Improving the effectiveness of English vocabulary review by integrating ARCS with mobile game-based learning

Ting‐Ting Wu

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 3 (June 2018) pp. 315–323

Memorizing English vocabulary is often considered uninteresting, and a lack of motivation exists during learning activities. Moreover, most vocabulary practice systems automatically select words from articles and do not provide integrated model...

A Learning Log Analysis of an English-Reading e-Book System Combined with a Guidance Mechanism

Ting-Ting Wu

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 8 (2016) pp. 1938–1956

Learning English by reading articles on multimedia e-book devices can assist students in improving their vocabulary and in understanding the associations among vocabulary, textual meaning, and paragraph composition. Adaptive integration of reading...

Combining e-books with mind mapping in a reciprocal teaching strategy for a classical Chinese course

Ting-Ting Wu; An-Chi Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 116, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 64–80

Chinese texts contain the essence of traditional Chinese culture and humanistic spirit, although they are obscure and difficult to understand. The integration of e-books into language learning can play a positive role and improve reading...

Language: English

Analysis of Learning Achievement and Teacher–Student Interactions in Flipped and Conventional Classrooms

Jerry Sun; Yu-Ting Wu

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 17, No. 1 (Feb 02, 2016)

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of two different teaching methods on learning effectiveness. OpenCourseWare was integrated into the flipped classroom model (experimental group) and distance learning (control group). Learning...

Facilitating Comprehension of Non-Native English Speakers during Lectures in English with STR-Texts

Rustam Shadiev; Ting-Ting Wu; Yueh-Min Huang

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 1 (2018) pp. 94–104

We provided texts generated by speech-to text-recognition (STR) technology for non-native English speaking students during lectures in English in order to test whether STR-texts were useful for enhancing students' comprehension of lectures. To this...

Facilitating comprehension of non-native English speakers during lectures in English with STR-texts

Rustam Shadiev; Ting‐Ting Wu; Yueh‐Min Huang

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 1 (February 2018) pp. 94–104

We provided texts generated by speech-to text-recognition (STR) technology for non-native English speaking students during lectures in English in order to test whether STR-texts were useful for enhancing students' comprehension of lectures. To this...

Applications of Speech-to-Text Recognition and Computer-Aided Translation for Facilitating Cross-Cultural Learning through a Learning Activity: Issues and Their Solutions

Rustam Shadiev; Ting-Ting Wu; Ai Sun; Yueh-Min Huang

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 1 (2018) pp. 191–214

In this study, 21 university students, who represented thirteen nationalities, participated in an online cross-cultural learning activity. The participants were engaged in interactions and exchanges carried out on Facebook® and Skype® platforms, and ...

Embedding Diagnostic Mechanisms in a Digital Game for Learning Mathematics

Yueh-Min Huang; Shu-Hsien Huang; Ting-Ting Wu

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 187–207

Mathematics is closely related to daily life, but it is also one of the lessons which often cause anxiety to primary school students. Digital game-based learning (DGBL) has been regarded as a sound learning strategy in raising learner willingness...

Using Scaffolding Strategies to Promote Young Children's Scientific Understandings of Floating and Sinking

Ching-Ting Hsin; Hsin-Kai Wu

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 20, No. 5 (October 2011) pp. 656–666

The purposes of this study are to examine young children's explanations of floating and sinking and to investigate how scaffolding strategies provided by a tutor could promote their scientific understandings. Fifteen 4-year-olds and fifteen 5-year...

Using a Multimedia Storytelling to Improve Students' Learning Performance

Wan-Chi Wu; Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3159–3166

The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Digital Storytelling (DST) on the critical thinking (CT), problem solving (PS), and academic achievement of senior high school students. The study uses a quasi-experimental design with 113...

The Impact of Digital Storytelling and of Thinking Styles on Elementary School Students’ Creative Thinking, Learning Motivation, and Academic Achievement

Wan-Chi Wu; Ya-Ting Yang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 975–981

The main purpose of this ongoing study is to explore the impact of Digital Storytelling (DS) and of thinking styles on the creative thinking (CT), learning motivation, and academic achievement of elementary students. The study will use a quasi...

Applying Mobile Annotation APPs in EFL Reading: Students’ Perceptions and Experiences

Shiou-Wen Yeh; Ting-Yi Wu

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1546–1550

With the advancement of mobile technology, making annotations by marking text on a mobile device has become a common practice. The mobility of mobile annotations means that learners could do the reading annotation activities in any environment. The...

Topics: SIG: Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching, Usability/User Studies, Implementation Experiences

Effect of a Blended Learning Environment on Student Critical Thinking and Knowledge Transformation

Min Jou; Yen-Ting Lin; Din-Wu Wu

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 6 (2016) pp. 1131–1147

With the development of information technology and popularization of web applications, students nowadays have grown used to skimming through information provided through the Internet. This reading habit led them to be incapable of analyzing or...

Application and Analysis of a Mobile E-Book System Based on Project-Based Learning in Community Health Nursing Practice Courses

Ting-Ting Wu; Yueh-Min Huang; Chen-Ying Su; Lei Chang; Yi Chen Lu

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 143–156

Nursing practice courses are the most formative part of nursing education. Through practice, nursing students apply, validate, and clarify theories taught in class. Recently, research on the application of mobile devices in nursing practice courses...

Ubiquitous English Learning System with Dynamic Personalized Guidance of Learning Portfolio

Ting-Ting Wu; Tien-Wen Sung; Yueh-Min Huang; Chu-Sing Yang; Jin-Tan Yang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 4 (2011) pp. 164–180

Situated learning has been recognized as an effective approach in enhancing learning impressions and experiences for students. Can we take advantage of situated learning in helping students who are not English native speakers to read English...

The design and implementation of authentic learning with mobile technology in vocational nursing practice course

Ying‐Hung Pu; Ting‐Ting Wu; Po‐Sheng Chiu; Yueh‐Min Huang

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 3 (May 2016) pp. 494–509

In recent years, along with the development of mobile technology, vocational nursing education has improved greatly. In light of this emerging mobile technology, it brings the clinical practice of vocational nursing education closer to authentic...

Problem-Based Learning Effectiveness on Micro-Blog and Blog for Students: A Case Study

Shu-Hsien Huang; Yueh-Min Huang; Ting-Ting Wu; Hong-Ren Chen; Shih-Ming Chang

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 6 (2016) pp. 1334–1354

Problem-based learning (PBL) is regarded as an effective learning strategy to enhance cognition not only in traditional learning but also in e-learning. In e-learning settings, blogs and micro-blogs can plausibly provide a platform to conduct PBL....

The Add-On Impact of Mobile Applications in Learning Strategies: A Review Study

Yu-Lin Jeng; Ting-Ting Wu; Yueh-Min Huang; Qing Tan; Stephen J. H. Yang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 13, No. 3 (2010) pp. 3–11

Mobile devices are more powerful and portable nowadays with plenty of useful tools for assisting people to handle daily life. With the advance of mobile technology, the issue of mobile learning has been widely investigated in e-learning research....

An Authentic Learning Based Evaluation Method for Mobile Learning in Higher Education

Po-Sheng Chiu; Ying-Hung Pu; Chih-Chien Kao; Ting-Ting Wu; Yueh-Min Huang

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 55, No. 3 (2018) pp. 336–347

If mobile learning is to be effectively developed and feasibly applied to education, it is necessary to evaluate its effectiveness. This study adopted Herrington's nine elements of authentic learning paradigm to develop an authentic learning-based...

The effect of the flipped classroom approach to OpenCourseWare instruction on students’ self-regulation

Jerry Chih‐Yuan Sun; Yu‐Ting Wu; Wei‐I Lee

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 3 (May 2017) pp. 713–729

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the flipped classroom approach to OpenCourseWare instruction on students’ self-regulation. OpenCourseWare was integrated into the flipped classroom model (experimental group) and distance...

Concurrent student-managed discussions in a large class

Ting Dong; Richard C. Anderson; Tzu-Jung Lin; Xiaoying Wu

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 48, No. 5 (2009) pp. 352–367

Is it feasible to hold concurrent, small-group, peer-managed discussions in large elementary school classes? We sought an initial answer to this question in a fifth-grade class in Hefei, China. The 52 students in the class were divided into seven...

Language: English

Digital storytelling for enhancing student academic achievement, critical thinking, and learning motivation: A year-long experimental study

Ya-Ting C. Yang; Wan-Chi I. Wu

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 339–352

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of Digital storytelling (DST) on the academic achievement, critical thinking, and learning motivation of senior high school students learning English as a foreign language. The one-year study...

Language: English

Mediated Storytelling and Cognitive Development within ZPD: a Vygotskian's educational perspective on preschool children of foreign marriage families

Cheng Hsu; Chia-pei Wu; Yi-ting Chen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) p. 1122

This study is aimed to discuss the scientific concept formation and zone of proximal development (ZPD) of preschool children of foreign marriage. As the number of foreign marriage in Taiwan becomes steady in recent years, subsequent issues, such as...

The Influences of Social Self-Efficacy on Social Trust and Social Capital--A Case Study of Facebook

Sheng-Yi Wu; Shih-Ting Wang; Feng Liu; Da-Chain Hu; Wu-Yuin Hwang

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 246–254

Facebook is currently the most popular social networking service in the world. With such tremendous influence on community networks, Facebook has been attracting considerable attention both from the media and academia. A review of the literature...

Ubiquitous Performance-Support System as Mindtool: A Case Study of Instructional Decision Making and Learning Assistant

Hsinyi Peng; Po-Ya Chuang; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Hui-Chun Chu; Ting-Ting Wu; Shu-Xian Huang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009) pp. 107–120

Researchers have conducted various studies on applying wireless communication and ubiquitous computing technologies to education, so that the technologies can provide learners and educators with more active and adaptive support. This study proposes...

An Integrated BIM and Cost Estimating Blended Learning Model--Acceptance Differences between Experts and Novice

Yun-Wu Wu; Ming-Hui Wen; Ching-Ming Chen; I-Ting Hsu

EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education Vol. 12, No. 5 (2016) pp. 1347–1363

"Building information technology" and "cost estimating" are two core skills of construction education. However, in traditional education, students learn these two important subjects in separate courses. This study proposes a...

Developing and Evaluating a Chinese Collocation Retrieval Tool for CFL Students and Teachers

Howard Hao-Jan Chen; Jian-Cheng Wu; Christine Ting-Yu Yang; Iting Pan

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 29, No. 1 (2016) pp. 21–39

The development of collocational knowledge is important for foreign language learners; unfortunately, learners often have difficulties producing proper collocations in the target language. Among the various ways of collocation learning, the DDL ...

Development and evaluation of a web map mind tool environment with the theory of spatial thinking and project-based learning strategy

Huei‐Tse Hou; Tsai‐Fang Yu; Yi‐Xuan Wu; Yao‐Ting Sung; Kuo‐En Chang

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 2 (March 2016) pp. 390–402

The theory of spatial thinking is relevant to the learning and teaching of many academic domains. One promising method to facilitate learners' higher-order thinking is to utilize a web map mind tool to assist learners in applying spatial thinking to ...

Collaborative Action Research on Technology Integration for Science Learning

Chien-hsing Wang; Yi-Ting Ke; Jin-Tong Wu; Wen-Hua Hsu

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 2012) pp. 125–132

This paper briefly reports the outcomes of an action research inquiry on the use of blogs, MS PowerPoint [PPT], and the Internet as learning tools with a science class of sixth graders for project-based learning. Multiple sources of data were...

An Automatic Multimedia Content Summarization System for Video Recommendation

Jie Chi Yang; Yi Ting Huang; Chi Cheng Tsai; Ching I. Chung; Yu Chieh Wu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009) pp. 49–61

In recent years, using video as a learning resource has received a lot of attention and has been successfully applied to many learning activities. In comparison with text-based learning, video learning integrates more multimedia resources, which...

The Effectiveness of Cloud Health Promotion Environment on Senior High School Students' Physical Activity, Physical Behavior Change, and Academic Achievement

Wan-Chi Wu; Ya-Ting Yang; I-Hua Chen; Wei-Chun Chiang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1966–1969

Studies in clinical medicine have demonstrated that the neurotransmitters released when students increase their physical activities make students more concentrated and stabilized, and this may lead to satisfactory academic performance. Additionally, ...

Forecasting Reading Anxiety for Promoting English-Language Reading Performance Based on Reading Annotation Behavior

Chih-Ming Chen; Jung-Ying Wang; Yong-Ting Chen; Jhih-Hao Wu

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 4 (2016) pp. 681–705

To reduce effectively the reading anxiety of learners while reading English articles, a C4.5 decision tree, a widely used data mining technique, was used to develop a personalized reading anxiety prediction model (PRAPM) based on individual learners'...

Embedding game-based problem-solving phase into problem-posing system for mathematics learning

Kuo-En Chang; Lin-Jung Wu; Sheng-En Weng; Yao-Ting Sung

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 775–786

A problem-posing system is developed with four phases including posing problem, planning, solving problem, and looking back, in which the “solving problem” phase is implemented by game-scenarios. The system supports elementary students in the...

Language: English

Factors Related to ICT Competencies for Students with Learning Disabilities

Ting-Fang Wu; Cheng-Ming Chen; Hui-Shan Lo; Yao-Ming Yeh; Ming-Chung Chen

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 76–88

The purpose of this study was to develop an explanatory model for the information and communication technology (ICT) competencies of students with and without learning disabilities (LD). A conceptual model was proposed, and included five major...

The Relationship between Academic Abilities and Internal/External Thinking Styles on Digital Game Flow Experience

I Hua Chen; Ya-Ting C Yang; Wan-Chi Wu; Wei-Chun Chiang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 911–918

“Flow” is referred to as a mental state of optimal experience resulted from full immersion. Recent studies on digital game based learning have applied the flow theory to explain the immersion of students in game playing. However, the relationship...

Using Mobile Devices to Enhance the Interactive Learning for Spatial Geometry

Kuo-En Chang; Lin-Jung Wu; Shing-Chuang Lai; Yao-Ting Sung

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 4 (2016) pp. 916–934

The purpose of this research is to develop a hands-on spatial geometry learning system to facilitate the learning of geometry. The development of this system was based on Duval's four critical elements of geometric learning: perceptual apprehension, ...

Constructing an Interactive Environment for Faculty Instructional Development

Shinn-Rong Lin; Chia-wen Liu; Yi-Chin Wu; Hsiao-Ting Teng

International Educational Technology Conference 2007 (May 2007)

This study describes a novel interactive platform for faculty development, particularly focusing on transmitting some subtle teaching experiences, e.g., interaction with students inside and outside of class, face to face and via the Internet. This...

Remote Access Laboratories for Preparing STEM Teachers: Preliminary Exploration

Ting Wu; Peter Albion; Andrew Maxwell; Alexander Kist; Lindy Orwin; Ananda Maiti

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2054–2061

Education for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as a priority throughout the world but many K-6 teachers are inadequately prepared for it by virtue of limited exposure in their own schooling and teacher...

Topics: Teachers, Engineering, Classrooms, Engineering Education, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

Effects of an Augmented Reality-Based Educational Game on Students' Learning Achievements and Attitudes in Real-World Observations

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Po-Han Wu; Chi-Chang Chen; Nien-Ting Tu

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 8 (2016) pp. 1895–1906

Augmented reality (AR) has been recognized as a potential technology to help students link what they are observing in the real world to their prior knowledge. One of the most challenging issues of AR-based learning is the provision of effective...

Effects of high level prompts and peer assessment on online learners’ reflection levels

Nian-Shing Chen; Chun-Wang Wei; Kuen-Ting Wu; Lorna Uden

Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 2 (February 2009) pp. 283–291

Reflection plays a very important role in learning processes and is very helpful for promoting learning performance. Many higher education institutions today are actively promoting learners’ reflection ability in order to help them cope with the...

Alleviating Pre-Service Teachers’ STEM Anxiety Through the Use of Remote Access Laboratories

Peter Albion; Ting Wu; Alexander Kist; Lindy Orwin; Andrew Maxwell; Ananda Maiti

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 146–154

Amid calls for greater emphasis on STEM in primary education, non-specialist teachers required to teach STEM subjects are often prone to anxiety as a consequence of their own education including only limited exposure to STEM. This paper reports on a ...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Engineering Education, Distance/Flexible Education

Effects of drag-and-response interaction mechanism of multi-touch operated tabletop technology on users' awareness and collaborative performance

Wu-Yuin Hwang; Rustam Shadiev; Yueh-Min Huang; Yi-Ting Cai; Yu-Shu Yang; Jia-Han Su

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 130–141

In this study we proposed drag-and-response interaction mechanism of multi-touch operated tabletop technology which features a queue area, a rubber band and a transfer animation function. We conducted one experiment by applying our proposed drag-and-...

Language: English

A Blended Mobile Learning Environment for Museum Learning

Huei-Tse Hou; Sheng-Yi Wu; Peng-Chun Lin; Yao-Ting Sung; Jhe-Wei Lin; Kuo-En Chang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 207–218

The use of mobile devices for informal learning has gained attention over recent years. Museum learning is also regarded as an important research topic in the field of informal learning. This study explored a blended mobile museum learning...

Peer Coaching and Community of Practice in Professional Development in ICT for Teachers

Chi-Syan Lin; Jan-Pan Hwang; Yu-Chi Kuo; Chung-Chi Wu; Yu-Chung Chu; Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang; Chi-Sung Laih; Jia-Rong Wen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 188–196

The paper reviews the PBL.NET project, which is targeted at professional development in ICT for school teachers in Taiwan. The strategy of professional development adopted by the project is combining peer coaching and community of practice online. A ...

Topics: Professional Development

An analysis of student collaborative problem solving activities mediated by collaborative simulations

Chia-Jung Chang; Ming-Hua Chang; Bing-Cheng Chiu; Chen-Chung Liu; Shih-Hsun Fan Chiang; Cai-Ting Wen; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Ying-Tien Wu; Po-Yao Chao; Chia-Hsi Lai; Su-Wen Wu; Chih-Kang Chang; Wenli Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 114, No. 1 (November 2017) pp. 222–235

Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is considered as one of the core competencies of the 21st century. Collaborative simulations which allow multiple students to participate in CPS activities in a shared simulation session are now increasingly...

Language: English