I have finished my presentation at the international conference, 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age 2017 (CELDA 2017).

Yamada, M., Oi, M., & Konomi, S. (2017). Are learning logs related to procrastination? From the viewpoint of self-regulated learning, Proceedings of CELDA 2017, pp.3-10. Link to this article

The content analyzes the relationship between e-book logs (page turning (including backward), zooming, notes, markers, horizontal/vertical expansion, etc.), assignment submission times, Self-Regulated Learning awareness (MSLQ), and procrastination awareness. The results were interesting, but the relationship between e-book learning logs and procrastination, which I had hoped to see, was not observed. Too bad! However, I was able to see it regarding things that involve awareness of deadlines, such as the submission times for reports and minute papers (which is, of course, to be expected). Furthermore, it was an interesting result that functions related to information selection and attention support, such as zooming, bookmarking, and horizontal viewing, showed a positive correlation with the growth of SRL. Conversely, it was strange that no correlation was seen with the use of notes or markers, but looking at indirect effects, they might be having an implicit influence. For example, there might be a relationship between the act of horizontal viewing and the use of notes or markers.

I was happy to receive many questions and comments. I was also pleased to meet Professor Miwa from Nagoya University for the first time. I have read his papers often, and since he has also conducted joint research with my undergraduate mentor, Professor Hattori, there is an indirect connection. I received comments from Professor Miwa from interesting perspectives both during the session and at lunch, which I would like to use in my next research. It was very helpful. Thank you very much.

It was great to have immediate takeaways. Furthermore, Professor May from the University of North Texas, whom I met in Ireland two years ago, spoke to me here as well, and we had a lively conversation. I was surprised to hear that he was at the Tokyo Institute of Technology on a Fulbright scholarship in the early 1990s and had a connection with the late Professor Takashi Sakamoto, as the names of people involved in Educational Technology in Japan kept coming up. It is a small world.