ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
Jun 22, 2009
Editors
George Siemens; Catherine Fulford
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 657
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Old School to New School: Can Technology Open New Doors to Enhance Student Learning?
Loren Ryan, Columbia College, United States
In this “Best Practices” session, participants will be introduced to an online learning management system used by the presenter as an integral component in teaching education courses in a college... More
pp. 3056-3065
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Adapting to Student Learning Styles: Using Cell Phone Technology in Undergraduate Science Instruction
Deborah Sauder, Candace Timpte, Richard Pennington, Mai Yin Tsoi, Julia Barker Paredes & David Pursell, Georgia Gwinnett College, United States
Abstract: Students of science traditionally make 3x5 flash cards to assist learning nomenclature, structures, and reactions. Advances in educational technology have enabled flash cards viewed on ... More
pp. 3066-3071
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Pursuing the Elusive Metaphor of Community in Virtual Learning Environments
Richard A. Schwier, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Social networking software sites are often mistakenly called learning communities, betraying a significant lack of agreement or concern for what actually constitutes a community. However, social... More
pp. 3072-3082
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Competence Development Games and Their Capacity to Decrease Skill Shortage
Jens Siemon, University of Hamburg, Germany
In the last years a paradoxical situation is characterizing the German labor market. On the one hand the unemployment rate fluctuates on a level that can be called mass unemployment. On the other... More
pp. 3083-3090
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Peer Assessment: A Strategy for Learning in a Technology Driven Environment
Rosemary Skeele, Seton Hall University, United States
Blending peer assessment and new technologies enhances college teaching and promotes learning in the wide variety of settings in which adult learning occurs. The role of peer assessment as a... More
pp. 3091-3099
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Blogging for Learning: Improving Teaching Strategies for Implementing Blogs in Higher Education
Katrina Strampel & Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Worldwide, instructors in higher education are implementing blogging technology in their classrooms to help students articulate and share their learning with peers and experts. . Despite the... More
pp. 3100-3105
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Teaching Digital Media Production in Online Instruction: Strategies and Recommendations
Lisa Tripp, Florida State University, United States
This paper discusses an online graduate course, Digital Media: Concepts and Production. The course is geared for students in Information and Library Science, most of whom are novices to Web 2.0 and... More
pp. 3106-3111
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University students’ online information searching strategies for well-structured and ill-structured scientific problems
Meng-Jung Tsai, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
This paper presents a study of students’ online information searching strategies for scientific problems. It examined the impacts of types of scientific problems (ill-structured v.s. well... More
pp. 3112-3114
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College students' conceptions of u-learning
Pei-Shan Tsai, Graduate Institute of Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Chin-Chung Tsai, Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education and Graduate Institute of Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Gwo-Haur Hwang, Department of Information Management, Ling Tung University, Taiwan; Gwo-Jen Hwang, Department of Information and Learning Technology, National University of Tainan, Taiwan; Yu-Fang Yang, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taiwan
The purpose of this study was to explore 14 college students' conceptions of u-learning. The research data were collected from interviews with each of the students by a trained researcher... More
pp. 3115-3118
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Addressing Adult Learning Needs Through Blended Learning Environments
Amy Tucker, Simon Fraser University, Canada
ABSTRACT/SUMMARY: Blended (also known as hybrid learning) environments are increasingly becoming popular as an alternative instructional delivery method for institutions of higher education all... More
pp. 3119-3122
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Internet-based Performance Centred Instruction in the “e-Training Microsystems Technologies” Project
Slavka Tzanova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria; Norocel Codreanu, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania
In this paper an international project on development of an eLearning performance support system in microsystems is presented. It is a two-year project within the European program Leonardo da Vinci... More
pp. 3123-3127
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Game-based learning guidance model based on the 12,500 user’s log
Yoriko Watanabe, Ryodai Furuno, Koki Hoshi, Masahiro Yachi & Sachiko Mitsuhashi, Benesse Corporation Tokyo Head Office, Japan; Kanji Akahori, Center for Research on Educational Testing / Hakuoh University, Japan
The effectiveness of games in learning had already been studied in “Motivating Login”. This paper describes the effectiveness of games as a part of the Blended Learning. We analyzed the log data... More
pp. 3128-3133
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Designing Optimal Educational Experiences
Olga Werby, Pipsqueak Productions, LLC, United States
“Flow” is an optimal experience, where a participant is so positively engaged with the activity that he looses all sense of time. Product designers have introduced the concept of “flow” to improve ... More
pp. 3134-3144
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The Effect of Integrating Web 2.0 Technology in Collaborative Note-taking on Elementary Students' Science Learning
Chiu-Yi Wu, Ssu-Wei Chen, Cheng-Huan Chen & Chiung-Hui Chiu, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, R.O.C., Taiwan
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of collaborative note-taking and to find the difference between co-editing note-taking and sharing note-taking in science learning... More
pp. 3145-3153
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Modeling the Process of Solving ill-structured Design Problems – A Case Study of an Interactive Design Class
Chun-Ping Wu, TamKang University, Taiwan; Shu-Ling Wu, National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan
Critical thinking is essential in solving diverse ill-structured problem when learners enter the job market. The previous studies suggested that problem-based learning could engage learners in... More
pp. 3154-3158
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Using a Multimedia Storytelling to Improve Students' Learning Performance
Wan-Chi Wu & Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Digital Storytelling (DST) on the critical thinking (CT), problem solving (PS), and academic achievement of senior high school students.... More
pp. 3159-3166
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Lessons Learned from Three Years of Videoconferencing between EFL Classrooms and a Native English Speaker
Wen-chi Vivian Wu, Providence University, Taiwan; Michael Marek, Wayne State College, United States; Pin-hsiang Natalie Wu, Chienkuo Technology University, Taiwan
This paper presents finding from several semesters of a project in which an American native speaker of English spoke “live” via Internet videoconference to Taiwanese EFL students. Qualitative and ... More
pp. 3167-3174
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Web-Based Pedagogical Agent to Facilitate Critical Thinking in Nursing
Diane Morey, College of the Canyons, United States
A web-based pedagogical agent was utilized in facilitating critical thinking in students in the final semester of their associate degree nursing program. A series of three nursing case studies... More
pp. 3175-3178
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Learning through Argumentation with Cognitive Virtual Companions
Xuehong Tao & Yin-Leng Theng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Nicola Yelland, Victoria University, Australia; Zhiqi Shen & Chunyan Miao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Argumentation plays an important role in learning processes. However, due to the difficulties in modeling human cognitive processes with computers, there are few computer-based learning systems... More
pp. 3179-3194
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Pick and Click: Web-based Graphical Matching Assessments, Made Easy
Samantha Birk & Raymond Gildner, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States
Graphical matching exercises are an established assessment technique, but producing them for web-based learning has proven difficult and expensive. In this paper, we present pick and click, a... More
pp. 3195-3198
