Exploring the affordances of WeChat for facilitating teaching, social and cognitive presence in semi-synchronous language exchange

Yuping Wang; Wei-Chieh Fang; Julia Han; Nian-Shing Chen

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 32, No. 4 (Nov 07, 2016)

This research is an exploratory study that evaluates the affordances of WeChat for the development of a community of inquiry (CoI) in semi-synchronous language exchange supported by WeChat.WeChat is an instant messenger that facilitates a multimodal ...

A context-aware video prompt approach to improving students' in-field reflection levels

I-Chun Hung; Xiu-Jun Yang; Wei-Chieh Fang; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Nian-Shing Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 80–91

Engaging students in reflection during real-world observation and inquiry activities has been recognized as an important issue for improving students' learning achievement and motivation. Many studies in the literature have adopted text-based...

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Real Body versus 3D Avatar: The Effects of Different Embodied Learning Types on EFL Listening Comprehension

Yu-Ju Lan; Wei-Chieh Fang; Indy Y. T. Hsiao; Nian-Shing Chen

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 3 (2018) pp. 709–731

The current study aimed at investigating how different types of embodied learnings influence elementary school students' English as a foreign language (EFL) listening performance. Two kinds of embodied learnings: real and physical body versus the 3D ...