Learning Companion Systems, Social Learning Systems, and the Global Social Learning Club

Tak-Wai Chan

Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 7, No. 2 (1996) pp. 125–59

Describes the development of learning companion systems and their contributions to the class of social learning systems that integrate artificial intelligence agents and use machine learning to tutor and interact with students. Outlines initial...

Sharing sentiment and wearing a pair of ‘field spectacles’ to view classroom orchestration

Tak-Wai Chan

Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 514–516

Language: English

How East Asian Classrooms May Change over the next 20 Years

Tak-Wai Chan

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 26, No. 1 (February 2010) pp. 28–52

Our schools have been experiencing three overlapping waves of technology adoption since the mid-1980s: the personal computer lab wave, the online learning wave and the digital classroom wave. In this position paper, I tried to explain why we are now ...

Artificial Agents in Distance Learning

Tak-Wai Chan

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 1, No. 2 (1995) pp. 263–282

Consider the graphical user interface of a distance learning system, the user could click on an icon of a personal assistant to find out if appropriate human peers are available on-line to form a collaborative team, or the user could choose to click ...

Reciprocal Tutoring: Design with Cognitive Load Sharing

Chih-Yueh Chou; Tak-Wai Chan

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 26, No. 1 (2016) pp. 512–535

"Reciprocal tutoring," as reported in "Exploring the design of computer supports for reciprocal tutoring" (Chan and Chou 1997), has extended the meaning and scope of "intelligent tutoring" originally implemented in...

Group Dynamics in a Synchronized Computerized Competitive Learning Environment: the effects of anonymity and proximity factors

Fu-Yun Yu; Tak-Wai Chan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 2127–2132

The present study set out to investigate whether the negative effects associated with face-to-face team competition can be mitigated with networking technologies where opponents' identity or proximity can be manipulated. Results indicated that...

Topics: Classrooms, Networking Technologies

Component Exchange Community: A Model of Utilizing Research Components to Foster International Collaboration

Yi-Chan Deng; Taiyu Lin; Kinshuk ; Tak-Wai Chan

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 3 (2006) pp. 218–231

"One-to-one" technology enhanced learning research refers to the design and investigation of learning environments and learning activities where every learner is equipped with at least one portable computing device enabled by wireless capability. G1:...

Preliminary Evaluation on a Web-mediated School for All

Shelley Shwu-ching Young; Tak-wai Chan; Chuo-Bin Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 2105–2109

School for All in the EduCities is an innovative project funded by both the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan. This project aims to challenge the rationale of traditional education--only teachers educate...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers

Redefining the learning companion: the past, present, and future of educational agents

Chih-Yueh Chou; Tak-Wai Chan; Chi-Jen Lin

Computers & Education Vol. 40, No. 3 (2003) pp. 255–269

The development of intelligent tutoring systems has long been the focus of applying artificial intelligence and cognitive science in education. A new breed of intelligent learning environments called learning companion systems was developed over a...

Language: English

An Attempt To Design Synchronous Collaborative Learning Environments for Peer Dyads on the World Wide Web

Fong-Lok Lee; Steven Liang; Tak-Wai Chan

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 21, No. 2 (1999) pp. 221–53

Describes the design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of three synchronous distributed learning prototype systems: Co-Working System, Working Along System, and Hybrid System. Each supports a particular style of interaction, referred to a...

The effects of participation, performance, and interest in a game-based writing environment

Calvin C. Y. Liao; Wan‐Chen Chang; Tak‐Wai Chan

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 3 (June 2018) pp. 211–222

We have observed that many computer-supported writing environments based on pedagogical strategies have only been designed to incorporate the cognitive aspects, but motivational aspects should also be included. Hence, we theorize that integrating...

A Web-Based Learning System for Question-Posing and Peer Assessment

Fu-Yun Yu; Yu-Hsin Liu; Tak-Wai Chan

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 42, No. 4 (November 2005) pp. 337–348

A web-based learning system has been developed to facilitate question-posing, peer-assessing, item-viewing and drill-and-practice learning activities. In this paper, the pedagogical basis underlying the design and development of the system is...

Computer-Supported Teacher Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge through Developing School-Based Curriculum

Yih-Ruey Juang; Tzu-Chien Liu; Tak-Wai Chan

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 2 (2008) pp. 149–170

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is essential to career development for teachers. Teachers can develop their own PCK by research-based activities such as action research and lesson study, with a particular emphasis on the employment of classroom...

Environmental design for a structured network learning society

Ben Chang; Nien-Heng Cheng; Yi-Chan Deng; Tak-Wai Chan

Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 2 (February 2007) pp. 234–249

Social interactions profoundly impact the learning processes of learners in traditional societies. The rapid rise of the Internet using population has been the establishment of numerous different styles of network communities. Network societies form ...

Language: English

EduXs: multilayer educational services platforms

Li-Jie Chang; Jie-Chi Yang; Yi-Chan Deng; Tak-Wai Chan

Computers & Education Vol. 41, No. 1 (August 2003) pp. 1–18

How to use the online social learning communities to improve quality and quantity of interactions in physical social learning communities is an important issue. This work describes the design and implementation of multilayer educational services...

Language: English

An approach to assisting teachers in building physical and network hybrid community-based learning environments: the Taiwanese experience

Li-Jie Chang; Chih-Yueh Chou; Zhi-Hong Chen; Tak-Wai Chan

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 24, No. 4 (July 2004) pp. 383–396

Information technology (IT) is becoming increasingly important in K-12 (from kindergarten to senior high school) education. Teachers face growing pressure to interact with their students via networks. However, most teachers require IT assistance to...

Language: English

Topics: Physical Environments

Equal opportunity tactic: Redesigning and applying competition games in classrooms

Hercy N.H. Cheng; Winston M.C. Wu; Calvin C.Y. Liao; Tak-Wai Chan

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 866–876

Competition, despite its potential drawbacks, is an easily adopted and frequently used motivator in classrooms. Individual abilities, in the years of schooling, are inevitably different, and performance in competition is heavily ability dependent,...

Language: English

Improving Pupils' Mathematical Communication Abilities through Computer-Supported Reciprocal Peer Tutoring

Euphony F. Y. Yang; Ben Chang; Hercy N. H. Cheng; Tak-Wai Chan

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 157–169

This study examined how to foster pupils' mathematical communication abilities by using tablet PCs. Students were encouraged to generate math creations (including mathematical representation, solution, and solution explanation of word problems) as...

Utilizing a Collaborative Cross Number Puzzle Game to Develop the Computing Ability of Addition and Subtraction

Yen-Hua Chen; Chee-Kit Looi; Chiu-Pin Lin; Yin-Juan Shao; Tak-Wai Chan

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 1 (2012) pp. 354–366

While addition and subtraction is a key mathematical skill for young children, a typical activity for them in classrooms involves doing repetitive arithmetic calculation exercises. In this study, we explore a collaborative way for students to learn...

The Effects of Game-Based Learning on Mathematical Confidence and Performance: High Ability vs. Low Ability

Oskar Ku; Sherry Y. Chen; Denise H. Wu; Andrew C. C. Lao; Tak-Wai Chan

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 3 pp. 65–78

Many students possess low confidence toward learning mathematics, which, in turn, may lead them to give up pursuing more mathematics knowledge. Recently, game-based learning (GBL) is regarded as a potential means in improving students'...

Development and Evaluation of Multiple Competitive Activities in a Synchronous Quiz Game System

Li-Jie Chang; Jie-Chi Yang; Tak-Wai Chan; Fu-Yun Yu

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 40, No. 1 (2003) pp. 16–26

Describes the design of an online competitive learning environment that involved three basic competitive forms and 16 competitive activities to stimulate student motivation. Explains "Joyce", a system in which users can compete with either a...

Teacher-oriented adaptive Web-based environment for supporting practical teaching models: a case study of “school for all”

Chuo-Bin Lin; Shelly Shwu-Ching Young; Tak-Wai Chan; Yen-Hua Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 44, No. 2 (February 2005) pp. 155–172

Web-based learning systems, if designed appropriately, offer many advantages over the traditional learning environments. This study addresses the design and development of new approaches and network technologies based on the newly induced...

Four spaces of network learning models

Tak-Wai Chan; Chih-Wei Hue; Chih-Yueh Chou; Ovid J.L Tzeng

Computers & Education Vol. 37, No. 2 (2001) pp. 141–161

The development of information and communication technology changes how, what, who, when, where and why we learn. Unfortunately, little is known of the exact impact that these changes will bring to education. However, we are certain that many new...

Language: English

A Framework of Three Learning Activity Levels for Enhancing the Usability and Feasibility of Wireless Learning Environments

Hsue-Yie Wang; Tzu-Chien Liu; Chih-Yueh Chou; Jen-Kai Liang; Tak-Wai Chan; Stephen Yang

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 30, No. 4 (Apr 01, 2004) pp. 331–351

The most recent advances in information technology have brought wireless communication and mobile devices to education. The wireless technology enhanced classroom (WiTEC) integrates a wireless local area network, mobile learning devices, and client...