Learning through gaming: Teaching visual arts to elementary grade students

Ya-Lan Yang

(2009) pp. 1–84

This study aims to investigate the cognitive and affective impact that a Web-based Flash game called “Color in Motion,” has on teaching visual arts to elementary grade students. Pretests and posttests, observations, recordings of on-screen game play ...

Using RSS to support mobile learning based on media richness theory

Yu-Feng Lan; Yang-Siang Sie

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 723–732

With the rapid development of mobile technologies, mobile learning has become a new trend in education. A better understanding of how to effectively use communication technologies to improve mobile learning is important. The purpose of this paper is ...

Language: English

Designing interaction tasks in Second Life for Chinese as a foreign language learners: A preliminary exploration

Yu-Ju Lan; Yu-Hsuan Kan; Indy Hsiao; Stephen Yang; Kuo-En Chang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 2 (May 10, 2013) pp. 184–202

The aims of this research were to develop guidelines for designing interaction tasks for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) and to investigate the attitudes of CFL learners toward a full CFL class in Second Life (SL). Three research...

Comparing the social knowledge construction behavioral patterns of problem-based online asynchronous discussion in e/m-learning environments

Yu-Feng Lan; Pei-Wei Tsai; Shih-Hsien Yang; Chun-Ling Hung

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 4 (December 2012) pp. 1122–1135

In recent years, researchers have conducted various studies on applying wireless networking technology and mobile devices in education settings. However, research on behavioral patterns in learners' online asynchronous discussions with mobile...

Language: English

Designing Interaction Tasks in Second Life for Chinese as a Foreign Language Learners: A Preliminary Exploration

Yu-Ju Lan; Yu-Hsuan Kan; Indy Y. T. Hsiao; Stephen J. H. Yang; Kuo-En Chang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 2 (2013) pp. 184–202

The aims of this research were to develop guidelines for designing interaction tasks for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) and to investigate the attitudes of CFL learners toward a full CFL class in Second Life (SL). Three research...

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...