An English class using customized smartphone-compatible online study material

A set of online study material, to be used instead of a textbook, was made for a customized English course for nursing students.Techniques of HTML5 and JavaScript were employed to make the material usable on PC, tablet, or smartphone.The material provided a game-like experience to increase motivation, requiring the students to interact with the computer not merely by clicking, but in such ways as listening to spoken English and typing English input.A survey at the end of the course showed that the great majority of the students did not feel inconvenienced by the lack of a textbook, and found it convenient that the course material was available online anywhere.However, the number who accessed the material frequently by smartphone was very small.The free comments seemed to indicate that overall satisfaction with the course was high.