社会人遠隔学習者に対する教育の質保証: ICTを活用した包括的サポートシステム

摘要

The authors have previously proposed and continued to use various support techniques for adult students engaged in distance learning at the Shinshu University Graduate School on the Internet. We are focusing in particular on two types of support. The first is individual student support which exploits the unique characteristics of e-learning-i.e., the ability of students to begin studying at any time, and the ability to ascertain the study histories of individual students in real-time. The second is laboratory student support which aims to establish communication between students, and between students and teaching staff. This presentation discusses evaluation of these support techniques from the perspective of (1) evaluation relating to progress in the course, (2) evaluation relating to maintenance of motivation, (3) effectiveness of flexible modification of the study plan, and (4) the relationship between posts to the laboratory forum and progress in the course. For the system developed to provide this support, we evaluate (1) reducing the burden of support by using the system, and (2) evaluating the learning progress prediction feature which was prototyped in this system.%著者らはこれまで信州大学インターネット大学院において，遠隔地で学ぶ社会人学生に対する様々なサポート手法を提案し，運用を続けてきた．特に，何時でも履修を開始でき個々の学生の履修履歴がリアルタイムで把握できるというe－Learningの特徴を生かした個別学生サポートと，学生間および学生と指導教員のコミュニケーション確立を目指した研究室学生サポートに取り組んでいる．本発表では，これらのサポート手法の評価を，（1）履修進度に関する評価，（2）モチベーション維持に関する評価，（3）履修計画の柔軟な変更の効果，（4）研究室掲示板への書込みと履修進度の関係の観点から論じる．さらに，本サポートを行うために開発したサポート支援システムについて，（1）システムによるサポート負荷軽減の評価，（2）システムで試作した学習進捗予想機能の評価を行う．