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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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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...