Current Trends and Perspectives of ICT Utilization in Active Learning

Abstract

In active learning, various learners' activities require learning with others beyond time and space restrictions, such as inside / outside face to face class, inside / outside classrooms, and so on. In order to efficiently support learners in classes with such characteristics, it is indispensable to utilize ICT to enable information to be accumulated and shared. In this paper, we aim to seek future research trends after classifying the functions of ICT in active learning. Specifically, the research purpose is roughly divided into three types: development of devices, development of software, and research using devices and software. Then, study activities to encourage internalization and externalization, or processes for deepening learning in active learning, are discussed from the viewpoint of what the ICT supports. The view point consists of knowledge acquisition, collaborative activities, expressive activities and reflection.