Web-based Learning in Remedial Course of Science and Technology

We have been experimentally developing a web-based learning (e-learning) system for remedial courses of science and technology in higher education over last four years. We have improved several functions of the LMS and created more than 3000 contents, for practical use in educational institutions. In 2005, 12000 Japanese users including the learners in 80 secondary education institutions use our e-learning system. In the present paper, first, we report the outline of our project including the construction of system and the result of a case study in the remedial education. Second, we report a challenge to extend to an agent-based personal assistant application, aiming to effectively use educational resources in our e-learning system.