Reiji Kimura|Haruo Hayashi|Kosuke Kobayashi|Tomoya Nishino|Kenshin Urabe|Satoshi Inoue
Development of a “Disaster Management Literacy Hub” for Collecting, Creating, and Transmitting Disaster Management Content to Increase Disaster Management Literacy
project disaster management literacy hub dmlh developed collecting creating transmitting various disaster management content internet first screen dmlh lists disaster management content tiles allow users easily find relevant disaster management content using keyword retrieval function user registers account post disaster management content create first screen customized using favorite function compile different disaster management content using binder function addition relay hub function disaster management content creation function also implemented message function posting short messages approximately 200 letters image quiz creation function measuring effects disaster management literacy course modifying prototype disaster management literacy hub system evaluated university student users july 2016 approximately one year fullyfledged operation came effect august 2015 results yielded following findings 1 dmlh meaningful using specific keywords users retrieved items difficult find means general internet search sites 2 statistically significant improvement shown 15 disaster management literacy items evaluation dmlh leads proposal create effective disaster management literacy improvement students recognized three disaster management literacy categories cases disasters disaster management responses familiar agents people one responses agents environment including local communities governments