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International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud

LTEC 2017: Learning Technology for Education Challenges pp 159–170Cite as

Mapping Curricular Ecologies

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The impact of socio-economic changes and technological advancements is prompting many educational institutions to re-think the processes of planning, designing and delivering courses in Higher Education. The effect is a re-emergence of the importance of curriculum design. The aim of this research is to investigate the efficacies and potential applications of graphically ‘mapping’ the interrelated educational needs, aspirations, concerns, and other vital interests of students, their families, teachers, administrators, employers, and policy-makers, toward increasing the relevance, flexibility, and effectiveness of curricular in all domains of Higher Education. Benefits of increased efficiency, effectiveness, and agility for course planners and managers in all academic domains is anticipated. The paper summarizes the development of a mobile App to motivate such engagement in a collaborative curricular.

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Acknowledgements

Future University Hakodate students Takayuki Fuwa, Hiroaki Murayama, Yuta Goto, Ayane Yanagisawa and Yasunori Sannomiya. Funding was provided by a Future University Hakodate special research award and a JAIST kakenhi award no. 15H02932 - Establishing a three-stage growth model of college students and development of its training support system. PI is Prof. Noyuri Mima, Future University Hakodate, Japan.

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  1. Department of Media Architecture, Future University Hakodate, 116-2 Kamedanakano, Hokkaido, T041-8655, Japan

    Michael Vallance

  2. Graduate School, Future University Hakodate, 116-2 Kamedanakano, Hokkaido, T041-8655, Japan

    Yasunori Sannomiya

  3. Kanda University of International Studies, 1-4-1 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken, T261-0014, Japan

    Mark Evan Nelson

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  1. University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Lorna Uden

  2. Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

    Dario Liberona

  3. Electronic, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

    Yun Liu

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Vallance, M., Sannomiya, Y., Nelson, M.E. (2017). Mapping Curricular Ecologies. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D., Liu, Y. (eds) Learning Technology for Education Challenges. LTEC 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 734. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62743-4_14

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