Teaching Evidence-Based Research: An Interactive Learning Object for Nursing Students

Kun Huang; Anita Finkelman

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1646–1651

This paper describes the instructional design of an interactive online learning object that teaches nursing students evidence-based practice – the rationale and collaborative effort behind it, the design and development, and adopted instructional...

Learners' Engagement Online in Peer Help

Kun Huang; Victor Law

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 32, No. 3 (2018) pp. 177–189

Much is known about help seeking in face-to-face classrooms, but there is a limited understanding about how learners seek and provide help online. This study implemented a peer-help forum in an online technology course, and investigated students'...

Self-Regulation: Broad Scene and Close-Up Views in an Online Class

Kun Huang; Sang Joon Lee

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 874–879

While many studies examined self-regulation in online learning at a broad scale, research is scant in capturing a close-up view of online learners’ self-regulation and its associated behavioral traces. This study administered a survey in an online...

Topics: research, Instructional Design

The Effects of Response Modes and Cues on Language learning, Cognitive Load and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Web-Based Learning

Ching-Huei Chen; Kun Huang

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 23, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 117–134

An experiment was conducted to examine how different response modes for practice questions and the presence or absence of cues influenced students’ self-efficacy beliefs, perceived cognitive load, and performance in language recall and recognition...

Establishing and Sustaining a Community of Inquiry in a Technology-Rich Online Class

Sang Joon Lee; Kun Huang

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1139–1144

The community of inquiry (CoI) framework has been widely used to guide the research and practice of online and blended learning experience. This paper describes how the CoI framework was applied to design a technology-rich online course and how the...

Topics: research, Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues

Online Interactions and Social Presence in Online Learning

Sang Joon Lee; Kun Huang

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 113–128

The community of inquiry framework identified three essential elements of cognitive, social, and teaching presences for a successful online learning experience. Among them, social presence is key for developing personal relationships and enhancing...

An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Model of Web Course Enhancement Between the Department of Educational Psychology and the College of Nursing in a University Setting

Beverly Bowers; Xun Ge; Kun Huang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1167–1169

Graduate students in the Program of Instructional Psychology and Technology benefit from designing projects using real world settings in order to understand the complexities inherent in project design. Interdepartmental collaboration in a...

Topics: Learning Outcomes, Collaboration, Instructional Design, Students

Deep and Surface Processing of Instructor's Feedback in an Online Course

Kun Huang; Xun Ge; Victor Law

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 20, No. 4 (2017) pp. 247–260

This study investigated the characteristics of deep and surface approaches to learning in online students' responses to instructor's qualitative feedback given to a multi-stage, ill-structured design project. Further, the study examined the...

Promoting Faculty Competence in Teaching with Technology in Medical and Health Science Education

Kun Huang; Vanneise Collins; Christine Savi

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2326–2331

Health sciences faculty are facing a multitude of challenges as the society demands more healthcare professionals who are competent in providing professional, evidence-based care to a population with increasing diversity. Among the challenges,...

Situated learning in an educational technology course for pre-service teachers

Kun Huang; Ian A. Lubin; Xun Ge

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 27, No. 8 (November 2011) pp. 1200–1212

This qualitative study investigated a situated learning environment implemented in an educational technology course where pre-service teachers worked collaboratively on meaningful real-world projects, assuming the role of professional teachers. With ...

Language: English

An Exploratory Study Of The Open Source Software Environment In A Software Engineering Graduate Course

Xun Ge; Yifei Dong; Kun Huang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2024–2031

An open-source software (OSS) learning environment was integrated into a graduate software engineering course, in which students learned software engineering processes through working in groups on OSS projects and using the OSS online tools. Design...

Topics: Engineering, Software, Culture, Integration

An Investigation of an Open-Source Software Development Environment in a Software Engineering Graduate Course

Xun Ge; Kun Huang; Yifei Dong

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010) pp. 94–120

A semester-long ethnography study was carried out to investigate project-based learning in a graduate software engineering course through the implementation of an Open-Source Software Development (OSSD) learning environment, which featured authentic ...

Problem Solving in Situated Learning Environment in an Educational Technology Course

Kun Huang; Xun Ge; Ian Lubin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3416–3422

This qualitative study investigated the effects of a situated learning environment for an entry-level educational technology course, as compared with the traditional learning environment, on students’ problem-solving processes and outcomes from...

A Digital Game-Based Learning System for Energy Education: An Energy COnservation PET

Jie Chi Yang; Kun Huang Chien; Tzu Chien Liu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 27–37

Energy education has been conducted to equip learners with relevant energy conservation knowledge for many years. However, learners seldom put the knowledge into practice and even have few ideas about how to reduce energy consumption. To this end,...

A Markov-Based Recommendation Model for Exploring the Transfer of Learning on the Web

Yueh-Min Huang; Tien-Chi Huang; Kun-Te Wang; Wu-Yuin Hwang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 144–162

The ability to apply existing knowledge in new situations and settings is clearly a vital skill that all students need to develop. Nowhere is this truer than in the rapidly developing world of Web-based learning, which is characterized by non...

Effects of multidimensional concept maps on fourth graders’ learning in web-based computer course

Hwa-Shan Huang; Chei-Chang Chiou; Heien-Kun Chiang; Sung-Hsi Lai; Chiun-Yen Huang; Yin-Yu Chou

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 3 (April 2012) pp. 863–873

This study explores the effect of multidimensional concept mapping instruction on students’ learning performance in a web-based computer course. The subjects consisted of 103 fourth graders from an elementary school in central Taiwan. They were...

Enhancing Technology Integration in Mississippi Foreign Language and Social Studies Classrooms

Pamela Bracey; Sang Joon Lee; Kun Huang; Joanne Beriswill; Kathleen Sherman-Morris

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2894–2895

A summer professional development institute for secondary teachers referred to as the “Global Academic Essentials Teacher Institute (GAETI) 2014” was recently held at Mississippi State University. The goal of the GAETI 2014 was to promote Common...

Topics: social studies education, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Research & Evaluation, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Professional Development for Promoting 21st Century Skills and Common Core State Standards in Foreign Language and Social Studies Classrooms

Joanne Elizabeth Beriswill; Pamela Scott Bracey; Kathleen Sherman-Morris; Kun Huang; Sang Joon Lee

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 60, No. 1 (2016) pp. 77–84

To help satisfy the pressing need for technology-related professional development for in-service teachers, the Global Academic Essentials Teacher Institute (GAETI) was implemented to provide in-service foreign language and social studies teachers...

Interactivity of Question Prompts and Feedback on Secondary Students' Science Knowledge Acquisition and Cognitive Load

Kun Huang; Ching-Huei Chen; Wen-Shiuan Wu; Wei-Yu Chen

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 4 pp. 159–171

This study investigated how question prompts and feedback influenced knowledge acquisition and cognitive load when learning Newtonian mechanics within a web-based multimedia module. Participants were one hundred eighteen 9th grade students who were...

A blog-based dynamic learning map

Kun Te Wang; Yueh-Min Huang; Yu-Lin Jeng; Tzone-I Wang

Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 1 (August 2008) pp. 262–278

Problem-based learning is a goal directed and constructive process for learners. When meeting problems, learners usually force themselves to form work groups in order to find a solution. Currently, blogs are becoming more popular and in fact has...

Language: English

An Automatic Drag-and-Drop Assistive Program Developed to Assistive People with Developmental Disabilities to Improve Drag-and-Drop Efficiency

Ching-Hsiang Shih; Hsun-Chin Huang; Yung-Kun Liao; Ching-Tien Shih; Ming-Shan Chiang

Research in Developmental Disabilities Vol. 31, No. 2 (2010) pp. 416–425

The latest researches adopted software technology to improve pointing performance; however, Drag-and-Drop (DnD) operation is also commonly used in modern GUI programming. This study evaluated whether two children with developmental disabilities...

Integrating Global Academic Essentials: Common Core, 21st Century Skills, and Technology

Pamela Bracey; Sang Joon Lee; Kun Huang; Joanne Beriswill; Kathleen Sherman-Morris

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2896–2900

A summer professional development institute for secondary teachers referred to as the “Global Academic Essentials Teacher Institute (GAETI) 2014” was recently held at Mississippi State University. The goal of the GAETI 2014 was to promote Common...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Research & Evaluation, social studies education