A Learning Support System Based on Question-posing by Learners and Effectiveness of Its Application to a Distributed Asynchronous Environment

Abstract

The authors have developed a learning support system based on question-posing by learners and have applied it to a distributed asynchronous environment since 2006. Based on the results of application, they enhanced the system. In this paper, they analyzed the results of application in terms of effectiveness of the system to a distributed asynchronous environment. As the analytical results, they found the learners who actively posed questions marked higher score of the final examination than the learners who inactively posed, and that the learners who actively posed high quality questions increased the score of the midterm examination to the score of the final examination than the learners who inactively posed. In addition, they found providing the system motivated learners to learn.