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Web-based groupware

supporting PBL effectively

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

(産業技術大学院大学)

Y.Chubachi, Y.Kato, Y.Tozawa

Copyright © by Y.Chubachi, 2011 1

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Agenda

• Web-based groupware for PBL

– Background

– Method

– Result

– Conclusion


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WEB-BASED GROUPWARE

FOR PBL


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Background

• We assume that adequate groupware is required in

order to provide a more effective learning

environment to students for a Project-Based

Learning.

• Especially, a project management system and a

contents management system are keys to increase

educational effectiveness.


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Methods

• Web-based groupware named “iPBL: infrastructure

for PBL” was introduced in 2008

– It has been used for the project-based learning subjects of

our institute

– The total number of users is about one hundred and fifty

since the introduction

• We performed a qualitative evaluation to confirm

how we could provide an effective learning

environment for the students


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iPBL: Infrastructure for PBL

• Using ICT to provide the supporting environment for PBL

– We introduced a groupware in order to support the teamwork activity for both the PBL students and the professors

– The groupware provides a kind of a knowledge management system

• The knowledge on the iPBL is divided into 2 aspects

– As the contents management system

• The students and professors can easily share the documents over the web

– As the project managements system

• Project members can share the project's schedule based on the work breakdown structure with a special application software


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iPBL: Overview

Project Manager (student) - Planning - Progress management

Member (student) - Reporting their progress - Checking their tasks - sharing risk, issue and results

Professor - Tracking the progress of PBL - Checking their time of activities - Checking their results

iPBL: contents management: workspace, files and folders - project management: such as Gantt chart and tasks

powered by MS Project Server 2007 and SharePoint Services


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iPBL: Snapshot

Project name and Tasks Project management:

Gantt chart

Dashboard and Bulletin Board

Contents management: documents, etc.


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Results 1/2

• With iPBL, tasks of students are able to be managed

by a project manager

– using a Gantt chart style calender which visually shows

the progress of a project

• Issues and risks in a project can be managed with

iPBL

• Moreover, students can easily share their document

files which are produced through the project with

the contents management function of iPBL.


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Result 2/2

• We confirmed that these functions help the students

do their teamwork.

– In particular, when a student is in a distant place, the

system supports collaborative work with other students

well

• In addition to these results, it appears as a significant

effect for teachers

– Because they can grasp the situation of the students’

activities clearly and access the outputs made by the

students anytime with this system.


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Conclusion

• These results show that our groupware provides an

effective project-based learning environment not only

for students but also for teachers

• Although some improvements are needed, iPBL can

be a model of the computer-supported educational

environment for the project-based learning method


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THANK YOU

Thank you for your attention

Contact: [email protected]

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Public University Corporation of Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Higashi Ooi 1-10-40, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 140-0011, Japan

http://aiit.ac.jp/english/


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