Some Effects of Anonymity Circumstance on Collaborative Learning Using the Internet : The Case of "Environment Ranking Program"

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  • インターネットを用いた協同学習における匿名性の影響 : 環境ランキングプログラムを例にして
  • インターネットを用いた共同学習における匿名性の影響--環境ランキングプログラムを例にして〔含 資料〕
  • インターネット オ モチイタ キョウドウ ガクシュウ ニ オケル トクメイセイ ノ エイキョウ カンキョウ ランキングプログラム オ レイ ニ シテ ガン シリョウ

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The purpose of the study was to specify the influence of anonymity circumstance on collaborative learning using the Internet. For this purpose, on one hand, 94 "Environment Ranking" protocols, with ("Voluntary Anonymity Condition") or without the ranker's real name, were selected from the record of "Environment Ranking Program". On the other hand, an experiment was conducted, in which each subject's ranking behavior was observed under both conditions of their real name being compulsorily withheld ("Compulsory Anonymity Condition") and compulsorily disclosed. The results were as follows: 1) Under "Voluntary Anonymity Condition" and "Compulsory Anonymity Condition", the average number of characters of "reason for a whole ranking" were significantly lower. 2) Under "Voluntary Anonymity Condition", the tendency to avoid their load and to try not to see garbage problem as their own problem were seen from the ranking results. 3) Under "Compulsory Anonymity Condition", the questionnaire results of "It was seriously thought of", "It was easy to receive as own problem" and "It feels like there's an interchanging companion near" were significantly lower. These results suggest that anonymity may make learners feel less self-awareness as message-senders and obstruct to receive garbage problem as their own problem.

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