「日本語作文」のブレンデッドラーニング -大学LMSを使用した授業実践-

Abstract

This paper is a practical report of blended learning (BL) using university's learning management system (LMS). "Japanese composition" was conducted in the 1st semester of 2017 as a BL class using LMS. After the semester, 40 students who attended the course answered questionnaires about "collaborator background survey", "class satisfaction survey" and "E-class related survey". The result shows that class satisfaction and learning achievement were high, but there was no direct involvement with using LMS. In addition, although 62.5% of the learners were generally evaluating positive about LMS, 37.5% were "not thinking" situation. It is speculated that this may be the reason why about 40% of the eight detailed items were selected as "ordinary" in the LMS satisfaction survey of the university. In addition, even positive learners to use LMS, it was founded that they felt weak consciousness and refusal due to system problems such as LMS interface accessibility, processing speed, file upload capacity and so on. Regarding the use of LMS in Japanese classes, learners want more fixed functions such as uploading materials and submitting tasks, rather than bidirectional communication and mutual exchange. Also, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that many learners requested uploading of the whole class video materals although not available on LMS currently. As the online educational environment of the university is rapidly progressing, I looked back on the current situation of LMS from the evaluation of learners. However, the design of teaching and activities as well as the class management are the responsibility of the teacher. The teacher himself needs to understand and prepare for the new educational environment and paradigm. The findings of this paper can serve as a starting point for considering ways to improve in Japanese classes in the new educational paradigm.