provide the opportunities to learn anytime and anywhere. In Japan, many people have their own mobile phone. This fact leads to the idea of developing mobile phones as an auxiliary...
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The Extension of D.A.R.T.s in Supporting Non-Native English Learners' Ability to Understand Science Animated Movies Delivered in English
Safiza Md. Jusoh; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3445–3450
This paper describes a research that was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of applying the concept of Directed Activity Related to Texts (D.A.R.T.s), a language strategy borrowed from reading classrooms, on non-native English learners'...
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Application of Scaffolding Tools to Support Science Teachers in Content-Driven Content-Based Instruction
Safiza Md. Jusoh; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4020–4025
Content-based instruction in Malaysia started with the implementation of the 'Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics through English Medium' program (PPSMI). This paper describes how the 'Teaching and Learning Science Courseware' is...
Topics: Science, Teachers, Mathematics
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An Evaluation of Japanese CALL Systems on the WWW: Comparing a Freely Input Approach with Multiple Selection
Jie Chi Yang; Kanji Akahori
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 12, No. 1 (1999) pp. 59–79
Compares two Web-based systems. The Japanese writing computer-assisted language-learning system, the T system, enables learners to key-in sentences freely, detects learners' errors and displays appropriate feedback messages to guide learners to...
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Error Analysis in Japanese Writing and Its Implementation in a Computer Assisted Language Learning System on the World Wide Web
Jie Chi Yang; Kanji Akahori
CALICO Journal Vol. 15, No. 1 (1998) pp. 47–66
Describes development and evaluation of an error analysis procedure for a computer-assisted language learning program using natural language processing techniques. The program can be used for learning passive voice in Japanese on any World Wide Web...
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Peer Evaluation Using the Web and @Comparison of Meta-cognition between Experts and Novices
Kanji Akahori; See Min Kim
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1484–1487
This paper describes the peer evaluation of a university course that was developed to learn problem solving skills through group work and discussion. At the end of the course, peer evaluation by students and an instructor evaluation were performed...
Topics: Students, Evaluation
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Roles of Peers: Aspects of Self-monitoring and Perceived Social Power
Terumi Kobayashi; Kanji Akahori; Hiroshi Kato
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2274–2281
What I wish to show in this paper is effects of the class recorded video. In particular, it fs focused on foreign language (English) education in elementary schools in Japan. We usually use videos as materials which were recorded outside the...
Topics: Classrooms, Schools, Educational Technology, Teachers, Elementary Education
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Development and evaluation of DInCo: using digital ink to correct Japanese compositions
Kai Li; Kouki Sato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3698–3702
This paper describes an online handwriting correction system and also explains about the survey conducted on the utilization of the system to correct Japanese compositions. From the result, we conclude that teachers find the digital pen-based system ...
Topics: Teachers
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An Attempt to Apply Nintendo DS to Academic Training
Hiroki Oura; Akimitsu Yamanouchi; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2760–2766
This paper reports an attempt to apply Nintendo DS, a handheld game console, to basic academic training for 6th grade students as part of a government-assisted project. The project was conducted in a junior high school in Japan with more than 164...
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Study on Emotional Transmissions in Communication Using Bulletin Board System
Shogo Kato; Yuuki Kato; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2576–2584
This paper focuses on communication using bulletin board system (BBS). A practical experiment was conducted to investigate the degree of influence emotional transmissions between senders (writers) of replies and receivers (readers) of replies have...
Topics: Social Sciences, Communication
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Examination of Maps’ Cognitive Effects as a Report-Evaluation-Support Tool Using a Two-Dimensional Map
Mio Tsubakimoto; Masayoshi Yanagisawa; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 3076–3083
This study developed and evaluated a tool to reduce scattering of evaluation values caused by the chronological effect attributable to hands-on evaluation of reports. An evaluator's judgment is likely to be overly influenced by the quality of...
Topics: Developmental Stages, Information Sciences, Professional Development, Evaluation, Educational Technology