Development of a Blended Learning System for Engineering Students Studying Intellectual Property Law, and an Analysis of the Relationship between System Usage and the Knowledge Acquisition Process

In response to calls for engineering students taking face-to-face classes on the topic of intellectual property law to study more practical content, as well as observations of students' knowledge development, we have developed (and are currently operating) an e-learning system that can be used as a blended learning system, with video recordings of lectures plus a variety of additional functions such as practice exercises. In this paper, we analyze differences in knowledge acquisition resulting from how this e-learning system is used. The results show a tendency for learners who have enthusiastically engaged with the practice exercises to score better in application problems, even if they have not watched videos of the lectures.