Promoting the experiential learning by story-sharing in university students with developmental disabilities-Construction of the Web-based support system-

Based on the working hypothesis that promoting the experiential learning in the field of story-sharing is useful in psycho-social support for university students with developmental disabilities, a Web-based support system designated Psycho-Social Networking Service(PSNS) was constructed. PSNS worked as "Ba", that is shared context in motion, where the students could make sense on their experience both in daily life and imagination. Qualitative analyses were performed on the data collected from the texts exchanged on PSNS, which described how their transformative process had been unfolded. A model of support system for university students with developmental disabilities was proposed.