Journal of JSEE

In this paper, we donated three units of the universal design board game, “Fureai Doubutsu Shogi” , to 67 schools for special needs visuals nationwide, and about 9 months later of the introduction, we conducted a questionnaire survey with a total of 27 questions for all 67 schools to investigate the usefulness of “Fureai Doubutsu Shogi” for those schools. As a result, we found that board games are effective for education in special needs schools for the blind, and the games with different purposes from “Fureai Doubutsu Shogi” can be used as teaching materials as well.

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Recently, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and problem-based learning (PBL) have been popular in higher education. However, there is little research about the effects of PBL with collaborative learning in the flipped classroom on affective processes in English class to influence students’ learning. This study investigates problem-based English learning using flipped MOOCs, combined with ZOOM meetings for group-based discussion in the classroom to examine the relationships among social problem-solving orientations, self-efficacy, motivation, and the willingness to communicate (WTC) of Japanese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. To conduct this investigation, online questionnaires were administered to university EFL students in Japan and in Malaysia. We found that collaborative learning in this PBL setting had a positive effect on self-efficacy, WTC, motivation, and positive problem-solving orientation. We also found that collaborative learning was the strongest predictor of self-efficacy.

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Kagawa University and Ricoh Company, Ltd. are working together to promote university DX through industry-academia collaboration. Various activities related to the promotion of DX at Kagawa University are carried out there. The activities also have a function of “Re-skilling” engineers at Ricoh Company, Ltd. This paper describes an overview of the university’ s DX co-creation activities. The In-house development of business systems is described from among the activities, and the effect of “Re-skilling” of the engineers of Ricoh Company, Ltd. who participate in the activities is discussed.

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This study analyzed Japanese-language discussions in a mixed group of international students and Japanese undergraduates to identify how, from the perspective of the Japanese students, differences in academic level (undergraduate vs. graduate) affected discussions that required consensus building. The results showed that, in discussions with international students at the same academic level, consensus was reached by Japanese students conforming to the statements of the international students, who were unconcerned with what others had to say. In contrast, in discussions with international graduate students, even though a Japanese undergraduate acted as moderator for the host country, the discussion tended to stagnate because of low levels of information sharing, and participants struggled to decide on a final plan.

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