The instructional effects of on-line tests on the large-scale IT courses

Kumamoto University implements basic courses of information technologies as required subjects of all faculties from 2002. They can be assumed as large-scale courses because there are approximately 1,800 learners respectively. They are managed by sharing the identical contents in the blended learning style. WebCT is applied as a LMS from 2003. For the confirmation of the achievement and the relearning with the item that cannot be achieved, nearly 20 on-line tests (quiz) are implemented for a year. All the tests can be taken repeatedly for a fixed period. This paper shows the instructional effect based on the statistical data of the on-line tests, based on the results of all the 13 on-line tests implemented at the course of "The Basic Course of Information Technologies B" in the second semester of 2003.