Development and Trial of Project-Based Learning Support System in Higher Education (<Special Issue>Studies on Practical Use of e-Learning)

Abstract

This paper describes development of a Web-based application for Project Based Learning (PEL) in higher education. The application referred to as ProjectBoard (PB) is developed to encourage learners taking a view of their PEL through sharing status and outputs of the activity among learners and groups. The evaluation in an undergraduate course shows that the students use PB actively for their work, and feel good toward PB. The analysis reveals that PB is effective to grasp and reexamine task sharing in PEL.