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Inaba Lab
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The lab uses information technology to improve environments for learning and communication.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing communication
The Inaba Lab studies better environments and ways of learning that make use of information technology.
It starts from the question of what kind of system people actually want to use.
The lab considers what kind of mechanisms are needed for people who do not share a common language to communicate.
It also works on support that helps learners move from "I don't understand" to "I understand."
Key terms
- ICT
- Information and communication technology. Refers broadly to systems that exchange information using computers and networks
- Longitudinal survey
- A survey that repeatedly studies the same subjects over several years and tracks how they change
- Nudge
- An intervention that gently encourages people to choose good behavior without forcing them
NewsLab news
A perspective paper on ELSI was published in the Japan Journal of Educational Technology
A short letter from joint research was published in the Japan Journal of Educational Technology
A report on a survey study of ICT use in higher education institutions was published
A paper from joint research was published in the Japan Journal of Educational Technology
ResearchResearch themes
While thinking about communication between people and things, and between people, the lab studies better environments and ways of learning that make use of information technology. Its work includes class support, surveys of ICT use in universities, and multilingual communication support.
*Illustrative imageMaking "I Don't Understand" Visible
The lab examines whether students can put into words what they do not understand during class. Surveys have shown that in math and science subjects, students often find themselves in a situation where they "don't know what they don't understand," and the lab is building a system that makes this visible to support learning.
*Illustrative imageSurvey of Teaching Practices Among University Instructors
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of ICT in university classes did not progress much. To find out whether this was simply a case of university instructors disliking something they had not tried, the lab conducted a longitudinal survey, and it analyzes how attitudes and usage changed after the shift to online classes.
*Illustrative imageSurvey of ICT Use in Higher Education
As a member of the ICT Utilization Survey Subcommittee of the Academic eXchange for Information Environment and Strategy (AXIES), the lab regularly conducts large-scale surveys of higher education institutions. It reports year-on-year changes and results by university size, mainly at the AXIES annual conference.
*Illustrative imageNote-Taking Support
This is joint research with the Watanabe Lab at Tokyo University of Science. The lab has developed NoTAS, a system that applies nudges to support note-taking, and has been verifying its effectiveness.
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- ProfessorRieko InabaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Lecture Hall, AKSU” Paul The Writer / CC0 (cropped)
- Making "I Don't Understand" Visible: “Uchit 0” Viktoria.sm2012 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Survey of Teaching Practices Among University Instructors: “Ohio University Lecture Hall” Garden Sprite / CC0 (cropped)
- Survey of ICT Use in Higher Education: “YunTech Computer Classroom 20220612” S099001 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Note-Taking Support: “Desk with notebook pens and glasses” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (永原研究室): “Kantenmodell Quader 7249” Welt-der-Form / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (室田研究室): “Smart interactive whiteboard” Peter Astbury / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (若松研究室): “Close-up of a microphone” Dennis Hill from The OC, So. Cal. / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (鈴木研究室): “Jinego Elementary School 1st grade classroom side” Douglas P. Perkins / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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