Creating an Online Study Abroad Center

本研究项目旨在调查支持自主的在线自学中心，并创建一个在线留学中心（OSAC），以支持准备在英语国家学习的日本大学生。iBooks作者软件提供的功能保证了对OSAC自学材料的适当平台的重新考虑。我们决定将OSAC的大部分资料从专门的网站上转移，并将其纳入交互式海外学习文本（ISAT）。根据学生通过过去的研究获得的感知需求，创建了十类材料。通过使用OSAC和ISAT，学生们表示他们的考试成绩和整体交际能力有了明显的提高。

This research project aimed to investigate autonomy supportive online self-access centers and to create an Online Study Abroad Center'(OSAC) which would support Japanese university students who are preparing to study in an English speaking country. The functionality that the iBooks Author software offers warranted a reconsideration of the appropriate platform for the OSAC self-study material. A decision was made to switch the location of much of the OSAC material from the dedicated website and incorporate it into an Interactive Study Abroad Text (ISAT). Ten categories of material were created based on the perceived needs of the students gained through past research. By using the OSAC and the ISAT students stated that their test scores and overall communicative competence showed a marked improvement.