Kansai University summarized the distance learning conducted in the spring semester of 2020 from the three perspectives of faculty, staff, and students, and published it in the "Newsletter Special Issue" issued by the Education Development Support Center.In addition to practical reports on distance learning, it also introduces hardship stories from both teachers and students, and reports from class support student assistants who provided "anything online consultation".
From April 2020, 4, we started full-scale distance learning instead of face-to-face lessons at Kansai University.In addition to improving the system and learning environment required for distance learning, there are 20 FD training and consultation sessions (Japanese and English) for teachers (April 21st to July 4rd) for the purpose of quality assurance of education. ), And was used by a total of 1 faculty members.
From the students who actually experienced the distance lesson, "It was good that I could take the lecture at my favorite timing" "I was able to make effective use of my free time because I did not have time to travel" "It is deep that I can listen to the same lecture repeatedly" While the merits such as "leading to learning" were mentioned, there were also problems such as "the burden of printing lecture materials is heavy", "the amount of tasks is enormous compared to face-to-face lessons", and "the network environment is unstable". Was done.
From the faculty members, "In real-time lectures, students can maintain a high level of tension and motivation." "I was able to see the shape of this." "It was a valuable learning experience for me because I shared the experience and know-how of distance learning and had a place to discuss with teachers from other faculties, which I usually do not have much opportunity to do." You can use it to improve the quality of the lessons by looking at the lectures objectively. "
From the staff, "With the implementation of distance lessons, we received more than 1 inquiries a day, mainly from teachers and new students, on days when there were many inquiries about operation methods, etc." For students who have difficulty in creating lessons, the university has prepared a "Kandai Convenience Print" service (up to 200 sheets, without individual student burden) that allows students to print lecture materials related to distance learning at major convenience stores. " "As a device to reduce the number of inquiries, it is essential to open a special homepage for distance lessons that contains manuals for teachers and students, such as how to use each service. I felt that there was no problem, "and other management initiatives and issues were reported.
In addition, the online-style student counseling "Anything Online Counseling", which is mainly handled by the class support SA, is held from June 6th to July 8nd, and there are 7 cases such as worries about studying from new students and making friends. Consultations were received, and senior students responded to their kindness.
* Main forms of distance learning at Kansai University
Based on the learning support system "Kansai University LMS (Learning Management System)", about half of the students (XNUMX) conduct real-time distance lessons using Zoom etc.The other half were conducted in combination with (XNUMX) on-demand distribution lessons learned by watching lecture videos and (XNUMX) teaching material distribution type lessons.
