Search results for author:"Naxin Zhao"
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Chinese students' participation in asynchronous educational computer conferencing
Naxin Zhao
(2005) pp. 1–138
Research has inadequately explored Chinese students' participation in asynchronous computer conferencing in Western universities. Systematic theory on these issues is likewise lacking. This study explores the influences of cultural factors on...
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Cultural Influences on Chinese Students' Asynchronous Online Learning in a Canadian University
Naxin Zhao; Douglas McDougall
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 22, No. 2 (2008) pp. 59–79
This study explored six Chinese graduate students' asynchronous online learning in a large urban Canadian university. Individual interviews in Mandarin elicited their perceptions of online learning, their participation in it, and the cultural...
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An Approach to Compare Online Survey Generating Tools
Jingshun Zhang; Naxin Zhao
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 568–573
Traditional survey models have also improved significantly with the development of computers and the Internet. Online or Web-based surveys utilize modern computer and Internet technologies; and thus bring about many challenges and opportunities....
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Cultural Factors Affecting Chinese Students' Participation in Asynchronous Online Learning
Naxin Zhao; Douglas McDougall
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2723–2729
This study explored the influences of cultural factors on Chinese students' participation in asynchronous online learning in Western schools. It involved six Chinese graduate students in a large urban Canadian university. Semi-structured interviews...
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Stages and External Factors in the Development of Rural Teachers’ ICT Abilities in Gansu Province
Shaoqing Guo; Zhuzhu Wang; Naxin Zhao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 4025–4030
This study examined the stages of development in rural teachers’ abilities to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the external factors affecting that development in Gansu, China. We used the open coding methods of grounded theory...
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Designing a Virtual Olympic Games Framework for Online Communities
Dorian Stoilescu; Fernando Oliveira; Aleisha Howlett; George Mcleod; Naxin Zhao
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 7396–7401
This paper provides some details about a project designed by a group of graduate students from OISE, University of Toronto. Using Web 2.0 technologies, we designed a project able to provide support in performing various sports redesigned for online...