Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025
August 15, 2025
Student Division (STDT)
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https://peer.asee.org/56401
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Leo Kimura received his Bachelor of Engineering in Science and Mechanics from Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan, in March 2024. He is currently a master’s program student at SIT, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His main research area is control systems for microrobots.
Dr. Hatsuko Yoshikubo obtained Ph. D. in English Literature from Chiba University in Japan in 2002. She is currently a Professor of Humanities and a senior departmental administrator, currently attached to the Innovative Global Program in the College of Engineering at Shibaura Institute of Technology, a highly-ranked engineering university in Tokyo. Innovative Global Program (IGP) is an engineering degree program incorporating humanities components, with a student body consisting mainly of international students (https://igp.shibaura-it.ac.jp).
As part of her current role as Deputy Director of the IGP, she is the Principal Investigator for the following research grants:
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research: Grant 24K06133 (2024-2027)
- Shibaura Institute of Technology Grant for Educational Reform and Research Activity (AY2024).
Her research interests include:
(1) Impacts and potential benefits of including humanities components in science and engineering degree programs
(2) Innovative methods of assessment in science and engineering education, especially in the context of remote learning, hybrid courses, and collaborative international programs
(3) Solving systematic issues that impact the effectiveness of science and engineering education programs, in both in-person and remote learning contexts.
In recent years she has been a presenter at the following international conferences:
World Educational Research Association (WERA):
WERA Conference 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE):
APAIE Conference 2022, 2023,
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): Annual Conference 2022, 2023, 2024
International Institute of Applied Informatics (IIAI): International Conference on Data Science and Institutional Research (DSIR) 2023
Awards:
SIT's Presidential Award 2023
ASEE 2023: Multidisciplinary Engineering Division’s 'Best Diversity Paper' Award
DSIR 2021: 'Outstanding Paper' Award
Prof. Dr. Sumito Nagasawa received Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2001. He is a Professor in Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at SIT. His research interests include miniaturized robots using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems technologies and robot education for STEAM.
This study aims to introduce and evaluate a peer assessment method as a complementary approach to Slack-based engagement assessment in face-to-face group work. The participants were students who attended a Japan-Thailand joint global project-based learning (PBL) workshop held in 2024. Posts made on Slack were classified into three types—A, B, and C—according to their level of contribution. Additionally, students conducted peer assessments using a four-point Likert scale to evaluate contributions across three dimensions: idea generation, discussion, and task execution. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the number of Type A posts on Slack had a significant positive correlation with peer-assessed contributions in both idea generation and task execution. However, no significant relationship was observed with discussion. Furthermore, Type C posts had a significant negative impact on task execution. These findings indicate that while Slack-based evaluation has certain validity even in face-to-face settings, it has limitations in capturing oral discussions, which are less likely to be documented.
Kimura, L., & Yoshikubo, H., & Nagasawa, S. (2025, June), Enhancing Assessment of Student Engagement in Face-to-Face Global Project-Based Learnings (gPBLs): Adding Peer Assessment to Improve Slack-based Evaluation Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . https://peer.asee.org/56401
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