Videoconferencing Across Two Cultures: 'Globally Talking' from Malaysia to America

Geok Lian Au Yong

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 1130–1140

This paper describes a semester-long, team-taught videoconference between students enrolled the University of Delaware (US) and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia). Using a ‘youth-on-youth’ approach, students communicated via videoconferencing, ...

Exploration of Instructional Strategies and Individual Difference within the Context of Web-Based Learning

Hesham Alomyan; Wing Au

International Education Journal Vol. 4, No. 4 (2004) pp. 86–91

Individual differences have been identified as important factors that might have significant impact on students' learning. This study investigated the effect of student's cognitive styles, achievement motivation, prior knowledge, and attitudes on...

Logo, Teacher Intervention and the Development of Thinking Skills

Wing Kee Au

Computing Teacher Vol. 15, No. 3 (1987) pp. 12–16

Discusses the importance of teacher intervention in the use of Logo in elementary and junior high schools, emphasizing a process-oriented approach to teaching. The use of worksheets, questioning techniques, and providing a socially reflective and...

Establishing an Educational Game Development Model: From the Experience of Teaching Search Engine Optimization

Richard Lui; Cheuk Au

International Journal of Game-Based Learning Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 52–73

This article describes how different literatures have suggested the positive role of educational games in students' learning, but it can be hard to find an existing game for student learning. Some lecturers may try to develop a game for their...

The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Various Distance Learning Methods

Mabel Au; Chan Yan Chong

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 20, No. 2 (1993) pp. 105–26

A survey was conducted on one of the largest distance learning institutions in Hong Kong on students' reactions to various distance teaching media, including face-to-face instruction, written materials, visual and audio media, the tutor system, and...

Sponsors of Policy: A Network Analysis of Wealthy Elites, Their Affiliated Philanthropies, and Charter School Reform in Washington State

Wayne Au; Joseph J. Ferrare

Teachers College Record Vol. 116, No. 8 (2014)

Background/Context: Charter school policy has evolved into a major component of the current education reform movement in the United States. As of 2012, all but nine U.S. states allowed charter schools, and in one of those nine, Washington State,...

Online Measurement of Academic Programme Preferences for Distance Learners in Hong Kong

Wei-yuan Zhang; Lai-hung Au Yeung

Distance Education Vol. 24, No. 2 (October 2003) pp. 213–226

The purpose of this paper is to report on the development of the first online self-directed inventory on the measurement of academic programme preferences (MAPP) for potential students at the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK). In this study, trait-...

University students' self-control and self-regulated learning in a blended course

Yue Zhu; Wing Au; Greg Yates

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (July 2016) pp. 54–62

The paper aims to report the influence of self-control and self-regulated learning on a group of tertiary students' learning outcomes in a blended learning environment. In this project, 74 second-year students who were enrolled in a blended course...

Language: English

Student-Creation of eCases for Clinical Reasoning in Pharmacy

Mary Au Yeung; Paul Lam; Carmel McNaught

Australasian Journal of Peer Learning Vol. 1 (2008)

Case-based activities are widely proclaimed to enable better learning through allowing students to practice application of concepts in real-life situations. This paper reports an investigation into the learning benefits derived from engaging...

Problem Solving, Instructional Methods and Logo Programming

Wing K. Au; John P. Leung

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 7, No. 4 (1991) pp. 455–67

Describes a study conducted in a Hong Kong primary school that compared the effects of learning LOGO programing with a process-oriented approach and a content-oriented approach to problem-solving skills. Transfer of training to nonprograming problem ...

A Comparison of Traditional vs. Competency-based Education Faculty Roles

Jan Tucker; Angela Au; Patricia Neely

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 542–546

In response to the Department of Education’s invitation to colleges and universities to submit programs for federal aid that do not rely on seat time, colleges have rushed to create competency-based programs (Kamenetz, 2013). In their rush to create ...

Topics: Distance Education, Faculty, Administrators, Distance/Flexible Education, Graduate Education & Faculty Development

Balancing Online and In-class Activities Using the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS)

Paul Lam; Mary Au Yeung; Carmel McNaught

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3603–3612

Many classroom activities are sequential and structured and teachers are used to this kind of learning design. However, online learning environments are often disorderly and uncontrolled, and offered to students as a free smorgasbord. The paper...

Topics: Teachers, Classrooms, Learning Management Systems

Integration of Technology Enhanced Learning within Business Organizations: Which Strategy to Choose?

Lina Kaminskiene; Au?ra Rutkiene; Elena Trepule

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 14, No. 4 pp. 78–92

The article discusses a responsible and a responsive strategic organizational approach for a smooth integration of technology enhanced learning (TEL). A response to external and internal contingencies and an involvement of different stakeholders...

To Improve the Learning Experience of the First Trimester Undergraduate Students in an Australian University's Offshore Campus: A Knowledge Management Methodology

Nelson K. Y. Leung; Hannarong Shamsub; Nicole Tsang; Bill Au

Journal of Information Technology Education Vol. 13 (2014) pp. 193–215

Due to the successful implementation of knowledge management (KM) in many commercial organizations, KM has been recently extended to higher education institutions (HEIs) to manage scholar knowledge, and institution policies and procedures. To...

To Improve the Learning Experience of the First Trimester Undergraduate Students in an Australian University’s Offshore Campus: A Knowledge Management Methodology

Nelson K. Y. Leung; Hannarong Shamsub; Nicole Tsang; Bill Au

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 13, No. 1 (2014) pp. 193–215

Getting children to do more academic work: Foot-in-the-Door versus Door-in-the-Face

Annie Cheuk-ying Chan; Terry Kit-fong Au

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 27, No. 6 (August 2011) pp. 982–985

In this study we explored whether compliance-without-pressure techniques, known to encourage adults to behave more altruistically, can be used to encourage children to do more academic work. Using three different approaches – Foot-in-the-Door, Door...

Language: English

Peer Learning and Learning-Oriented Assessment in Technology-Enhanced Environments. Special Issue: Learning-Oriented Assessment: Principles and Practice

Mike Keppell; Eliza Au; Ada Ma; Christine Chan

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Vol. 31, No. 4 (August 2006) pp. 453–464

Group work, group projects and collaborative learning encourage students to learn from other students as well as from the lecturer. Peer learning may involve cooperation, communication and the giving and receiving of peer feedback. In addition peer...

Reformulating the depression model of learned hopelessness for academic outcomes

Raymond C.P. Au; David Watkins; John Hattie; Patricia Alexander

Educational Research Review Vol. 4, No. 2 (2009) pp. 103–117

This review explores developments in the construct of learned hopelessness, which originated in the clinical literature dealing with depression. In that context, the model developed by Abramson, Metalsky, and Alloy [Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., ...

Language: English

The Experience of New WBI-Adopters in Hong Kong

Lai Hung A Uyeung; Tak Shing Ha; Grace Au

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 31, No. 4 (2003) pp. 411–422

The innovative use of information and communication technology is becoming increasingly popular among higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The motivation for adoption is expedited by great promotive efforts within the academic communities...

Emerging pedagogies for the use of iPads in schools

Ruth Geer; Bruce White; Yvonne Zeegers; Wing Au; Alan Barnes

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 2 (March 2017) pp. 490–498

iPads are becoming popular as 1:1 devices in many classrooms, enabling teachers to implement pedagogies that will enhance student learning. Such mobile tools offer many affordances which can increase student motivation and autonomy. Nevertheless,...

Strategic counting: A novel assessment of place-value understanding

Winnie Wai Lan Chan; Terry K. Au; Joey Tang

Learning and Instruction Vol. 29, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 78–94

Children's counting strategies reflect how much they understand the place-value structure of numbers. In Study 1, a novel task, namely the strategic counting task, elicited strategies from kindergarteners and first graders that showed a trend of...

Language: English

Facebook as a Tool for Learning Purposes: Analysis of the Determinants Leading to Improved Students' Learning

Mathews Nkhoma; Hiep Pham Cong; Bill Au; Tri Lam; Joan Richardson; Ross Smith; Jamal El-Den

Active Learning in Higher Education Vol. 16, No. 2 (July 2015) pp. 87–101

The study described in this article aims to investigate the use of out-of-class communication between students and instructors using Facebook as a means of interaction for learning. How often/how much students use such an online social network and...

Handwriting Characteristics among Secondary Students with and without Physical Disabilities: A Study with a Computerized Tool

Cecilia W. P. Li-Tsang; Ricky K. C. Au; Michelle H. Y. Chan; Lily W. L. Chan; Gloria M. T. Lau; T K. Lo; Howard W. H. Leung

Research in Developmental Disabilities Vol. 32, No. 1 (2011) pp. 207–216

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the handwriting characteristics of secondary school students with and without physical disabilities (PD). With the use of a computerized Chinese Handwriting Assessment Tool (CHAT), it was made...