Osamu HASEGAWA

Moodle is an opensource LMS that is distributed under the GNU General Public License, and is one of the worlds most common LMSs. It is used also in many Japanese higher education institutions, and unlike commercial LMSs, Moodle often needs some self-help efforts for sustainable and continuous operation. This document describes how Moodle development is organized in a sustainable way, and examples of how Moodle sites in Japanese Universities are stably administrated and maintained.

In the present study, we propose an operational scheme of e-Learning utilization in elementary and secondary education, abstracting key issues from knowledge obtained in our case study performed in Hokkaido area for 10 years. Our scheme consists of operation of the e-Learning system with distributed management roles, maintenance of drill-type of materials under systematic body of knowledge, and supporting service in collaboration with the university, and regional elementary and secondary educations. The validity of our scheme is discussed, using the data obtained from the case study such as results of questionnaires for both learners and teachers, and access data to the e-Learning system.