Benefits of Online Course Diary Tool on Teaching and Learning Experience

Recently it has become increasingly difficult for teachers to get a grip on student’s learning experience, especially in the ear of distance-learning. This study analyzes teachers’ experiences in using an online monitoring tool of students’ metacognitive states. Through the open-ended questionnaire, we collected teachers’ reasoning to start using this new tool. We elaborated on the effect of this on teaching and learning and compared the official static course feedback with the dynamic provided by the tool. Our results show that teachers use this tool to understand student learning status more deeply and adjust the course according to the feedback. Moreover, teachers reported that they have been getting better quality summative course feedback after starting to use the tool.