Practical use of e-learning courses that visualize the performance and motivaton of students

―Studies on three e-learning courses in Otsuma Management Academy―

Abstract

　Otsuma Management Academy (OMA) is an extracurricular career education program in Otsuma Women’s University. In 2016, for the students who could not attend classes, it introduced the first e-learning course “Literacy and applications for Current Topics” by smartphone or PC. After gathering many participants in the first e-learning course, OMA introduced next e-learning courses that can enrich English vocabulary in 2017. One is “English vocabulary Queen” and the other is “English vocabulary Examination”. OMA prepared three e-learning courses in 2017. One of the strength of e-learning system is the visualization of the students’ performance and motivation thanks to the LMS (Learning Management System). There were are phenomena. First, the habit of learning is observed in the case of passive learning, the students receive the questions at the fixed time every day. On the other hand, in the case that the students can recognize their performance immediately, many students drop out of the courses. This second case means that the visualization for the student is not always effective. New functions of e-learning system that meet the motivation of the students are required.