2015 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 1_213-1_219
The present paper proposes and tests a new method for evaluating educational effect of collaborative education. Education Network for Practical Information Technologies (enPiT) provides a nationwide collaborative graduate education in information science aiming to elevate practical skills. There are two problems in assessing educational effect of a collaborative education program aiming to raise practical skills. First, students' practical skills are not determinable with questionnaires assessing the level of expertise. Second, it would be impractical to use common index for graduate students from various curriculums. The authors combined questionnaire to assess learning experience and behavior characteristics of the participants to provide a common criteria to assess practical skills of graduate students from various curriculums.
