Beyond YouTube: Repurposing Online Video for Education

Grace Lin; Georgette Michko

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 257–267

This paper supplements prior findings on characteristics of adult users of online video sharing site, as part of a larger survey research. Of 1,007 survey participants, 324 provided 486 responses to open-ended questions asking how to improve...

Machine Translation in Post-Contemporary Era

Grace Hui Chin Lin

International Conference on TESOL and Translation 2010 (Dec 10, 2010)

This article focusing on translating techniques via personal computer or laptop reports updated artificial intelligence progresses before 2010. Based on interpretations and information for field of MT [Machine Translation] by Yorick Wilks' book, ...

Informal Adult Online Learning: More Than Technical Savvy

Meng-Fen Grace Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 326–329

This paper provides initial data analysis of an informal adult online community. Group profile indicated a diverse group comprised of people of varying age, English proficiency, occupations, online experience, and pointed to a less Internet-engaged...

Sharing knowledge and building communities: A narrative of the formation, development and sustainability of OOPS

Meng-Fen Grace Lin

(2006) pp. 1–308

This narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) documented the formation, development, and sustainability of an online community called OOPS (Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System) originally formed in February 2004 to translate the MIT...

Designing a Mobile Application for Second Language Vocabulary Learning of Hawaiian

Chanelle Chin; Grace Lin; Waika Kaluna

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 287–295

Topics: Evaluation, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

Effecting Pedagogical Change Through an Action Research Process

Sara McNeil; Donna Smith; Ernest Stringer; Grace Lin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1761–1765

This paper will describe a PT3 implementation grant that is based on a dual-approach collaborative development model grounded in an action research process. This model provides a concentrated effort on developing personal and professional technology ...

Topics: Change, Educational Technology, Teachers, Teaching Methods, Professional Development

Title: Characteristics of YouTube Use and Users: Implications for Education

Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Georgette Michko; Curtis J. Bonk

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2855–2862

This literature review and survey research investigated the characteristics of adult users of the online video sharing site YouTube. Survey respondents reported on their ownership of hardware devices, Web 2.0 activities and social network activities,...

Perceiving Affordances for Fitting through Apertures

Shaziela Ishak; Karen E. Adolph; Grace C. Lin

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance Vol. 34, No. 6 (December 2008) pp. 1501–1514

Affordances--possibilities for action--are constrained by the match between actors and their environments. For motor decisions to be adaptive, affordances must be detected accurately. Three experiments examined the correspondence between motor...

Educational Mobile Apps Scavenger Hunt: Challenges, Possibilities, and Beyond

Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Catherine Fulford; Nina Nakayama

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 190–199

This research reports the preliminary findings of a mobile applications (apps) scavenger hunt activity. Thirteen graduate students in a mobile learning seminar class searched for educational mobile apps based on a wish list created by 20 client...

Wikibooks and Wikibookians: Loosely Coupled Community or a Choice for Future Textbooks?

Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Suthiporn Sajjapanroj; Curtis J. Bonk

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Vol. 4, No. 4 (2011) pp. 327–339

This study was conducted to better understand Wikibookian apprenticeship and identity as well as the environment or community they operate in. Our initial study explored the basic demographics, purpose and goals, ownership, collaborative work...

Is Social Media Too Social for Class? A Case Study of Twitter Use

Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Ellen S. Hoffman; Claire Borengasser

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 57, No. 2 (March 2013) pp. 39–45

This qualitative case study examined Twitter use by undergraduate and graduate students in three classes. Previous studies have shown that while some faculty use Twitter, few are incorporating it into classes despite many recommendations for such...

The mediation effects of gaming motives between game involvement and problematic Internet use: Escapism, advancement and socializing

Shan-Mei Chang; Grace M.Y. Hsieh; Sunny S.J. Lin

Computers & Education Vol. 122, No. 1 (July 2018) pp. 43–53

The main purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal mediation effects of multiple gaming motives from online game involvement to problematic Internet use (PIU). In terms of mediators, the present study included three specific gaming...

Language: English

Beyond Professional Development: A Case Study of Implementing iPads in Early Childhood Education

Ellen Hoffman; Elizabeth Park; Meng-Fen (Grace) Lin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2008–2015

In the rapidly changing context of highly ubiquitous mobile technologies, past assumptions about technology use and adoption within early childhood education are continuously evolving. This case study examines a two-year project on implementing...

Topics: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Mobile Learning

Online Discussions: The Effect of Having Two Deadlines

Michael Herrick; Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Charlotte Huei-Wen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 344–351

Discussion forums are the heart of asynchronous online courses; many factors go into their design. After witnessing students delay in making required discussion board posts until just before the deadline, the authors postulated that a two-deadline...

Wikibooks and Wikibookians: Loosely-Coupled Community or the Future of the Textbook Industry?

Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Suthiporn Sajjapanroj; Curtis J. Bonk

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3689–3697

This is the second of a two-part study of the Wikibookian community. Our initial study explored the basic demographics, purpose and goals, ownership, collaborative work experiences, successes and failures, and advantages and disadvantages of...

The Challenges and Successes of Wikibookian Experts and Want-To-Bees

Suthiporn Sajjapanroj; Curtis J. Bonk; Mimi Lee; Grace Lin

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2329–2333

Wikis are purposefully created to provide an open environment to users who want to share ideas and virtually collaborate on their work. One emerging Wiki technology, the Wikibook, is an interesting phenomenon finding its way into various educational ...

Topics: Educational Technology

Understanding Chinese-Speaking Open Courseware Users: A Case Study on User Engagement in an Open Courseware Portal in Taiwan (Opensource Opencourse Prototype System)

Wen-Hao David Huang; Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Wendi Shen

Open Learning Vol. 27, No. 2 (2012) pp. 169–182

The open educational resource (OER) movement has reached a critical mass due to recent technology advancements. In Taiwan, to overcome the language barrier, the Opensource Opencourse Prototype System (OOPS) plays a significant role in enabling...

Machine Translation for Academic Purposes

Grace Hui-chin Lin; Paul Shih Chieh Chien

International Conference on TESOL and Translation 2009 (December 2009)

Due to the globalization trend and knowledge boost in the second millennium, multi-lingual translation has become a noteworthy issue. For the purposes of learning knowledge in academic fields, Machine Translation (MT) should be noticed not only...

The tensions of transformation in three cross-institutional wikibook projects

Curtis J. Bonk; Mimi Miyoung Lee; Nari Kim; Meng-Fen Grace Lin

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 12, No. 3 (December 2009) pp. 126–135

Wikis have the potential to change learning environments from traditional knowledge transmission models to knowledge transformative ones where students generate, share, and reshape knowledge. In this three-part study, graduate students created...

Language: English

Computer Games Functioning as Motivation Stimulants

Grace Hui Chin Lin; Tony Kung Wan Tsai; Paul Shih Chieh Chien

International Conference on Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) 2011 (Dec 10, 2011)

Numerous scholars have recommended computer games can function as influential motivation stimulants of English learning, showing benefits as learning tools (Clarke and Dede, 2007; Dede, 2009; Klopfer and Squire, 2009; Liu and Chu, 2010; Mitchell,...

Building Community and Sharing Knowledge: Team Teaching an Online Class

Meng-Fen Grace Lin; Michael Herrick; June Davids; Huei-Wen Charlotte Tsai

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2225–2233

Advances in computer technology are changing the face of education. With the growth of online education, each year additional teachers are using some form of media allowing them to communicate with and present content to members of their classes. In ...