Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP), Maruzen-Yushodo Co., Ltd., Second Academy Co., Ltd., and Nihon Unisys Co., Ltd. jointly manage online classes and public lectures for working adults at the university. Developed and started to provide the service "Online Academy".
At universities, as a measure to prevent the infection of coronavirus, distance lessons using online conference systems are increasing instead of face-to-face lessons.However, since distance learning is not seamlessly connected to university lesson management, there are three issues in implementing smooth lesson management and long-term student learning management.
The first issue is that in providing information to the students in class management, the individual workload of faculty and staff, such as contacting the access destination of the conference system and sending teaching material data, is heavy, and there is confusion in notification errors and information acquisition. What happens. Second, distance learning using the conference system largely depends on the ICT skills of faculty and staff, and the qualitative inconvenience of the lesson is that it is not possible to sufficiently prepare lecture contents, teaching materials, etc. and follow up on questions and answers. Stability. The third is that the actual communication on the online conference system is confirmed by analog means, from the attendance status to the management of the learning progress, and the learning status cannot be grasped accurately.
To address these issues, the four companies can utilize the services of Second Academy, which manages public lectures for working adults nationwide, to centrally manage multiple online classes and courses at universities, and deliver necessary information. Developed "Online Academy" and started offering it.The service provision amount (example) is about 4 yen for the initial introduction cost and about 100 yen for the annual operation cost (monthly usage fee and start fee) when conducting 20 online courses at the university.
In the future, we will provide an "online academy" for universities and organizations that want to realize smooth distance learning through regular courses, correspondence courses, and open lectures for working adults.In addition, by linking with the e-book service and textbook / teaching material service that DNP is jointly promoting with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation and East Japan Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation, it will be possible to use electronic textbooks and teaching materials on this service. Aim for sales of 2025 billion yen in 20 for related services such as.
