Constructing a Learning Environment for Knowledge Advancement

Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 1835

The purpose of this research is to introduce the use of technology to construct a learning environment for knowledge advancement through three levels of knowledge -- know-what, know-how, and know-why. Know-what is concept-based domain content...

The Application of Case-based Reasoning in Knowledge Management

Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 554–562

Theories and frameworks for knowledge management (KM) have been mushrooming in the past few years. Among them, Nonaka's knowledge conversion model is considered seminal in the KM literature. Recently, case-based reasoning (CBR) has recently gained...

A Case-based Reasoning Knowledge Repository to Support the Technology Integration Community

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 156–159

The Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project involves a consortium of 8 university partners collaborating to create and disseminate technology integration experiences through a knowledge repository. It responds the need to...

Topics: Educational Technology, Integration

Scouting Internet Resources for Teachers Using Technology

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1989–1993

For teachers using Internet resources, weeding through a morass of Web sites, separating relevant from irrelevant, and ultimately locating useful resources that they can integrate in their instruction were such a daunting and time-consuming task....

Topics: Internet, Teachers, Integration, Databases

eThemes: An Internet Instructional Resource Service

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

Information Technology and Libraries Vol. 20, No. 4 (2001) pp. 179–84

Describes eThemes, a project in Missouri that supports teachers in integrating Internet resources into the instructional process with a more constructivist approach. Explains the process that accepts requests from teachers, finds Web sites that meet ...

Interface Design of Case-based Reasoning Systems

Wu He; Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4452–4458

Case-based reasoning (CBR) has drawn considerable attention over the last twenty years with a large number of successful applications such as customer support, sales support, diagnostics, and help-desk systems. CBR research traditionally focused on...

Designing and Evaluating a Web-based Lesson Planning System

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1875–1880

Lesson planning is considered a critical but complex task to attain effective instruction. The traditional paper-based approach was found to be cumbersome and consequently detrimental in the willingness and effectiveness of teachers' lesson planning....

Topics: Planning, Instructional Design, Teachers, Evaluation

KITE: A Knowledge Management Approach for Sharing Technology Integration Experiences in Education Communities

Tawnya Means; Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2329–2336

This paper is a report on an on-going research and development effort that seeks to address issues of preparing tomorrow's teachers to integrate technology into their teaching. This paper contains a discussion of the knowledge management approach to ...

Topics: Teachers, Integration, Educational Technology, Information Sciences

Learning by Storytelling - How to Use Stories for Technology Integration Education

Feng-Kwei Wang; Tawnya Means

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3777–3779

Stories are the most natural form of communication and learning among humans. In this paper, we describe how we have designed and implemented a case library of technology integration stories to support pre-service and in-service teachers learning...

Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology, Integration, Library

Knowledge Management in Higher Education: A Knowledge Repository Approach

John Wedman; Feng-Kwei Wang

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 17, No. 1 (September 2005) pp. 116–138

One might expect higher education, where the discovery and dissemination of new and useful knowledge is vital, to be among the first to implement knowledge management practices. Surprisingly, higher education has been slow to implement knowledge...

An Online Lesson Planning System Using the 5E Instructional Model

Wu He; Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3701–3707

Lesson planning serves as one of the key means for ensuring the quality of instruction. In an effort to facilitate, streamline, and improve the overall lesson planning process, a web-based lesson planning system was developed using a tested...

Using a Case Library to Enhance Learning in a Graduate Level Education Course on Technology Integration

Tawnya Means; Feng Kwei Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1283–1285

Abstract: The Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project seeks to assist teachers by providing access to a case library with over 800 stories of teachers' experiences with technology. This library provides enhancement for a...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers

Missouri-Specific Web-based Lesson Planning System

Guan-Yu Lin; Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 2009–2010

Lesson planning is considered a critical but complex task to attain effective instruction. The traditional paper-based approach was found to be cumbersome and consequently detrimental in the willingness and effectiveness of teachers' lesson planning....

Topics: Teachers, Instructional Design, Planning

Using Technology to Improve Instructional Planning

Guan-Yu Lin; Feng-Kwei Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2317–2318

Lesson planning is considered a critical but complex task to attain effective instruction. The traditional paper-based approach was found to be cumbersome and consequently detrimental in the willingness and effectiveness of teachers' lesson planning....

Topics: Planning, Teachers, Instructional Design

Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE)

Ch-Ren Shyu; David Jonassen; Feng-Kwei Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1812–1813

The Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project is funded by US Department of Education to build a knowledge repository with case-based reasoning capabilities to capture and disseminate the best practices and lessons learned of...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology

A Knowledge Management Framework of Building a Technology Integration Community of Practice

John Wedman; Ch-Ren Shyu; Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 2007–2008

Building upon a knowledge management framework manifested in the Nonaka's knowledge creation model, the Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project, funded by US Department of Education, seeks to build a technology integration...

Topics: Integration, Teachers, Community, Educational Technology

Developing a Case-Based Reasoning Knowledge Repository To Support a Learning Community--An Example from the Technology Integration Community

Feng-Kwei Wang; Joi L. Moore; John Wedman; Chi-Ren Shyu

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 3 (2003) pp. 45–62

Describes the design and development of a case-based reasoning (CBR) knowledge repository, including its case library and the search engine to support the technology integration community. The process and results of ormative evaluation following the ...

Interface support for case retrieval in a Case-Based Reasoning knowledge repository-Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education(KITE)

Wu He; Feng-Kwei Wang; Johannes Strobel; Chi-Ren Shyu; Jaturon Harnsomburan; Hui-Chuan Hsieh; Dan Cernusca; Tawnya Means

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3598–3600

The widespread acceptance of Case-Based Reasoning(CBR) systems will depend, to a large extent, on a good user interface. Hence, designing a versatile and user-friendly interface for CBR systems becomes indispensable. In this paper, we present a user-...

Learning to Integrate Technology in the Classroom: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach

Dan Cernusca; John Wedman; Chi-Ren Shyu; Joi Moore; Wu He; Jaturon Harnsomburana; Tawnya Means; Hui-Chuan Hsieh; Johannes Strobel; Feng-Kwei Wang; David H. Jonassen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1878–1879

This paper offers a new perspective in teachers' education regarding the effective technology integration. The core theoretical background is Case based Reasoning. We develop a knowledge repository filled by indexed stories collected directly from...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers