Contact information

Research interests

• Computer Supported Ubiquitous Learning and Mobile Learning,

• Knowledge Awareness and CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning),

• CSSN (Computer Supported Social Networking),

• Personalized and Adaptive Learning Environment,

• Ubiquitous Learning Analytics, Educational big data, Educational data mining and educational data science.

• For some of my papers, please visit Google scholar home.

Education

• 1988.4-1992.3: Bachelor of Dept. of Information Science and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University

• 1992.4-1994.3: Master's Program in Graduate school of Engineering, Tokushima University

• 1994.4-1995.3: Ph.D. Program in Graduate school of Engineering, Tokushima University

• 1998.5: Ph.D., Tokushima University

Employment

• 1995.4-1999.3: Research Associate in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University

• 1999.4-2001.2: Assistant Professor in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University

• 2001.3- 2013.9: Associate Professor in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University

• 2001.9-2003.2: Visiting Researcher, Center for Lifelong Learning and Design, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

• 2010.10-2013.3: Adjunct Researcher at Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

• 2013.10-: Full Professor in Faculty of Arts and Science, Graduate school of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

• 2015.2-2017.3: Director of Learning Analytics Center, Kyushu University

• 2016.10-2017.3: Distinguished Professor at Kyushu University.

• 2017.3 - Current: Honorary Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong.

• 2017.4 - Current: Full Professor at Kyoto University, Japan

• 2017.4 - Current: Advisory of Center for Learning Analytics at Kyushu University, Japan

• 2017.8 - Current: Honorary Chair Professor at Asia University, Taiwan

• 2018.6. - Current: Associate member of Science Council of Japan

• 2018.6. - Current: Visiting Professor at National Institute of Informatics, Japan

• 2022.4-Current: Visiting Researcher at National Institute of Education Research, Japan

Awards

• Best Paper Award of Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education (1998)

• WebNet 99 Top Paper Award (1999)

• Paper Award of SIG GN, IPSJ (2004)

• CSCL 2005 Contribution Award (2005)

• ICALT 2006 Best Paper Award (2006)

• MULE 2007 Best paper Awared (2007)

• CollabTech 2008 Best Paper Award (2008)

• Best Paper Runner-Up Awad at ICCE2008.

• Best Paper Award at ICIE 2009.

• Best Paper Award at mLearn 2009.

• APSCE Young Researcher Leader Award in 2009.

• Distinguished Young Researcher Award 2009 from the University of Tokushima.

• Best Technology Design Paper Award at ICCE2010.

• Presentation Award by IPSJ SIG on Groupware and Network Service (2010).

• IEEE WMUTE2012 Best Student Paper Award (2012).

• APSCE Distinguished Researcher Award (2014)

• ICCE 2014 Best Student Paper Award (2014)

• IEEE ICALT 2015 Best Paper Award (SP) (2015)

• - GCCCE 2019 Best Teacher Forum Paper Award (2019)

Invited talks and keynotes

• CSCL and Awareness, NIME meeting, Chiba, Japan, Aug. 2001.

• Supporting Awareness in CSCL, ALIC meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 2001.

• Mobile Media in Education, BEAT meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 4, 2004.

• Ubiquitous and mobile technologies in CSCL, premier workshop in FIT2004, Kyoto, Japan, Sep. 2004.

• Ubiquitous and Mobile Learning Environments, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, Dec. 2004.

• Research Trends on Ubiquitous and mobile technologies in Education, Ubiquitous Learning Council, Tokyo, Japan, June 27. 2005.

• Keynote in IEEE WMUTE2008,Beijing, China, March 23-15, 2008.

• Keynote in IEEE MUCTEL 2008, Taichung, Taiwan, June 11-13, 2008.

• Keynote at International Conference on Mobile Learning. Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 26-28, 2009.

• Keynote in 9th International Educational Technology Conference 2009, Ankara, Turkey, May 6-9, 2009.

• Keynote at International Conference on Information Engineering, Taiyuan, China, July 10-11, 2009.

• Keynote at TeLearn 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2009.

• Keynote at IEEE CAR 2010, Wuhan, China, March, 2010.

• Keynote at UbiLearn 2010, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April, 2010.

• Keynote at ICCE 2010, Putrajaya, Malaysia, November 29- December 3, 2010.

• Keynote at e-Learning Technology Inovation Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, December 24-25, 2010.

• Invited talk at Research Trends and Grand Challenges in Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning, Asian-Pacific Summit Forum at Edutainment 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, September 8, 2011. 

• Keynote, Research trends on mobile and ubiquitous learning, IEEE MSE 2011, Chengdu, China, October 1, 2011.

• Invited talk, Research trends on mobile and ubiquitous learning, MULE 2012, Santiago, Chile, January, 10 2012. 

• Keynote, How can Networked Digital Technologies Enhance Ubiquitous Learning?, IEEE NDT 2012, Dubai, UAE, April 24-26, 2012. 

• Invited talk, Computer Supported Ubiquitous Learning, KSET 2012, Seoul, South Korea, May 25-26, 2012. 

• Keynote, Research and Practice on Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning, IEEE ICMAIE 2012, Wuhan, China, July 13-14, 2012. 

• Invited talk, Ubiquitous Learning Log Project, 2013 NMC Horizon Project Summit for Future Education, Austin, USA, Jan 22-24, 2013. 

• Invited talk, Insights from World Distinguished Mobile Learning Projects, AECT-ICFER 2013,  Taichung, Taiwan, June 18-20, 2013. 

• Keynote, Augmenting Learning-Experiences in the Real World with Digital Technologies, IEEE ICRTIT-2013, Chennai, India, July 25-27, 2013.

• Keynote, ICHL 2015, Wuhan, China, July 27-79, 2015.

• Keynote, LASI-Asia 2017, Tokyo, Japan, August 25-26, 2017.

• Keynote, e-Learning Forum Asia 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, May 20-22, 2018.

• Keynote: Toward Evidence based Education through Learning Analytics, IC3, Okinawa, Japan, August 5-8, 2018. 

• Keynote: Toward Evidence based Education through Learning Analytics and AI, IEEE AI/VR, Taichung, Taiwan, Dec 10-12, 2018. 

• Keynote: Toward Evidence based Education through Learning Analytics, ICCE 2019, Taiwan, Dec 5, 2019.

• Keynote:  Evidence based Education and Learning Analytics , IEEE T4E, India, Dec 11, 2019. 

• Keynote: Pushing Forward to Data and Evidence Informed Education and Learning for a Post Covid-19 Era., TAECT 2021, 12.3.2021. 

• Keynote: WCCE 2022, Hiroshima, Japan, August 20-24, 2022.

• Keynote: LEAF: Learning and Evidence Analytics Framework in Japan: Connecting Researchers, Practitioners and Policy-makers, EDM (Educational Data-mining) 2023, India, 2023.7.14 

• Keynote: Smart Learning Environment, Thailand, 2023.8.29.

Executive Committee member of Academic Society

• APSCE (Asian Pacific Society for Computers in Education) (2008-)

• SOLAR(Society of Learning Analytics and Research) (2014-15, 2018-19)

• IamLearn (International Association for Mobile Learning) (2008-11)

Editor-in-Chief of International Journal

• RPTEL(International Journal of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning) 

• ITEL (International Journal of Information and Technology for Education and Learning)

Associate Editor

• IEEE Transaction on Learning Technology (SSCI) 

• IPSJ Transactions on Computers and Education 

• International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization (IJMLO), published by Inderscience, UK.(2007-)

Editorial board of Journal

• ijCSCL: International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, (SSCI) published by Springer (2005-)

• Journal of Learning Analytics (2018-)

• International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education (2017-)

• International Journal of Smart Learning Environments, Springer (2013-)

• International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, published by IGI global. (2008-)

• International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology (IJWET) ISBN:1476-1289, published by Inderscience, UK.(2002-2005)

• Journal of JSiSE (Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education) (2003-2007).

• Journal of JPSJ (2013-2016)

• Journal of IEICE, D (2009-2012)

Guest editor

• Special issue on mobile learning of Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2007)

• Special issue on Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments in international Journal of RPTEL (Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning).

• Special issue on Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Language Learning in international Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization ) 2009

Editorial board of special issue

• Special Issue on “From knowledge sharing to knowledge co-creation” of Journal of IPSJ.

• Special Issue on “Ubiquitous Computing Society and Collaboration” of Journal of IPSJ.

• Special Issue on “Ubiquitous Network Service” of Journal of IPSJ.

• Special Issue on “Platform of Educational Systems” of Journal of IEICE.

• Special Issue on Collaboration Technology in Everyday life in Journal of Information Processing in Japan

Advisory board of Journal

• Educational Technology &Society journal Endorsed By IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology

• International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, published by IGI global. (2008-)

Conference Chair / Organizing chair

• CC 2000 in Australia on Dec. 12-15, 2000.

• International Workshop on CSCL 2000 in Tokushima, Japan on Nov. 27-29, 2000.

• IEEE International Workshop on WMTE 2005, in Tokushima, Japan on Nov. 28-30, 2005.

• International Workshop on MULE (Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments) in ICCE2006 at Beijing, China, Dec 1, 2006.

• Pervasive Learning 2007, Toronto, Canada, May 13, 2007.

• International Workshop on MULE in Hong Kong, China, August 15-17, 2007.

• International Workshop on MULE in ICCE2007, Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 5/6, 2007.

• International Workshop on MULE in Tokushima, Japan, March 26-27, 2009.

• International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, Tokyo, Japan, August 29-31, 2010.

• International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, Chile, September 8-10, 2014.

• UNESCO EDUSummIT 2023, Kyoto, May 29-June 1, 2023.

• International Conference on Computers in Education, Matsue, Shimane, Japan, Dec 8-12, 2023.

• International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2024, Kyoto, March 18-22, 2024

Steering Committee

• CSCL2003, CSCL2005, CollabTech and CRIWG.

Program (Co-)Chair

• IEEE WMTE2005,Tokushima, Japan, Nov 27-30, 2005.

• CollabTech2008, Wakayama, Japan, August 21-22, 2008.

• Educatinment 2009: 4th international conference on e-Learning and Games, Banf, Canada, August 9-11, 2009.

• CollabTech 2009, Sydney Australia, August 12-14, 2009.

• ICCE2009, Hong Kong, Oct 30-Dec 4, 2009, Program coordination chair

• ICCE2010, Malaysia, Nov. 29-Dec 3, 2010, Program Co-Chair.

• CRIWG 2014, Chile, September 8-10, 2014,Program Co-Chair.

• ICCE 2014, Nov 30-Dec 4, 2014, Nara, Japan, Program Coordination Co-Chair.

• ICCE2015,  Program Coordination Chair.

Program Committee

• mLearn, ICCE CollabTech,  Mobile Learning, WMUTE, ICALT, CSCL, etc.

Academic society

• International society: ACM,  IEEE (Senior member), APSCE, SOLAR (Society for Learning Analytics and Research), IamLearn (International Association for Mobile Learning).

• Domestic: IPSJ, IEICE, JSiSE, JSET, JSAI.

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