Advancing Adventure Education Using Digital Motion-Sensing Games

Ju-Ling Shih; Yu-Jen Hsu

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 4 (2016) pp. 178–189

This study used the Xbox Kinect and Unity 3D game engine to develop two motion-sensing games in which the participants, in simulated scenarios, could experience activities that are unattainable in real life, become immersed in collaborative...

Outdoor Natural Science Learning with an RFID-Supported Immersive Ubiquitous Learning Environment

Tsung-Yu Liu; Tan-Hsu Tan; Yu-Ling Chu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 4 (2009) pp. 161–175

Despite their successful use in many conscientious studies involving outdoor learning applications, mobile learning systems still have certain limitations. For instance, because students cannot obtain real-time, context-aware content in outdoor...

The Effects of Meta-Cognitive Instruction on Students' Reading Comprehension in Computerized Reading Contexts: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis

Yi-Chin Lan; Yu-Ling Lo; Ying-Shao Hsu

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 4 pp. 186–202

Comprehension is the essence of reading. Finding appropriate and effective reading strategies to support students' reading comprehension has always been a critical issue for educators. This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 17...

Effects of Guided Writing Strategies on Students' Writing Attitudes Based on Media Richness Theory

Yu-Feng Lan; Chun-Ling Hung; Hung-Ju Hsu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 148–164

The purpose of this paper is to develop different guided writing strategies based on media richness theory and further evaluate the effects of these writing strategies on younger students' writing attitudes in terms of motivation, enjoyment and...

The Factors of Influencing College Student's Belief in Consumption-type Internet Rumors

Chaoyun Liang; Wen-Shou Chou; Yu-Ling Hsu

International Journal of Cyber Society and Education Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jun 30, 2009) pp. 37–46

The study is aimed at exploring the factors of influencing college student's belief in consumption-type Internet rumors. A special interest is facused on the correlative causality of “source credibility,” “affection,” and “involvement,” which are...

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Educational Affordances of a Ubiquitous Learning Environment in a Natural Science Course

Tan-Hsu Tan; Min-Sheng Lin; Yu-Ling Chu; Tsung-Yu Liu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 2 (2012) pp. 206–219

Educational affordances are worthy of being explored because the affordances of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provide the pedagogical effects for promoting cognitive acceleration, increasing the self-management of students,...

"iRobiQ": The Influence of Bidirectional Interaction on Kindergarteners' Reading Motivation, Literacy, and Behavior

Hsien-Sheng Hsiao; Cheng-Sian Chang; Chien-Yu Lin; Hsiu-Ling Hsu

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 23, No. 3 (2015) pp. 269–292

This study focused on an intelligent robot which was viewed as a language teaching/learning tool to improve children's reading ability, reading interest, and learning behavior. The iRobiQ, with its multimedia contents, was employed to encourage...