Group awareness increases student engagement in online collaborative writing

Ming Liu; Leping Liu; Li Liu

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 38, No. 1 (July 2018) pp. 1–8

Online Collaborative Writing (OCW) tools such as Google Docs provide an efficient way for students to perform collaborative writing tasks. However, when teachers include OCW in their teaching, they often report fewer positive student engagement....

Language: English

Assessment Training Effects on Student Assessment Skills and Task Performance in a Technology-Facilitated Peer Assessment

Xiongyi Liu; Lan Li

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Vol. 39, No. 3 (2014) pp. 275–292

This study examines the impact of an assessment training module on student assessment skills and task performance in a technology-facilitated peer assessment. Seventy-eight undergraduate students participated in the study. The participants completed ...

Understanding the Effects of Databases as Cognitive Tools in a Problem-Based Multimedia Learning Environment

Rui Li; Min Liu

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 2007) pp. 345–363

The purpose of this study is to examine the potential of using computer databases as cognitive tools to share learners' cognitive load and facilitate learning in a multimedia problem-based learning (PBL) environment designed for sixth graders. Two...

Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia, Achievement, Cognition, Middle School Education, Databases

Research on the Ranking of University Education based on Grey-TOPSIS-DEA Method

Jianfen Liu; Shengpu Li

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 10, No. 8 (Dec 14, 2015) pp. 51–54

The University is the cradle of the higher education. In the college life, the college students continue to accept the new knowledge and continue to grow. Obviously, the level of the university education will be directly related to the growth for...

The Effects of the Instructional Video on Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Learning in an Online Environment

Wenzhen Li; Leping Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1161–1166

This paper presents the findings of a study that examined the effects of the instructional video on students’ learning of technology in an online computer application course for pre-service teachers. An instructional video was developed and added to ...

The Design of a Web-based Peer Assessment Support Model

Lan Li; Xiongyi Liu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1520–1524

This proposal reports a web-based system that can be used to prepare students for critical assessment and facilitate peer review. Despite their wide use in education, paper-based peer assessment systems have been reported to have some issues, such...

A Study on Relationship between Metacognitive Strategies and Online Learning Behavior

Yuhui Liu; Lihua Li

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) p. 2220

Based on the researches of learning strategies by scholars both abroad and at home such as Rubin, Nunan, O’Malley & Chamot and Wen Qiufang, 93 students from thirteen different majors in Beijing University of Technology are surveyed about their use...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies

The Online Top-Down Modeling Model

Sha Li; Daonian Liu

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 6, No. 4 (2005) pp. 343–359

The Internet has become a major resource for teaching and learning. Educators are innovating methods and strategies to integrate Internet technology effectively into instruction to meet their various needs. Providing learning models and...

Teacher Education Students? Perceptions of a Peer Assessment Model

Lan Li; Xiongyi Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1010–1014

Peer assessment has received much attention in teacher education in recent years. Despite its great potential in fostering teacher education students? learning, the application of peer assessment faces certain challenges such as peer pressure,...

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

Providing Student Feedback to Pre-service Teachers

Lan Li; Xiongyi Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) p. 5284

Pre-service teachers enrolled in a technology utilization course at a U.S. university were invited to produce multimedia projects for students overseas. After these projects were used in real classes, classroom teachers and students provided...

Using Learning Analytics to Support Engagement in Collaborative Writing

Ming Liu; Li Liu; Abelardo Pardo

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 15, No. 4 (October 2017) pp. 79–98

Online collaborative writing tools provide an efficient way to complete a writing task. However, existing tools only focus on technological affordances and ignore the importance of social affordances in a collaborative learning environment. This...

Yu-Gong Yi Shan: Exploring Some Possibilities of Designing Tomorrow's Foreign Language Textbook

Chung Chan; Li-chia Liu

CALICO Journal Vol. 9, No. 4 (1992) pp. 49–59

An electronic version of Yu-gong Yi Shan, an ancient Chinese fable, is discussed as a prototype of the use of technology for Chinese teaching and learning. Yu-gong demonstrates how hypermedia can be designed to overcome the linear, static, and...

Suggested Methods of Effect Size Estimation for Research in Information Technology and Teacher Education

Li-Ting Chen; Leping Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1143–1152

Effect size estimation is import in research in Information Technology and Teacher Education. With several attempts by American Educational Research Association and American Psychology Association to encourage the reporting of effect size, studies...

Topics: Assessment and E-Folios, Research & Evaluation, faculty development

Current Research Practice in Information Technology and Teacher Education: Quantitative Design and Effect Size

Li-Ting Chen; Leping Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 760–767

In information technology and teacher education, there was a handful of studies that employed content analysis to examine methodological characteristics of published articles. We conducted a review of quantitative articles published by Educational...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

Preparing Teacher Education Students to Assess Technology-Integrated Teaching and Learning

Leping Liu; Li-Ting Chen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1096–1100

With rapidly-developed technology and media available for students and educators, the technology-integrated teaching and learning become more diverse and in a framework of dynamic learning. Accordingly, the assessment strategies and methodologies...

Topics: Instructional Design, Research & Evaluation, Assessment and E-Folios

Identity issues in Taiwan's history curriculum

Meihui Liu; Li-Ching Hung

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 37, No. 6 pp. 567–586

As a result of Taiwan's peculiar political situation, national identity has become a crucial and controversial issue in the history curriculum. This chapter analyzes the changing role of nationalism in the history curriculum from 1980 onwards,...

Language: English

Exploration of Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing: An Empirical Study on Student Virtual Teams

Ying Chieh Liu; FengChia Li

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 10, No. 2 (2012) pp. 17–38

Although research on virtual teams is becoming more popular, there is a gap in the understanding of how social capital affects knowledge sharing and creating, and their impacts on virtual team performance. To fill in this gap, this study establishes ...

Content and Design of Doctoral Program Websites in Instructional Design and Technology

Li-Ting Chen; Leping Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 1094–1100

Program websites are a primary source that prospective applicants use to self-inform a potential graduate program. A prospective applicant’s experience when visiting a program website may leave a positive or negative impression of the program. To...

Topics: Instructional Design, Research & Evaluation

Application of Spectrogram Analysis in Traditional Vocal Music Teaching and Multimedia Animation Vocal Music Teaching

lin-li Liu; Yi Pang; Zhuang-li Hu

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 11, No. 11 (Nov 29, 2016) pp. 64–67

The spectrogram analysis technology via computer application makes voice visualized, realizes the integrated teaching mode of "mouth to ear- nose", and improves the teaching quality of vocal music.The technology gives a dynamic map of singing...

Prepare Teacher Education Students to Use Cloud Resources: Evaluation, Design, and Integration

Leping Liu; Wenzhen Li; Cleborne Maddux

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2931–2938

This article introduces the authors’ experiences to prepare teacher education students to use and integrate cloud resources into teaching. First, it will summarize the definition of “cloud computing” and introduce some cloud resources. Second, it...

Digital Ink-Based Engaged Learning

Xiongyi Liu; Lan Li; Selma Vonderwell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2031–2039

In the present study, an innovative teaching strategy utilizing digital ink-based technology was implemented in an undergraduate course as an alternative to the widely available PowerPoint presentation. Effectiveness of such an instructional...

Pre-service Teachers' WebQuest Creation Issues

Lan Li; Xiongyi Liu; Denise Brennan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3316–3321

The WebQuest is an Internet-based lesson model that enables students to acquire, practice and apply higher order thinking skills with pre-selected web resources. In the past decade, teacher preparation has employed this model to help enhance pre...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Generalized SSPRT for Fault Identification and Estimation of Linear Dynamic Systems Based on Multiple Model Algorithm

Ji Zhang; Yu Liu; Xuguang Li

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 12, No. 3 (June 2014) pp. 409–421

The generalized Shiryayev sequential probability ratio test (SSPRT) is applied to linear dynamic systems for single fault isolation and estimation. The algorithm turns out to be the multiple model (MM) algorithm considering all the possible model...

Language: English

Interactive Projector as an Interactive Teaching Tool in the Classroom: Evaluating Teaching Efficiency and Interactivity

Li-Ying Liu; Meng-Tzu Cheng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 110–115

This study reports on a measurement that is used to investigate interactivity in the classrooms and examines the impact of integrating the interactive projector into middle school science classes on classroom interactivity and students' biology...

Analyzing Peer Feedback in a Technology-facilitated Peer Assessment

Lan Li; Xiongyi Liu; Allen Steckelberg

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 98–105

Abstract: The potential of formative peer assessment in fostering student learning is evident, but its increasing popularity in education raises questions about students’ ability to conduct critical assessment in a way comparable to instructors....

Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Videos Using a Data Visualization Tool

Wenzhen Li; Leping Liu; Ping Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 963–970

More and more instructional videos are available online as a source of self-learning. In K-12 schools and universities, instructor-created videos are also widely used, especially in online courses. Those videos are then used directly by students....

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Digital Storytelling/Video

Small Group Discussion as a Key Component in Online Assessment Training for Enhanced Student Learning in Web-Based Peer Assessment

Xiongyi Liu; Lan Li; Zhihong Zhang

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Vol. 43, No. 2 (2018) pp. 207–222

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of online assessment training, with synchronous group discussion as a key component, on subsequent web-based peer assessment results. Participants included 81 college students, mostly women, taking...

Can Using A Multimedia-Enriched Problem-Based Learning Environment Improve At-Risk Students’ Attitude?

Min Liu; Sa Liu; Zilong Pan; Wenting Zou; Chenglu Li

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 644–649

Research has shown students’ attitude toward learning affects their learning outcomes. In this study, we examined if the use of a multimedia-enriched problem-based earning (PBL) science environment can improve at-risk middle school students’...

Topics: Case, Scenario, Problem, Project-Based Learning

Automated Scoring of Chinese Engineering Students' English Essays

Ming Liu; Yuqi Wang; Weiwei Xu; Li Liu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 52–68

The number of Chinese engineering students has increased greatly since 1999. Rating the quality of these students' English essays has thus become time-consuming and challenging. This paper presents a novel automatic essay scoring algorithm called...

The Effects of Assessment Training on the Quality of Peer Feedback and the Quality of Students’ Projects in Peer Assessment

Lan Li; Al Steckelberg; Xiongyi Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 858–861

This study is currently in the stage of data analysis. This study investigates the impact of assessment training on the quality of peer feedback and the quality of students' final projects in a web-based peer assessment. Eighty pre-service teachers...

Scaffolding Knowledge Co-Construction in Web-based Discussions through Message Labeling

Xiongyi Liu; Brian Doore; Lan Li

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3041–3046

Educational theorists have posited that peer interaction in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) can lead to in-depth analysis and critical reflection through the process of social construction of new and more advanced knowledge. However,...

Factors driving the adoption of m-learning: An empirical study

Yong Liu; Hongxiu Li; Christer Carlsson

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 1211–1219

Even if m-learning is spreading rapidly in many regions of the world, research addressing the driving factors of m-learning adoption is in short supply. Built on the Technology Acceptance Model, this paper proposes a hypothesized model of m-learning ...

Language: English

Utilizing Online Assessment Training to Strengthen Students’ Assessment Skills in Peer Assessment

Lan Li; Al Steckelberg; Xiongyi Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 99–104

This study described an online assessment training module in a peer assessment process. Forty-six pre-service teachers from a major Midwest university participated in this training before they assessed peers' projects. Students' perceptions toward...

Use of Interactive Whiteboards with ActivInspire

Angela M. Lee; Wenzhen Li; Leping Liu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1222–1227

Since the late 1990s interactive whiteboards have moved to the forefront of the classroom. The literature surrounding interactive whiteboards (IWB) has been positive and commended for the potential properties of these instructional tools to teach...

Topics: Instructional Design

Blended Learning in Teacher Education: A Content Analysis of Related Literature

Cleborne D Maddux; Wenzhen Li; Leping Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 619–624

This presentation will present the results of a content analysis of the literature related to blended education in teacher education and compare it with an analysis of the literature on blended education in general education. Leximancer, an...

Alien Rescue: A 3D Problem-Based Learning Game

Min Liu; Chenglu Li; Zilong Pan

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1203–1209

In this paper, we describe and present a newly completed version of Alien Rescue 2017, a learning game. It leverages technologies and combines best practices from educational research with innovative technologies to deliver an engaging learning...

Topics: Case, Scenario, Problem, Project -based learning, Game-based learning, Learner-centered, and self-directed learning

Contextual Variable Study for Instructional Technology Application in Different Cultural Situations

Juhong (Christie) Liu; Haixia Li; Hong Zhan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1506–1508

Contextual analysis is one of the most critical components building toward successful applications of instructional technologies in specific cultural and social backgrounds. Based on the comparison of historical development and current trends of...

Topics: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Culture, Social Studies

Understanding the Factors Driving M-Learning Adoption: A Literature Review

Yong Liu; Shengnan Han; Hongxiu Li

Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 27, No. 4 (2010) pp. 210–226

Purpose: By surveying current literature, the purposes of this paper are twofold: to identify current situation of mobile learning (m-learning) adoption and specify the challenges and to identify the factors driving m-learning adoption. Design...

Accessibility of Teacher Education Online Courses: Design and Assessment with a UDL Infused Technology Integration Model

Leping Liu; Wenzhen Li; Domenic Dini

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2521–2528

With increasing number of online courses available for university students, the accessibility to course materials and activities become more and more critical in online course design and assessment. This paper presents the authors? experiences to...

Topics: Universal Design for Learning

Course Assessment of E-Learning in Southwest China

Geping Liu; Youmei Liu; Guoli Liang; Jihua Song; Caiqiang Li; Guifang Li

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 375–378

This study is to compare the evaluation of e-learning programs in distance education in different cultural settings. The two compared institutions are University of Houston in the United States and Online Institution at Southwest Normal University...

Topics: Research Methods, Students, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Culture

Validation of the Perceived School Bullying Severity Scale

Li Ming Chen; Kun Shia Liu; Ying Yao Cheng

Educational Psychology Vol. 32, No. 2 (2012) pp. 169–182

Research on school bullying has tended to focus on its prevalence or frequency while ignoring its perceived severity. This study attempted to construct a perceived School Bullying Severity Scale (SBSS). The original 24-item instrument, revised from...

Assessing Multidimensional Energy Literacy of Secondary Students Using Contextualized Assessment

Kuan-Li Chen; Shiang-Yao Liu; Po-Hsi Chen

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2015) pp. 201–218

Energy literacy is multidimensional, comprising broad content knowledge as well as affect and behavior. Our previous study has defined four core dimensions for the assessment framework, including energy concepts, reasoning on energy issues, low...

Intelligent Knowledge Service System Based on Depression Monitoring of College Students

Huina Yu; Guihong Zhang; Jiali Liu; Kai Li

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 14, No. 12 (Jun 27, 2019) pp. 71–84

The number of college students suffering from depression has increased in recent years. In order to help the college student administration departments understand students' psychological state of depression better and keep college students mentally...

Language: English

Integration of Narrowband (Internet) and Broadband (TV) Satellite Technologies for Teaching and Learning

Leroy J. Tuscher; Woei Hung; Li-Pin Liu

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1094–1099

This paper describes a project funded by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Link-to-Learn technology testbeds. The purpose of this project was to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a hybrid information delivery system that integrates the...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Integration

JAMIOLAS 3.0: Supporting Japanese Mimicry and Onomatopoeia Learning Using Sensor Data

Bin Hou; Hiroaki Ogata; Masayuki Miyata; Mengmeng Li; Yuqin Liu

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 40–54

In this article, the authors propose an improved context-aware system to support the learning of Japanese mimicry and onomatopoeia (MIO) using sensor data. In the authors’ two previous studies, they proposed a context-aware language learning...

The Semantic Web: Reviewing Its Potential in Teacher Education and a Concept Analysis of Related Educational Literature

Cleborne Maddux; Leping Liu; Wenzhen Li; Jenna Sexton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3087–3094

This presentation will clarify the nature of the proposed Semantic Web. A description for non computer scientists will be provided as well as a discussion of the Semantic Web's potential in teacher education. Finally, the results of an automated...

Animated Pedagogical Agents as Aids in Multimedia Learning: Effects on Eye-Fixations during Learning and Learning Outcomes

Fuxing Wang; Wenjing Li; Richard E. Mayer; Huashan Liu

Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 110, No. 2 (2018) pp. 250–268

The goal of the present study is to determine how to incorporate social cues such as gesturing in animated pedagogical agents (PAs) for online multimedia lessons in ways that promote student learning. In 3 experiments, college students learned about ...

A Study in Developing a Mobile Learning System based on Human-Computer Interaction Design Principles

Kuo-Wei Su; Cheng-Li Liu; Meng-Fang Kuo

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 2009) pp. 17–40

Today, the learning model of a single instructor interacting with many students that is applied in conventional classrooms forms a passive bottleneck. Moreover, the instructor cannot effectively record students’ individual learning histories for...

Assessment of programming language learning based on peer code review model: Implementation and experience report

Yanqing Wang; Hang Li; Yuqiang Feng; Yu Jiang; Ying Liu

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 412–422

The traditional assessment approach, in which one single written examination counts toward a student’s total score, no longer meets new demands of programming language education. Based on a peer code review process model, we developed an online...

Language: English

Impact of media richness and flow on e-learning technology acceptance

Su-Houn Liu; Hsiu-Li Liao; Jean A. Pratt

Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 3 (April 2009) pp. 599–607

Advances in e-learning technologies parallels a general increase in sophistication by computer users. The use of just one theory or model, such as the technology acceptance model, is no longer sufficient to study the intended use of e-learning...

Language: English