Preliminary research on methodology for improving the information access literacy from the viewpoint of "benefits of inconvenience"
Project Outline
This project aims to enhance "information access literacy", which is defined as the ability to critically make decisions by searching for appropriate information through information access systems. Information access technologies designed only for high efficiency and convenience can bring potential danger of causing low cognitive capacity of humans. Thus, we pay attention to "benefits of inconvenience," which is obtainable only by users' active contributions to tasks that require mental exercises.
We conduct a survey on medical professionals, who are expected to use decision-making support systems more frequently in the future, for maintaining and enhancing the information access literacy based on the benefits of inconvenience. More specifically, our project conducts (1) in-depth analysis on the problems and needs concerning the information access literacy in a realistic medical setting through hearing-based and questionnaire-based surveys; (2) development of a literacy diagnosis tool; and (3) a study on the inconvenience acceptability through workshops with medical professionals.
Investigators
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Hiroshi Kawakami (Principal Investigator) |
Unit of Design, Kyoto University |
Professor |
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Hiroaki Ohshima |
Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo |
Associate Professor |
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Tadamasa Takemura |
Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo |
Professor |
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Yusuke Yamamoto |
College of Informatics, Shizuoka University |
Lecturer |
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Takehiro Yamamoto |
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University |
Assistant Professor |
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Makoto P. Kato |
Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University |
Program-specific Senior Lecturer |
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Yoshio Nakatani |
Department of Information Engineering, Ritsumeikan University |
Professor |
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Kazushi Nishimoto |
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Professor |
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Takayuki Shiose |
The Kyoto University Museum |
Associate Professor |
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Tomoko Izumi |
Department of Information Science, Osaka Institute of Technology |
Lecturer |
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Takayoshi Kitamura |
Department of Information Engineering, Ritsumeikan University |
Assistant Professor |