Abstract
Tokyo Tech faculty members and staff began developing online courses hosted on the edX website in 2014, by working with student teaching assistants (TAs). In 2016, Tokyo Tech received a grant from Japan′s Ministry of Education (MEXT) to establish a Graduate Student Assistant (GSA) educational training program using both coursework taught for credit and on-the-job training (OJT) to development students′ online course-making knowledge and skills. Furthermore, GSAs were actively involved in assisting instructors in teaching undergraduate courses in the classroom and online forming a “learning community” with students, peers, instructors and staff. GSA online course development skills and learning analytic skills were also sharpened by holding workshops on campus with experts. In the Coronavirus era, where education has shifted to online content delivery exclusively, training GSA to create online courses is a practical way to support faculty, develop new online courses for the general public (outreach) as well as to train doctoral students who will become future academic faculty.
