Chiaki Iwasaki|Yasuhiro Tada|Tomoki Furukawa|Kaede Sasaki|Yoshinori Yamada|Tsutomu Nakazawa|Tomoya Ikezawa
Design of e-learning and online tutoring as learning support for academic writing
Kansai University|Kansai University|Kansai University|Kansai University|Osaka Sangyo University|Kansai University|Asia University
purpose purpose paper discuss development assessment learning support environments academic writing utilize ict elearning online tutoring japanese higher education first authors introduce design elearning writing program japanese language assess whether program effective learning support tool undergraduates second authors analyze assess online tutoring support academic writing clarify merits disadvantages online offline tutoring writing centers suggest instructional strategies analyzing writing tutoring process designmethodologyapproach authors adopted elearning goals assess effectiveness authors asked participants questions could answer fivepoint scales conducted paired test included free descriptiontype questionnaire assess online tutoring 12 students took pre posttest questionnaires authors conducted wilcoxon signed rank test addition authors carried kruskalwallis rank sum test order confirm differences satisfaction level effectiveness facetoface tutoring online tutoring findings analyzing pre posttest results test confirmed students found elearning system effective nurturing academic literacy means system appropriate support tool nurturing academic writing especially writing knowledge rules university must provide comprehensive learning support environment including elearning next authors found statistically significant difference facetoface online tutoring although problems writing process remained online tutoring opportunity promote autonomous learning research results make clear writing centers potential effectiveness utilizing ict tools originalityvalue research findings academic writing improve tutoring process writing strategies use ict academic writing support like elearning online tutoring exist provide learning opportunity learners promote autonomous learning elearning online tutoring important reasons noted necessary provide alternative writing support environment students japan therefore authors report assess development learning support environments elearning programs online tutoring academic writing undergraduate level japan