【Short Report】

Digital Teaching Questionnaire Results
デジタルティーチングに関する調査結果

James Charlton
Lecturer at Digital Hollywood University

This short report outlines the results of a questionnaire taken by 100 Japanese university students learning English asa second language using interactive digital teaching methods over the course of a year. Results showed that a majority ofstudents found; lessons were easier to understand, it was easier to take notes, content was easier to see, and lessons weremore fun than traditional teaching methods. The conclusion made was that students may prefer more teachers use thesemethods, and thus more research and inituatives in this area may be favorable.
Keywords：computer assisted language learning, digital language learning, interactive language learning,
digital teaching methods, online classroom

At the end of the fourth quarter of the 2018 - 2019school year, one hundred Digital University students were・Using Nearpod helps me take notes more easily: 61%
positiveasked to take an optional questionnaire on the digital・I prefer learning with Nearpod: 71% positive

learning experience they had had that year.

・I want more teachers to use Nearpod: 59% positive

Of the 100 respondents, 25 were female and 75 male. Of
them 51 were first grade students undertaking mandatory
English Communication and Production lectures, and 49

The latter 5 questions inquired if more traditional teaching
methods would be preferred.

were second and third grade students undertaking an
optional English Content lecture.

・Using Nearpod is too difficult: 12% positive

All students were participating in courses taught by the・I prefer doing tests on paper: 7% positive

author of this report using Digital Teaching software called

・I prefer writing notes on paper: 8% positive

Nearpod. Nearpod is interactive presentation software that・I prefer using textbooks: 7% positive

allows the sharing of information to and from students in・I prefer the teacher writing on the whiteboard: 9% positive

realtime during a lecture, as well the ability to partake ininteractive quizzes and games.

The final question inquired if any courses that currently do

The respondents were using a mixture of devices to accessnot use any digital teaching methods, would in fact benefit

the Nearpod software during lectures; 30 using Mac, 65from using them. 34% responded that technical classes suchusing Windows, 18 using Android smartphones, 38 using

as 3DCG and programming would benefit. 39% responded

iPhone smartphones, 14 using iPad tablet computers,that English Core EAP would benefit. 4% said that in fact

and 5 using Android tablet computers. Additionally 89 ofthey prefer lessons without Nearpod.

the respondents used their preferred browser software on
their device to access Nearpod, whilst 27 used the native

From these data it would suggest that students areNearpod application downloaded from the Apple AppStore.

generally positive toward using digital learning methods

The questionnaire asked eleven questions with a 5-point
Likert scale; strongly disagree, disagree, somewhat agree,agree, strongly agree with the latter two options being usedin analysis to represent a positive response.
The first 6 questions focussed on any benefits of using
Nearpod and digital teaching in general.
・Using Nearpod helps me understand the lesson content
better: 87% positive
・Using Nearpod helps me see the lesson content moreeasily: 83% positive
・Learning with Nearpod is fun: 77% positive

93 ｜ DHU JOURNAL Vol.06 2019at university and perhaps more initiatives to include themshould be considered in the future.