Aberrant Learning Achievement Detection Based on Person-Fit Statistics in Personalized e-Learning Systems

Ming-Tsung Liu; Pao-Ta Yu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 107–120

A personalized e-learning service provides learning content to fit learners' individual differences. Learning achievements are influenced by cognitive as well as non-cognitive factors such as mood, motivation, interest, and personal styles. This...

Using Multi-Screen System in Teaching College Mathematics Based on the Cognitive Theory

Shih-Che Lo; Ching-Yu Wang; Pao-Ta Yu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2711–2718

With the emergence of information technology, many teachers present their instructions on computers instead of using chalkboard. Applying information technology back to class learning environment is one of the most important education revolutions...

The Benefits of a Challenge: Student Motivation and Flow Experience in Tablet-PC-Game-Based Learning

Cheng-Yu Hung; Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun; Pao-Ta Yu

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 23, No. 2 (2015) pp. 172–190

Advances in technology have led to continuous innovation in teaching and learning methods. For instance, the use of tablet PCs (TPCs) in classroom instruction has been shown to be effective in attracting and motivating students' interest and...

Screen-Capturing System with Two-Layer Display for PowerPoint Presentation to Enhance Classroom Education

Yen-Shou Lai; Hung-Hsu Tsai; Pao-Ta Yu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011) pp. 69–81

This paper proposes a new presentation system integrating a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in a two-layer method, called the TL system, to promote learning in a physical classroom. With the TL system, teachers can readily control hints or...

Learning Effectiveness and Cognitive Loads in Instructional Materials of Programming Language on Single and Dual Screens

Jenq-Muh Hsu; Ting-Wen Chang; Pao-Ta Yu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 156–166

The teaching and learning environment in a traditional classroom typically includes a projection screen, a projector, and a computer within a digital interactive table. Instructors may apply multimedia learning materials using various information...

Integrating Annotations into a Dual-Slide PowerPoint Presentation for Classroom Learning

Yen-Shou Lai; Hung-Hsu Tsai; Pao-Ta Yu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 2 (2011) pp. 43–57

This study introduces a learning environment integrating annotations with a dual-slide PowerPoint presentation for classroom learning. Annotation means a kind of additional information to emphasize the explanations for the learning objects. The use...

A Comparison of Single- and Dual-Screen Environment in Programming Language: Cognitive Loads and Learning Effects

Ting-Wen Chang; Jenq-Muh Hsu; Pao-Ta Yu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 2 (2011) pp. 188–200

A learning environment having more than one screen enables users to display and compare various sources of learning information with two adjacent screens illustrating the development of interrelated concepts and showing their relationships. This...

An Embedded Interactive Information System with Automatic Detection Technology for Instructional Video

Ting-Wen Chang; Pao-Ta Yu; Jenq-Muh Hsu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 4580–4584

There is extremely few courseware authoring applications which have the capability to quickly process the instructional video whose content includes a PowerPoint document. In addition, learners need much time and energy to retrieve the graphic...

Topics: Interaction, Video, Instructional Materials

Develop and Evaluate the Effects of Multimodal Presentation System on Elementary ESL Students

Fang-O Kuo; Pao-Ta Yu; Wei-Hung Hsiao

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 4 (October 2013) pp. 29–40

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the effects of multimodal presentation system (MPS), a multimodal presentation software integrated with interactive whiteboard (IWB), on student learning in the elementary English as second...

A Near-Reality Approach to Improve the e-Learning Open Courseware

Pao-Ta Yu; Yuan-Hsun Liao; Ming-Hsiang Su

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 16, No. 4 (2013) pp. 242–257

The open courseware proposed by MIT with single streaming video has been widely accepted by most of the universities as their supplementary learning contents. In this streaming video, a digital video camera is used to capture the speaker's...

A Multimedia English Learning System Using HMMs to Improve Phonemic Awareness for English Learning

Yen-Shou Lai; Hung-Hsu Tsai; Pao-Ta Yu

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 3 (2009) pp. 266–281

This paper proposes a multimedia English learning (MEL) system, based on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and mastery theory strategy, for teaching students with the aim of enhancing their English phonetic awareness and pronunciation. It can analyze...

The effects of presentation method and information density on visual search ability and working memory load

Ting-Wen Chang; Kinshuk; Nian-Shing Chen; Pao-Ta Yu

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 721–731

This study investigates the effects of successive and simultaneous information presentation methods on learner’s visual search ability and working memory load for different information densities. Since the processing of information in the brain...

Language: English

Collaborative Game-Based Learning with Motion-Sensing Technology: Analyzing Students' Motivation, Attention, and Relaxation Levels

Cheng-Yu Hung; Yu-Ren Lin; Kai-Yi Huang; Pao-Ta Yu; Jerry Sun

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Vol. 7, No. 4 (October 2017) pp. 53–64

The purpose of this study was to compare the influence of a single-player game with that of a collaborative game on students' motivation, attention levels, and relaxation levels in a motion-sensing learning environment. Participants were 20 college...

An Interactive Game Approach for Improving Students' Learning Performance in Multi-Touch Game-Based Learning

Cheng-Yu Hung; Fang-O. Kuo; Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun; Pao-Ta Yu

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Vol. 7, No. 1 (2014) pp. 31–37

This study, based on Taiwanese geographical concepts, develops a multi-touch interactive jigsaw puzzle (MIJP) to assist primary school students in solving geographical puzzles. The MIJP, which has multi-touch operating characteristics and provides...

Constructing Learning Objects by Using Two-Layer Screen-Capture Authoring Tool – A Case Study in Online Mathematical Instruction

Ting-Wen Chang; Jenq-Muh Hsu; Pao-Ta Yu; Yuan-Hou Chang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3023–3028

Screen-capture authoring tool is usually used to record teaching activities of the teacher instructed by PowerPoint application in classroom to treat as online or after-class reviewing learning contents. In this study, we adopted an innovative...

Factors Influencing Women's Attitudes towards Computers in a Computer Literacy Training Program

Sung-Lu Chang; Ruey S. Shieh; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Pao-Ta Yu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 177–187

In the "Digital Divide" research, adult women have generally been found to be the weakest group when compared with others. There is thus a need to provide this particular group with computer literacy training, and to give them opportunities to learn ...

A rapid auto-indexing technology for designing readable e-learning content

Pao-Ta Yu; Yuan-Hsun Liao; Ming-Hsiang Su; Po-Jen Cheng; Chun-Hsuan Pai

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 5 (Nov 08, 2012) pp. 20–38

A rapid scene indexing method is proposed to improve retrieval performance for students accessing instructional videos. This indexing method is applied to anchor suitable indices to the instructional video so that students can obtain several small...

Using a Multimodal Learning System to Support Music Instruction

Pao-Ta Yu; Yen-Shou Lai; Hung-Hsu Tsai; Yuan-Hou Chang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 13, No. 3 (2010) pp. 151–162

This paper describes a multimodality approach that helps primary-school students improve their learning performance during music instruction. Multimedia instruction is an effective way to help learners create meaningful knowledge and to make...

A Customer-Based Portal System for Instructions Management in e-Learning Environment

Jenq-Muh Hsu; Pao-Ta Yu; Chien-Hung Lin; Yen-Shou Lai

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 4300–4309

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) supply the chance of getting information on the Internet at anytime and anywhere. The educational methods are not longer limited to learn in the classroom. Moreover, the importance of independent,...

Topics: Computer Sciences, Learning Management Systems, Information Communication Technologies, Information Sciences, Educational Technology

The Impact of Split-Attention Effect on Dual-Screen Learning Environment for Programming Language Instruction

Yuan-Hou Chang; Ting-Wen Chang; Jenq-Muh Hsu; Pao-Ta Yu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2110–2115

The main purpose of this study is to investigate that a new multimedia learning environment constructed with dual-screen projections would improve the teaching and learning in a computer classroom. One view of learning content in PowerPoint slides...

Perceived Effectiveness of Using the Life-Like Multimedia Materials Tool

Hung-Hsu Tsai; Yen-Shou Lai; Shih-Che Lo; Pao-Ta Yu

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 3 pp. 89–99

The paper investigates the impact of learning effects on the study of life-like multimedia materials (LMMs) which are produced by the LMM tool. Teachers can readily utilize the tool to make the LMMs for their instructions in traditional classrooms....

On the Development of a Human-oriented Interaction System for Multimedia Services

Hsiu-Mei Huang; Geeng-Neng You; Pao-Ta Yu; Fu-Song Hsu; Shu-Sheng Liaw

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 951–956

In the advanced computer technology era, the trend has moved the input devices toward to computer vision technology gradually. Due to the non-intuitiveness for human to use, the traditional input devices such as keyboards and mice might be replaced...

Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Sciences, Information Sciences