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Hui-Yin Hsu
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Preparing Teachers to Teach Literacy to Diverse Students
Hui-Yin Hsu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1302–1307
This paper discusses how pre-service teachers use weblog can help integrate diversity issues into literacy teaching and learning in the public schools. This study explores weblog technology’s possible contributions to the integration of diversity...
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Using Video Blogs to Enhance Teachers’ Curriculum Articulation: Engagement Theory
Hui-Yin Hsu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 903–908
This project explores technology use as a medium through which pre-service teachers can enhance their curriculum articulation and their creative expression by engaging with content knowledge and with content skills. The framework of this project...
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Using Audioblogs to Assist Language Learning
Hui-Yin Hsu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2746–2751
This pilot study investigates how the use of audioblogs can help to meet an instructor’s need to improve instruction in English as a second language (ESL). In this study, the instructor uses audioblogs to manage oral assignments, to interact with...
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Blogging: a Collaborative Online Discussion Tool
Shiangkwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2486–2489
Originally, blogs served as personal journaling tools. Recently blogs are more often applied to form online communities and thus expanded to more extensive uses in education. Little has been learned about the learners' perceptions of using blog to...
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Preservice Teachers’ Uses of SMILE to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices
Hui-Yin Hsu; Paul Kim
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 348–356
SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment) is a technology developed to support student learning through student-generated questioning. Literature has shown that student-generated questions can positively affect students’ learning...
Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, E-Learning Trends and Innovations (social learning, mobile, augmented etc.), research, Teachers, Achievement
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The Impact of Using Blogs on College Students' Reading Comprehension and Learning Motivation
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiangkwei Wang
Literacy Research and Instruction Vol. 50, No. 1 (2011) pp. 68–88
Research studies on college reading have been emphasizing the effectiveness of instruction and the correlation of reading performance to college success. Little research has been conducted regarding college developmental readers' preferences for...
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Using Gaming Literacies to Cultivate New Literacies
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiangkwei Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1314–1319
The use of games in educational contexts has recently received more and more attention; however, many teachers struggle with finding a right context to adopt games in the classroom. To strengthen teachers’ belief on the educational value of games,...
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The Impact of Professional Development on Science Teachers’ Inquiry and New Literacy Practices: Using ICTs as Cognitive Tools
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 2166–2173
The national science standards and science educators have been advocating inquiry-based. However, inquiry-based instruction is still not a common classroom practice. Technology integration might provide a direction to solve the problem. The purpose...
Topics: research, Evaluation
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The effect of using blogs on college students' reading performance and motivation
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1308–1313
Young generation was born in a technology saturated world. They access digital information more frequent than traditional text, such as TV, WWW, and video games. This phenomenon has been associated with the lower reading scores and the comprehension ...
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Using Gaming Literacies to Cultivate New Literacies
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang
Simulation & Gaming Vol. 41, No. 3 (2010) pp. 400–417
The use of games in educational contexts has recently received growing attention; however, many teachers struggle with finding a right context to adopt games in the classroom. To strengthen teachers' beliefs about the educational value of games,...
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Using the ADDIE Model to Design Second Life Activities for Online Learners
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 53, No. 6 (November 2009) pp. 76–82
Second Life (SL) (http://www.secondlife.com), a 3D multi-user virtual environment (MUVE), is developed and maintained by its users. Over six million users from over 100 countries have become residents in SL. Non-profit and profit organizations and...
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A Design-Based Research Capturing Science Teachers' Practices of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Integration Using the New Literacy Framework
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 36, No. 4 (October 2017) pp. 387–396
Technology integration in K-12 classrooms is usually teacher-centered and has insufficient impact on students’ learning. The purpose of this project is to facilitate science teachers’ use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as...
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Using Blogs to Facilitate Online Discussion
Shiangkwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Sarah McPherson
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 998–1001
Originally, blogs served as personal journaling tools. Recently blogs are more often applied to form online communities and thus expanded to more extensive uses in education. Little has been learned about the learners' perceptions of using blog to...
Topics: Educational Technology, Collaboration
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Using ADDIE Model to Design Second Life activities for Online Learners
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2045–2050
This paper examines the nature of a virtual learning environment – Second Life--, and introduces several Second Life learning examples to help readers who never used Second Life understand its merits and setback on teaching and learning. Second Life ...
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Second Life Application and Its Potential for Higher Education, K-12 Educators, Trainers and Librarians, Part 2
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-YIn Hsu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1354–1358
SL (http://slife.com, abbreviated SL) is a three-dimensional virtual environment introduced by the Linden Lab Company in 2003. Linden provides “islands” in a virtual world. All objects, buildings and activities on these islands were built by their...
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Enhancing scientific inquiry and practicing new literacy skills through ICTs and Mobile Device
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 767–777
New literacy has become an important set of knowledge and skills students need to participate fully into their civic life in a global era. The optimal way of cultivating these literacy skills lies in the successful integration of technology into...
Topics: research, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues
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The Exploration of New York City High School Students' Global Literacy
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang
Multicultural Education & Technology Journal Vol. 4, No. 1 (2010) pp. 43–67
Purpose: When facing greater demands in the international job market and the innovative development and use of technologies, the youth needs a new set of skills and attitudes to succeed in an increasing well-educated global workforce. It is...
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Preparing Teachers to Teach Literacy in a Diverse World
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 737–740
This paper provides specific discussion on how pre-service teachers investigate various ways that diversity issues can be integrated into literacy teaching and learning in the public schools, through the use of technology enhanced pedagogy, weblogs. ...
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New Literacy: Integrating Technology and Literacy Skills into Science Learning
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 1776–1786
The purpose of the study is to develop a framework to guide science teachers’ new literacy practices, and examine the impact of this approach on students’ science learning and new literacy skills. We worked with 25 middle school science teachers...
Topics: Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning, Implementation Examples & Issues, English Language Arts, Middle School Education, Literacy
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Enhance Teachers’ Global Awareness through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Hui-Yin Hsu; Sarah McPherson; Mengping Tsuei; Shiang-Kwei Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 590–592
This project uses information and communication technologies (ICT) which includes wikis, blog and email to facilitate knowledge exchange between pre/in-service teachers in New York City and Taipei to increase their awareness of globalization.
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Educational Technology
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Using Audioblogs to Assist English-Language Learning: An Investigation into Student Perception
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Linda Comac
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 21, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 181–198
This pilot study investigates how the use of audioblogs can help to meet an instructor's need to improve instruction in English as a second language (ESL). In this study, the instructor uses audioblogs to manage oral assignments, to interact with...
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Middle School Science Teachers' Confidence and Pedagogical Practice of New Literacies
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Lisa Runco
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2013) pp. 314–324
Due to the rapid advancements of information and communication technologies (ICTs), educational researchers argue that multimodal and new literacies should become common practices in schools. As new ICTs emerge and evolve, students need the new...
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New Literacies and Teacher Education
Hui-Yin Hsu; Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 2552–2554
New literacies are sets of knowledge and skills pre-service and in-service teachers need in order to prepare their K-12 students to succeed in remaining years of the 21st century. This symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of the new...
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to develop teachers’ global awareness
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Sarah McPherson; Hui-YIn Hsu; Mengping Tsuei
International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jul 05, 2008) pp. 89–104
This project explored uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as wikis, blogs, and e-mail to facilitate knowledge exchange between pre or in-service teachers in New York City and pre or in-service teachers in Taipei, Taiwan....
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New Literacies Instruction in Teacher Education
Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Mengping Tsuei
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 51, No. 5 (October 2007) pp. 24–31
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are transforming the priorities of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to focus on preparing for the "new literacies." According to the...
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New Literacy Implementation: The Impact of Professional Development on Middle School Student Science Learning
Hui-Yin Hsu; Shaing-Kwei Wang; Daniel Coster
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education Vol. 13, No. 3 (July 2017) pp. 53–72
With advancing technology, “literacy” evolves to include new forms of literacy made possible by digital technologies. “New literacy” refers to using technology to research, locate, evaluate, synthesize and communication information. The purpose of...
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New Literacy Instruction in Teacher Education
Sarah McPherson; Hui-Yin Hsu; Shaingkwei Wang; MengPing Tsuei
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 752–756
Pre- and in-service teacher education courses at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) are developing curriculum to address the knowledge and skills in undergraduate reading courses, and graduate courses for integrating technology into language...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Curriculum
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Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Teacher Education for Increasing Global Awareness
Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Mengping Tsuei; Ruth Wood
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1112–1116
Abstract. Educators need to prepare students for citizenship in a global society by creating an environment in which global awareness and attitudes can be learned. This study examined the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to...
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An Investigation of Middle School Science Teachers and Students Use of Technology inside and outside of Classrooms: Considering Whether Digital Natives Are More Technology Savvy than Their Teachers
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Todd Campbell; Daniel C. Coster; Max Longhurst
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 6 (December 2014) pp. 637–662
The purpose of the study is to investigate the popular assumption that the "digital natives" generation surpasses the previous "digital immigrants" generation in terms of their technology experiences, because they grow up with...
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Learning with Web Tools, Simulations, and Other Technologies in Science Classrooms
Todd Campbell; Shaing Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Aaron M. Duffy; Paul G. Wolf
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 19, No. 5 (October 2010) pp. 505–511
This position paper proposes the enhancement of teacher and student learning in science classrooms by tapping the enormous potential of information communication and technologies (ICTs) as cognitive tools for engaging students in scientific inquiry. ...
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Technologies and Reformed-Based Science Instruction: The Examination of a Professional Development Model Focused on Supporting Science Teaching and Learning with Technologies
Todd Campbell; Max L. Longhurst; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Dan C. Coster
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 5 (2015) pp. 562–579
While access to computers, other technologies, and cyber-enabled resources that could be leveraged for enhancing student learning in science is increasing, generally it has been found that teachers use technology more for administrative purposes or...
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Professional development to enhance teachers' practices in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) as cognitive tools: Lessons learned from a design-based research study
Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Thomas C. Reeves; Daniel C. Coster
Computers & Education Vol. 79, No. 1 (October 2014) pp. 101–115
Technology integration in K-12 classrooms is usually overly teacher-centered and has insufficient impact on students' learning, especially in enhancing students' higher-order cognitive skills. The purpose of this project is to facilitate science...
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