香港大学による多言語Eブック システムとゲーミフィケーションを活用した読書支援プラットフォーム(Self-directed learning with a multilingual ebooks system and a gamified Q&A platform)

The speaker in this talk will share how students’ self-directed learning can be fostered through using a multimedia multilingual ebooks system and a gamified Q&A platform.

The speaker explains how we can help release students’ powerful self-directed learning ability, which enables “learners to take charge of their own learning process (diagnosis learning needs, identify learning goals, select learning strategies, and evaluate learning performances and outcomes)”. This can be achieved through using a proper ebooks system and a gamified Q&A platform, which challenges students’ understanding of the ebooks they read (or listen to), students can self-learn to read and write happily and effectively. With suitable scaffolding support and encouragement from teachers and/or parents, many students can learn effectively and efficiently via self-directed learning.

The talk will cover research and case studies that show how many students have actually benefited from this way of learning - in terms of having a significant enhancement in reading interests, habits and abilities. The speaker will end by suggesting how these ebooks system(s) / Q&A platform(s) can be designed in a way that can cater to the essential psychological needs (autonomy, competence and relatedness - according to self-determination theory), which are necessary to engage students in active learning.

【日本語抄訳】

読書への関心や習慣、能力が大幅に向上させる読書支援プラットフォーム「Reading Battle」を開発したDr. Samuel Chu（香港大学教育学部准教授）が、生徒の読書パフォーマンス向上のケーススタディを紹介します。

Reading Battleは、マルチメディア多言語電子ブック システムとゲーミフィケーションの概念を用いた読書支援プラットフォームです。生徒が自身の学習プロセス、すなわち、学習ニーズの診断、目標の特定、戦略の選択、パフォーマンスと成果の評価を自分で管理できるようにすることを目的としています。自分が読んだ (または聞いた) 本の内容をどれぐらい覚えているかクイズなどのゲームに挑戦し、楽しく効果的に自己学習ができる仕組みになっています。