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Ability Grouping for Teaching Computer Literacy Classes
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2000:1

Akira Harada & Michio Nakanishi, Osaka University, Japan

This paper shows that ability grouping in the middle of a semester is effective for teaching computer literacy to freshmen who have a variety of skill levels. Three teachers including the authors have been teaching a computer literacy course to...

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Automatic question generation using knowledge capture from Web
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education(ELEARN)2009:1

Toru Ochi, Hiroshima International University, Japan; Michio Nakanishi, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan

The advent of various WBT systems appear attractive to teachers, however, making learning material is still a time consuming job. This paper presents a method to automatically generate questions for studying computer network management in Japanese. ...

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Assessment of Class Organization based on the Computer Skill Level
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2001:1

Akira Harada & Michio Nakanishi, Osaka Univ., Japan

We have been teaching a computer literacy course to over 140 freshmen a year majoring in Human Sciences in Osaka University. We adopted the ability grouping strategy for the course, and found the class re-organization based on the midterm exam...

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Skill-based class organization for reducing anxiety in computer literacy course
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2003:1

Akira Harada, Koshien University, Japan; Michio Nakanishi, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan

To reduce computer anxiety we have been adopting skill-based class organization for several years. This paper discusses the result of our attempt in 2001 and 2002 in the computer literacy course in a university. The "operation anxiety" is defined...

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PEN: A Programming Environment for Novices — Overview and Practical Lessons —
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2008:1

Tomohiro Nishida, Osaka Gakuin University, Japan; Akira Harada, Koshien Junior College, Japan; Tomoko Yoshida, Kyoto Notre Dame University, Japan; Ryota Nakamura, Semboku Senior High School, Japan; Michio Nakanishi, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan; Hirotoshi Toyoda, Kota Abe, Hayato Ishibashi & Toshio Matsuura, Osaka City University, Japan

The new integrated programming environment for novices (PEN) is designed for introductory programming lectures. The language constructs including input/output instructions of PEN are expressed in Japanese, so that novices can understand the meaning...

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