Experience Learning Support System in Integrated Study with use of Cellular Phone

Abstract

According to rapid and widespread diffusion of cellular phone, recently, the investigations of the availability of them into the classroom are done by many researchers, related with CSUL (Computer Supported Ubiquitous Learning) and CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning). Along these works, in the present paper, we propose the support system for the experience learning in the integrated study on a cellular phone. In the proposal system, several support functions corresponding to preparation step, experiential learning step and review step (making a report and presentation) for the management of experience learning are implemented. The proposal system is supposed that learners use the system through the cellular phone. Along the proposal system, we expect that learners could increase the opportunity of the self-learning and collaborative learning. On the other hand, by applying the system, teachers could save efforts for the management. Finally, we perform evaluation experiments in experience learnings with the field trip of a certain Japanese factory for one junior high school and one elementary school. From the results, we success to show that the system is practical for learners and teachers in experience learning support system.