Proposal of Methods to Mitigate the Stagnation of Discussions to Promote Collaboration

Hideki Kondo — 2024-12-09

Communication on Social Networking Services (SNS) provides limited information about the status of a colleague or a community. If SNS appears deserted, it is challenging to find appropriate members to talk to, especially for novice members. In this study, we propose a method to mitigate post retention, as a feature to facilitate participation in conversations, for people who have little information about their community and peers on SNS from a Group Awareness (GA) perspective. This will mitigates novice members’ anxiety about posting to SNS. To verify the proposed method, we implemented an experimental system that artificially shifts the timing of the appearance of posted articles. The experimental system was applied to approximately a year’s worth of past articles from a community, reducing intervals of more than five days between two posts, to three days. These results suggested that this system may reduce stagnation of postings in a community active on a one-week cycle. Regulating the timing of posting articles on SNS may mitigate the stagnation of discussions within a community, and encourage members post actively. However, the experiment on past articles was conducted in vitro, and it remains to be seen how actual community activities can be improved.

Development of a Proposed Human Resource Promotional Tool to Visualize Skills Acquired by Recently Appointed Nurses at Home-Visit Nursing Stations in Japan

Sachiko Somaki — 2024-06-08

Presently, Japan’s aging rate is among the highest in the world. Consequently, home-visit nursing stations (“stations”), where nurses provide medical and nursing care under the direction of family physicians, are increasing rapidly. However, many newcomer nurses do not remain at these stations for long; most have some hospital clinical experience at hospitals but, having been appointed only recently, are new to the work performed at these stations. Having some clinical experience, they are regarded as ready-to-work nurses for whom additional education is unnecessary. However, most newcomer nurses at these stations experience difficulties in executing their duties. Moreover, most educational programs for graduated nurses focus on developing clinical nursing skills. Therefore, an education program that maximizes their clinical experiences in homecare nursing settings is needed. Using spreadsheet software (Excel®; Microsoft Corp.), we developed a proposed educational tool (“tool”) for learners and educators and compiled a list of skills necessary for all newcomer nurses according to the training programs published in Japan. The learning method—based on educational theory and instructional design—is designed to help the nurses visualize their acquired skills and promote the self-efficacy of stations’ recently appointed nurses, and, thereby, promote greater workplace retention.

International Journal of Learning Technologies and Learning Environments

Proposal of Methods to Mitigate the Stagnation of Discussions to Promote Collaboration

Development of a Proposed Human Resource Promotional Tool to Visualize Skills Acquired by Recently Appointed Nurses at Home-Visit Nursing Stations in Japan