Japan journal of educational technology 34(1) 55-66 Jun 2010
This paper describes the effects of an e-learning system with a feedback system in blended learning environments of information and communication technology education at a Japanese university. The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship among the factors. (1) The degree to which students could access the e-learning system and their responses to the system, (2) their self-regula...
Japan journal of educational technology 33(3) 299-308 Jan 2010
The authors created a learning community using the social networking service (SNS), where pre-service teachers can communicate online by writing diaries and exchanging comments in order to promote students' reflection on the pre-service teacher training, and to provide social support and a positive teaching and working attitude during the training. A classroom evaluation was conducted which con...
Japan journal of educational technology 32(3) 305-314 Dec 2008
This paper describes the exploring of the relationship between the effects of the e-learning system, students' motivation and their self-regulated learning strategies in blended learning environments. 125 university students participated in the information technology education course in blended learning environments. First, we investigated how they used the e-learning system outside of school h...
MITATE Yoshitaka, NAGAI Masahiro, KITAZAWA Takeshi, UENO Jun
Japan journal of educational technology 32(2) 189-196 Oct 2008
What factors are responsible for boosting students' interest in study and their satisfaction in their university life? Students at this university were polled on various possible factors. We analyzed and sampled the survey results in order to fully examine any causal relationship between samples, based on structural equation models. It was revealed that communication between teachers and studen...
Japan journal of educational technology 29(1) 1-9 Jul 2005
This paper describes the development of a digital portfolio retrieval system entitled Portfolio Retrieval for Investigating Useful Material (PRIUM) which reflects keyword similarity. PRIUM was used as an information retrieval tool for an Information Communication Technology (ICT) education class at a primary school. The findings are that elementary school students who used PRIUM could find elec...
NAGAI Masahiro, KITAZAWA Takeshi, KOSHIKAWA Hiroaki, KATO Hiroshi, AKAHORI Kanji
Japan journal of educational technology 28(4) 333-342 Apr 2005
The authors of this paper have conducted research into Web-based collaborative learning, using a bulletin board system enhanced with a knowledge map we created, known as 'NakSun'. The knowledge map was demonstrated to be useful for collaborative learning, and was further improved when combined with feedback based on formative evaluation. This also had the intended effect of increasing the enthu...
The aim of this paper is to examine the design of learning environments involving portfolio assessment applied in e-learning with recent studies and frameworks. Research in this field is largely in its early stages, and the study of schemes for utilizing portfolio assessment for e-learning takes the learner-centered approach. Some studies have made progress by taking account of new frameworks f...
