Using Web-based Resources to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Dazhi Yang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1797–1801

This paper discusses two major obstacles of using web-based resources for teaching and learning from both instructors' and learners' perspectives. It further provides the strategies that address the two obstacles. Web-based resources in this context ...

Topics: Internet, Learning Objects

A Service Learning Project of Information Security Risk Assessment for K12 School Corporations

Dazhi Yang; Melissa Dark

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1672–1677

Abstract: This paper reports a service learning project of an information security risk assessment in a K12 school corporation. The project team constructed a customized risk assessment process in the selected school corporation. The team evaluated...

Topics: Assessment, Schools

A Model for Generating Discipline-based Guidelines for Developing and Delivering Online Courses

Dazhi Yang; Jennifer Richardson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1533–1538

This paper proposes a model on how to create discipline-based guidelines for designing and delivering online courses in different content areas. The model can also facilitate the collaborations of subject matter experts (SMEs) and online learning...

Topics: Learning Objects

The Impact of Barriers on the Quality of Students’ Postings in Asynchronous Discussions: A Case Study

Larissa Olesova; Dazhi Yang; Jennifer Richardson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 593–600

This research study examined the impact of barriers on the quality of asynchronous discussions in online learning environment. A case study framework has been used to investigate changes in the quality of students' postings while they participated...

The Impact of Cross-Cultural Differences on Learner Participation and Communication in Asynchronous Discussions

Dazhi Yang; Larissa Olesova; Jennifer Richardson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 825–829

Globalization of online education is a growing trend. Higher education institutions and corporate organizations are increasingly offering online programs, classes, and trainings that involve students and learners from multiple countries and cultures....

Discourse Practice of Computational Thinking

Sasha Wang; Yu-hui Ching; Steve Swanson; Youngkyun Baek; Dazhi Yang; Bhaskar Chittoori

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 341–346

This paper provides a snapshot of a teacher’s discourse practice while facilitating a group of two students in a computational thinking infused robotic activity while completing a task. The interactions between the teacher and her students have...

Topics: Computational Thinking

Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Value of Online Discussions: A Comparison between Education and Engineering Students

Peggy Ertmer; Nuray Temur Gedik; Jennifer Richardson; Dazhi Yang; Tim Newby

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 366–371

This study was designed to determine how undergraduate students in an introductory educational technology course (n=360) and an introductory computer engineering course (n=155) at a large Mid-western university responded to the use of online...

Facilitating a Robotics Program in an After-school Context: Elementary School Teachers' Perceived Learning

Yu-Hui Ching; Sasha Wang; Dazhi Yang; Youngkyun Baek; Steve Swanson; Bhaskar Chittoori

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1762–1767

This paper presents a case study on a prolonged professional development for six elementary school teachers through the facilitation of a robotics program in an after-school context. The preliminary data analysis shows that the six participating...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies