Enhancing Pre-service Teacher's Sense of Learning Community with Microblogging in an Online Course

Xin Wang

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 2017–2023

This study examines how microblogging (Twitter) activities affect pre-service teachers' sense of learning community (SLC) in an online course, and whether accessing Twitter from different platforms (mobile devices and non-mobile devices) influences...

Topics: research, Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues

Lateral force design (LFD) software for wind and seismic loads per IBC 2003 and ASCE 7-02

Xin Wang

(2004) pp. 1–118

This thesis presents a software as teaching tool to help students of architecture study building code theory regarding wind and seismic loads. This thesis includes three parts. Part I is the background research of building structural design for ...

CRM Systems with Social Networking Capabilities: The Value of Incorporating a CRM 2.0 System in Sales/Marketing Education

Xin Wang; Riley Dugan; Jane Sojka

Marketing Education Review Vol. 23, No. 3 (2013) pp. 241–250

Implementation of a customer relationship management (CRM) 2.0 system can provide both a valuable pedagogical tool and a needed skill set in a marketing and sales curriculum. A CRM 2.0 system incorporated in the sales and marketing curriculum can...

Topics: Curriculum

Managing Web-based Learning Resources for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned from Web Analytics

Demei Shen; Xin Wang; Hsin-Liang Chen

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 470–475

Abstract: This study focuses on using a web analytics tool, Google Analytics, to find out the usage and users’ information behavior on an educational website, eThemes. Findings indicate that Google Analytics provides general descriptive data on...

Building Creativity through Constructive Pedagogy in an Online Teacher Preparation Course

Mia Kim Williams; Watsatree Diteeyont; Deborah Genet; Xin Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1137–1142

This study investigated teacher candidates’ self-perceptions of creativity through constructive pedagogical practices of instructors in an online teacher preparation course. This research used mixed methods that provide authentic evidence of the...

Enhancing Preservice Teachers’ Self-efficacy and Skills for Mobile App Integration in Teaching and Learning Practices

Lindsey Schulz; Kelly McKenna; Catherine Otieno; Xin Wang; Mia Williams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1732–1739

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mobile app evaluation activities in increasing preservice educators’ self-efficacy and skills in integrating mobile apps into their teaching practices. Both quantitative and qualitative...

Topics: Integration, Evaluation, Preservice Teacher Education, Mobile Learning, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Multiple Perspective Account of iPad Integration

Kelly McKenna; Lindsey Schulz; Catherine Otieno; Xin Wang; Mia Williams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1672–1678

This mixed methods study documents the experience of a first time pilot program integrating iPads into the classroom for four instructors, with varying degrees of iPad skills, at a teaching intensive university in the Rocky Mountain Region. The...

Topics: Integration, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Mobile Learning

An Examination of Teacher Candidates’ Learning and Innovation Skills Developed in a Flipped Classroom

Mia Kim Williams; Watsatree Diteeyont; Catherine Otieno; Lindsey Schulz; Xin Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 507–511

This study investigates how teacher candidates’ learning and skills related to the creation of technology-rich content based learning activities develop in a flipped classroom model. Participants engaged in a teacher education course designed to...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education