Study of the Learning Effect and E-learning Initiatives of the National Examination Format

[Purpose] To investigate the possibility of studying via e-learning, through analysis of the correlations among internet literacy and experience of e-learning via implementation of the national examination format e-learning initiative. [Subjects and Methods] Second- and third-year physical therapy students. The learning effect was analyzed using academic assessments of before and after e-learning, and groups with and without experience of e-learning in a two-factor mixed-design analysis of variance. The correlation between the level of internet literacy and the e-learning result was also investigated. [Results] The mean scores of 2nd- and 3rd-year students rose after the implementation of the e-learning. In the analysis of variance of the 2nd-year students, a main effect of the intra-examinee factor was found, and the interaction effect was significant. [Conclusion] It is considered that the learning effect of the e-learning initiative is high among the 2nd-year students.