Analysis of Student Activity in a Virtual Seminar Using a Seminar Management System

Abstract

In recent years, there has been growing demand for collaboration among experts from different fields to address social problems. In this research, we aim to build a “virtual seminar”, which is a learning form through remote communication in which education and research communities among multiple universities share mutual management resources with the aim of fostering collaborative skills among university students. As an information infrastructure system, we developed and operated a seminar management system (SMS) equivalent to a lecture learning management system. Using the SMS, we conducted a virtual seminar between two universities and clarified the actual situation of learning in the virtual seminar and problems in the learning environment based on comparative analysis of self/peer assessment data of students.