Design of Observation Tool for Learning-Theory in Workshop

Abstract

Workshops represent a new type of learning which is gaining in popularity. In this study, we developed an observation tool for use in clarifying the "meaning and mechanisms of learning in workshops." Learning in workshops is creative and open, being the product of spontaneity and contingency. A minimum unit (F2LO model) was established for grasping learning events. The tool that has been developed is an application capable of using the F2LO model and text to describe and analyze images recorded with a video camera and input into a notebook PC.