E-Learn 2005--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education
October 2005
Editors
Griff Richards
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 526
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Teachers’ Needs of an Online Learning Community Assisting Professional Development
I-Chun Tsai, University of Missouri, United States; Ching-Hua Wu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Abstract. This study is a needs assessment of exploring teachers' needs in an online learning community that assists teachers' observational skills training. A qualitative study was conducted in... More
pp. 2455-2460
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Interdisciplinary approach for the design of a learning environment
Lucile Vadcard, laboratoire Clips IMAG, France; Vanda Luengo, Laboratoire Clips IMAG, France
This paper presents our interdisciplinary approach for the design of a technology-based learning environment for orthopaedic surgery. We present how the didactical analysis of teaching and learning... More
pp. 2461-2468
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Building an institution-wide blended learning community
Antonio Volpentesta & Nicola Frega, University of Calabria, Italy
An institutional wide blended learning community is considered a fundamental part of a strategy aimed to move an institution from a set of isolated micro-communities to a scenario where flexible... More
pp. 2469-2476
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The Motivational Impact Of Designing E-Portfolio On Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Literacy And Their Desire To Use Technology In The Future Classroom
Shiangkwei Wang & Srilata Bhattacharyya, New York Institute of Technology, United States
Portfolio has been used as an alternative assessment tool. At NYIT, the teacher education program has launched a longitudinal electronic portfolio research project to exam the potential impact of... More
pp. 2477-2481
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Information Literacy Skills of University Students Applied to the Web Environment
Yu-mei Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
It is universally agreed that information literacy skills are essential in student learning Information literacy skills facilitate student self-directed learning and critical thinking skills. More... More
p. 2482
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Framework of Computer Supported Learning/Education System, Based on Knowledge Handling Model
Toyohide Watanabe, Nagoya University, Japan
It is successful to create a well-defined framework that the learning activity should be not only looked upon as a kind of knowledge management but also supported from a viewpoint of promoting the ... More
pp. 2483-2488
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Distributed Learning in Management Education. A Business School Experience
Phil Whittaker & Daniel Ziguilinsky, Ashridge Business School, United Kingdom
The objective of the paper is to assess the degree of appropriateness of the different technologies and methodologies currently available to deliver distributed learning in management sciences to... More
pp. 2489-2496
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Sense of classroom community in online and face to face environments: An analysis of measurements between students and their instructors
Mervyn Wighting & Alfred Rovai, Regent University, United States; Robert Lucking, Old Dominion University, United States; Joan Hecht, Thomas Nelson Community College, United States
This presentation will summarize a body of research centering on the measurement of sense of community within online classrooms as well as face to face classroom environments in a variety of higher... More
pp. 2497-2499
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Developing the Information Commitment Survey for assessing college and graduate students’ evaluative standards for Web information and their searching strategies in Web-based learning environments
Ying-Tien Wu, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan; Chin-Chung Tsai, Institute of Education & Center for Teacher Education, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Taiwan
'Information commitments' are a set of evaluative standards in which Web users utilize to assess the accuracy and usefulness of information in Web-based learning environments. The main purpose of... More
pp. 2500-2512
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Adapting Computer Vision Algorithms to Real-time Peer-to-Peer E-learning: Review, Issues and Solutions
Richard Xu, University of Technologies, Sydney (UTS), Australia; Jesse Jin, University of Newcastle, Australia
In traditional e-learning applications, the instructional video is usually unprocessed before student viewing. Recent advances in computer vision technologies have leveraged the use of... More
pp. 2513-2519
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Comparison of Internet Addicts and Non-addicts in Taiwanese High Schools
Shu Ching Yang, National Sun Yat-sen Univ, Taiwan
This study investigated the difference between Internet addicts and non-addicts in Taiwanese high schools, and focused specifically on their Internet usage patterns, and gratification and... More
pp. 2520-2525
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Constructing a Technology-Based Reinforcement Support System to Enhance the Students Achievement in Algebra
Mohammad Yazdani, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, United States
Teachers' websites has significantly changed the way we communicate between school and home. In preparation for the present study we constructed and published a website to assist the students with ... More
pp. 2526-2529
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Towards a New e-Learning Theory by Using Modelling Approach
Pertti V.J. Yli-Luoma & Kaarina Pirilä, University of Oulu, Finland
In the present study a new e-learning theory is advanced. A modelling approach is used. The modelling approach towards the new learning theory consists of five stages: Support Context, Social... More
pp. 2530-2542
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Online chats of indegenous teenagers: the case of Bedouin youth.
Gadi Alexander, Ben Gurion University, Israel
The literature on the use of technology by indigenous users, pays little attention to online chats, and prefers to focus on more organized and formal uses, such as community produced web-sites, to ... More
pp. 2543-2545
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Hola! Where are the Tejanos in Texas History? Where are the Hispanics in U.S. History?
Christine Berkland, The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Multiple educational problems exist for Hispanic youth. They are often unfavorably represented in educational texts and teacher training is lacking for multiculturalism. At middle school age when ... More
pp. 2546-2551
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Integrating Literacy and Technology Literacy Instruction in Preservice Education
Terence Cavanaugh, University of North Florida, United States
Today's new definitions of literacy includes reading from computer screens, and includes media, technology, information, and other critical literacies going well beyond reading words on paper. It... More
pp. 2552-2556
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E-Learning Strategy for South East European University to Enable Borderless Education
Bekim Fetaji, South East European University, Macedonia; Denis Helic & Hermann Maurer, IICM, TU Graz, Austria
In this paper we present a strategy for implementing E-Learning at South East European University. The developed strategy takes into account the University's mission in achieving a so-called... More
pp. 2557-2569
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Student Laptop Use in Learning Practice: participant observation from inside the undergraduate classroom
Lorraine Fisher, Martin Butler & Peter Keenan, Department of Management Information Systems, Ireland; Geraldine O'Neill, Centre for Teaching and Learning,, Ireland
This paper argues for use of an interpretive ethnographic approach (Denzin, 1997) to examine social and cultural contexts (Geertz, 1973) which surround student use of laptops. This paper draws from... More
pp. 2562-2569
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University Society Interface: A perspective from the border regions of Portugal and Spain
Natália Gomes, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
The University today holds the function of transmitting, discovering and distributing knowledge to society, by responding to the needs of companies and adopting mechanisms that facilitate the... More
pp. 2570-2575
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Attitudinal Influences on Technology Usage in Higher Education
Valerie Kesner Greenberg, University of the Incarnate Word, United States
The Pew Internet and American Life study has recently found that American Universities are not promoting the use of new technologies as expected. Professors' beliefs in their personal efficacy to... More
pp. 2576-2584
