Development of a Module-based, E-learning Platform for Studies on Teaching Design

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K12918
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Tokai University
Principal Investigator	Yoshinari Yuichiro 東海大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (20318166)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords	eラーニング / モジュール型 / ラーニング・デザイン / 学習モジュール / ラーニングデザイン / モジュール組立型eラーニング
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Research studies on e-learning have focused mainly on how smoothly learners can go forward through the fixed order of contents as if they were riding along on rails. The issue is that there is little room for teachers to modify this fixed order or design their own teaching procedures in this system. The new e-learning platform, however, is module-based so teachers can design their own process by assembling their own modules. Several types of modules have been developed and some are aimed at stimulating the students’ thinking and discussions. Future research is expected to explore this new approach to e-learning.