생물교육 활성화를 위한 생물교육 자료 및 정보 센터의 활용도 분석

Abstract

This research was intended to find suggestions for improving a website on biology education("Biology Education Resources and Information Center (BERIC)". BERIC website consists of six main menus.「Bulletin Board」, 「Biology Education Forum」, 「The Searching for Biology Education Research Materials」, 「Students' Biology Inquiry Activity」, 「Biology Teaching Materials」, 「Dept. of Biology Education」.As the result of analysis on access log files, the use of BERIC Website was increased steadily from July in 1996 to June in 2001. The use of 「Students' Biology Inquiry Activity」 was the highest among six menus, and followed by 「Biology Education Forum」 and 「Biology Teaching Materials」. Wednesday and Thursday in a week, 16:00∼18:00 and 20:00∼22:00 in a day showed the highest rate of use. In conclusion, the directions for improving BERIC website to activate biology education can be suggested as follows; we have to1) develop and service more qualified and abundant learning and teaching materials 2) try to find the strategies for active communication among the persons related to biology education, 3) improve the speed of server response and data processing, 4) design the website for users to use conveniently and efficiently, and 5) check the needs of users periodically through the analysis of log files and reflect on managing a website.