A study of students’ attitudes towards using ICT in a social constructivist environment

Yang Silin; David Kwok

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 33, No. 5 (Oct 31, 2017)

This study aims to examine the factors that support or hinder students\u2019 attitudes towards using information and communication technology (ICT) in problem-based learning (PBL) using the technology acceptance model (TAM) (Davis, 1989) among...

Comparing Communication Patterns within a Hybrid Professional Development Mathematics Course for Elementary Teachers

Janet Bowers Bowers; David Yang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4407–4412

Although online and hybrid models for instruction are gaining popularity in college courses, they are still very rarely seen in professional development programs for practicing teachers. The aim of this research is to evaluate the degree to which...

MUM – a Multi-Universe MOO

David Murphy; Guang Yang; Ivan Tomek

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1054–1059

MUM – a Multi-Universe MOO - is an innovative implementation of object-oriented MUDs, which are becoming popular as a basis of network-based collaborative work, education, and socialization. The paper starts with a brief review of MUD/MOO history,...

Topics: Cognition, Elementary Education, Literacy

Designing Hypermedia Systems for Instruction

Chia-Shing Yang; David M. Moore

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 24, No. 1 (1996) pp. 3–30

Explores the principles and theories relevant to the design of effective hypermedia courseware. Proposes a hypermedia design: micro-(node) design, dealing with the creation of discrete information screens; and macro-(links), dealing with the...

A Qualitative Study of Markers' Perceptions on Onscreen Marking in Five Subject Areas

Min Yang; Zi Yan; David Coniam

Educational Research and Evaluation Vol. 23, No. 7 (2017) pp. 290–310

This paper reports on a qualitative study on markers' perceptions of onscreen marking (OSM) in association with key influential factors of marking reliability. The study has made adaptations to an existing framework proposed by Black, Suto, and...

Effects of Narrated Heuristic Feedback and Gender on College Students’ Calculus Problem Solving Performance

Ying Xie; David Coffland; Fangyun Yang

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 31, No. 3 (July 2012) pp. 311–330

Multimodal feedback could promote college students’ conceptual, procedural and heuristic knowledge learning. This study used an experimental design to investigate the interaction effects of instructor’s narrated feedback (with procedural feedback...

How the Social Element in Game-based Learning Can Interfere With Learning Outcomes: An Examination of the Research Literature

Yang Chen; Michael Oxenrider; David Whittinghill

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1820–1830

This paper discusses the discovery of a pattern in the research literature suggesting the possibility of a detrimental effect on learning when social elements are used in educational video games. The chain of causality is as follows: social elements ...

Topics: Tools & Systems, research, Content Development

An Empirical Comparative Investigation of Operations Management Programmes: Demand, Content and Entrance Criteria within the Context of Internationalization

Chengbo Wang; Xuezhong Chen; David Edgar; Yang Zhao

International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 15–33

In higher education institutes (HEIs), Operations Management programmes (OMPs) are among those programmes attracting a substantial amount of international student enrollment. With the current situation that the government is reducing its funding...

The Construction of an Ontology-Based Ubiquitous Learning Grid

Ching-Jung Liao; Chien-Chih Chou; Jin-Tan David Yang

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 7, No. 3 (2009) pp. 1–25

The purpose of this study is to incorporate adaptive ontology into ubiquitous learning grid to achieve seamless learning environment. Ubiquitous learning grid uses ubiquitous computing environment to infer and determine the most adaptive learning...

Effects of instructor's facial expressions on students' learning with video lectures

Yang Wang; Qingtang Liu; Wenli Chen; Qiyun Wang; David Stein

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2019) pp. 1381–1395

This study investigated whether video lectures instructed by a heightened level of expressiveness instructor were better than those instructed by a conventional level of expressiveness instructor or audio‐only in promoting students' online learning, ...

Development and Evaluation of Two SCORM-Templates with Problem-Based Learning Theory

Ching-Kun Hsu; Chih-Kai Chang; Jin-Tan David Yang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 388–393

The purpose of this study is to examine learning outcomes of two Problem-Based Learning templates on SCORM-Compliant Sequencing and Navigation Specification. The study implements courseware by developing SCORM templates combined with PBL strategy...

Topics: Learning Objects, Learning Outcomes, Information Communication Technologies

Cogent：A Case Study of Meaningful Gamification in Education with Virtual Currency

Yang Chen; Terry Burton; Mihaela Vorvoreanu; David Whittinghill

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb 21, 2015) pp. 39–45

This paper analyzes students’ experience with Cogent, a virtual economy system used throughout the 4 years of a B.S. degree in a Technology major. The case study explains the rules of the Cogent system and investigates its effectiveness to motivate...

Meltdown: A Serious Game for Environmental Awareness on Climate Change

Yang Chen; Dhiraj Bodicherla; Benjamin Scott; David Whittinghill

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 388–394

As the effects of climate change become greater and more pronounced, so too, does the need to raise awareness about its widespread implications among members of the general public. This study examines research literature on environmental education...

Topics: Content Development, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

Lab-on-a-Chip Design-Build Project with a Nanotechnology Component in a Freshman Engineering Course

Yosef Allam; David L. Tomasko; Bruce Trott; Phil Schlosser; Yong Yang; Tiffany M. Wilson; John Merrill

Chemical Engineering Education (CEE) Vol. 42, No. 4 (2008) pp. 185–192

A micromanufacturing lab-on-a-chip project with a nanotechnology component was introduced as an alternate laboratory in the required first-year engineering curriculum at The Ohio State University. Nanotechnology is introduced in related reading and...

Level of abstraction and feelings of presence in virtual space: Business English negotiation in Open Wonderland

Judy F. Chen; Clyde A. Warden; David Wen-Shung Tai; Farn-Shing Chen; Chich-Yang Chao

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 3 (November 2011) pp. 2126–2134

Virtual spaces allow abstract representations of reality that not only encourage student self-directed learning but also reinforce core content of the learning objective through visual metaphors not reproducible in the physical world. One of the...

Language: English

Learning Portfolio Analysis and Mining for SCORM Compliant Environment

Jun-Ming Su; Shian-Shyong Tseng; Wei Wang; Jui-Feng Weng; Jin Tan David Yang; Wen-Nung Tsai

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) pp. 262–275

With vigorous development of the Internet, e-learning system has become more and more popular. Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 2004 provides the Sequencing and Navigation (SN) Specification to define the course sequencing behavior,...

Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment for 21st Century Learning

J. Michael Spector; Dirk Ifenthaler; Demetrios Sampson; Lan Yang; Evode Mukama; Amali Warusavitarana; Kulari Lokuge Dona; Koos Eichhorn; Andrew Fluck; Ronghuai Huang; Susan Bridges; Jiingyan Lu; Youqun Ren; Xiaoqing Gui; Christopher C. Deneen; Jonathan San Diego; David C. Gibson

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 58–71

This paper is based on the deliberations of the Assessment Working Group at EDUsummIT 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. All of the members of Thematic Working Group 5 (TWG5) have contributed to this synthesis of potentials, concerns and issues with regard...

You 3.0: The Most Important Evolving Technology

Molly Tamarkin; David A. Bantz; Melody Childs; Stephen diFilipo; Stephen G. Landry; Frances LoPresti; Robert H. McDonald; John W. McGuthry; Tina Meier; Rochelle Rodrigo; Jennifer Sparrow; D Teddy Diggs; Catherine W. Yang

EDUCAUSE Review Vol. 45, No. 6 (2010) pp. 31–32

That technology evolves is a given. Not as well understood is the impact of technological evolution on each individual--on oneself, one's skill development, one's career, and one's relationship with the work community. The authors believe that...