A case study of Web-based learning project: “Cyber Museum of Chinese Art”

Cheng-Cheng Chuang

A case study of Web@-based learning project: “Cyber Museum of Chinese Art” (2001) pp. 1–155

This research investigated the effectiveness of Web-based technologies to assist students in learning. To test the hypothesis that Web-based technologies can be used to assist students learning, the researcher conducted a case study of eight...

In search of the meaning of technology: A Vygotskian's cultural-historical study in higher education

Cheng Hsu

In search of the meaning of technology: A Vygotskian's cultural@-historical study in higher@education (2005) pp. 1–168

This study explored the Vygotskian Cultural-Historical school of theories as well as Vygotsky's methodological and logical approaches to research. By using this theoretical framework, a study of graduate faculty members' meanings of technology was...

The effects of web-based instruction on Chinese EFL students' learning outcomes

Youqiang Cheng

The effects of web@-based instruction on Chinese EFL students' learning@outcomes (2003) pp. 1–113

This study investigated the effects of Web-based instruction (WBI) on the academic achievement and the learning attitudes, self-efficacy, and interest in WBI of Chinese students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study's sample...

Effects of a mathematics education Web-based workshop on preservice elementary teachers

Cheng-Yao Lin

Effects of a mathematics education Web@-based workshop on preservice elementary@teachers (2003) pp. 1–253

This study explored the efficacy of web-based workshops in topics in elementary school mathematics in fostering teachers' confidence and competence in using instructional technology, and thereby promoting more positive attitudes toward using...

Use and Performances of Web-Based Portfolio Assessment

Chi-Cheng Chang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1929–1935

The research was aimed to explore the influence of using the Web-based portfolio assessment system on learning performances. The experimental group used the system, whereas the control group uses conventional assessment. Study subjects were junior...

The effectiveness of reciprocal peer tutoring on student achievement, motivation, and attitudes

Yi-Chia Cheng

(2006) pp. 1–187

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) on student achievement, motivation, and attitudes of 105 undergraduate students at a western university in the United States. Four sections of an educational...

The impact of self-efficacy and task value on satisfaction and performance in a Web-based course

Cheng-Yuan Lee

(2002) pp. 1–121

This study was designed to investigate whether initial course content self-efficacy, initial online technologies self-efficacy, and initial task value could be identified as predictors of student satisfaction and performance in a Web-based course....

The effectiveness of incorporating the Internet to improve literacy skills of English language learners

Cheng-Ting Chen

(2008) pp. 1–138

While the classrooms around the United States are becoming more and more culturally and linguistically diverse, teachers throughout the country are searching for practical and convenient solutions to help them overcome the challenges of teaching the ...

The effectiveness of interactive computer simulations on college engineering student conceptual understanding and problem-solving ability related to circular motion

Cheng-Chih Chien

(1997) pp. 1–113

In the past thirty years, the effectiveness of computer assisted learning was found varied by individual studies. Today, with drastic technical improvement, computers have been widely spread in schools and used in a variety of ways. In this study, a ...

System use of WebCT in the light of the technology acceptance model: A student perspective

Cheng-Chang Pan

System@use of WebCT in the light of the technology acceptance model: A student perspective (2003) pp. 1–166

This correlational inquiry, was designed to replicate the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and to further expand the TAM, using undergraduate students in two large sized ( N > 450) WebCT-enhanced hybrid courses at the University of...

The development of recommendations for future amniocentesis education and decision-aiding videos

Linda Lee Cheng

(2000) pp. 1–43

Amniocentesis videos are programs designed to provide information to clients, answer questions, and facilitate decision making regarding whether or not to pursue prenatal diagnostic testing. There are a number of videos currently available which...

Scaffolding sight vocabulary acquisition for children with autism using computer-assisted instruction

Cheng-Fang Huang

Scaffolding sight vocabulary acquisition for children with autism using computer@-assisted@instruction (2004) pp. 1–185

Autism represents a heterogeneous syndrome. Very limited study has examined how the impairment in cognitive, language, and social development impacted the acquisition of emergent literacy. This study investigated the efficacy of computer-assisted...

Impact Evaluation of Self-Directed Learning Aptitudes on Learning Effects for Competency-Based Web Learning Material

Chi-Cheng Chang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2104–2110

This study aims to use self-developed competency-based web learning material (CBWLM) for the practicum "Microprocessor Laboratory" in college to evaluate CBWL's learning effects and SDLAs, and to explore influence of SDLA on learning effects based...

Topics: Educational Technology

Chinese readability analysis using artificial neural networks

Cheng-Chang Jeng

Chinese readability@analysis using artificial@neural@networks (2001) pp. 1–202

This study investigated numerous variables that may affect readability and the potential of artificial neural networks (ANN) to estimate Chinese readability while also exploring the creation of more powerful linear models than previous researchers'. ...

Integrating technology into teaching: exploring a teacher learning community for teacher professional development

Haojing Cheng; Mary Ann Robinson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 788

The push for integrating technology into k-12 curriculum from social and political forces has exerted tremendous pressure on schools and education support institutions to provide adequate professional development opportunities for teachers beyond...

Topics: Training, Community, Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development

Online Foreign Language Teaching – Principles and Implications for Instructional Design

Tsan-Jui Cheng; Ellen Meier

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1542–1544

For foreign language courses to thrive in the online world, instructional design plays an instrumental role. In the current study, the instructional design principles adopted by online foreign language instructors were investigated. By surveying...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Virtual Schooling, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Developing An Internet Self-Efficacy Scale of 2006 (ISE06)

Ti Hsu; Liang Cheng Huang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2000–2008

Earlier Internet Self-Efficacy scales may have become obsolete because of the fast pace of internet technology. The purpose of this research was to bridge the gap and update the scale. Based on a sample of 1123 responses, a 39-item scale of Internet ...

Topics: Video, Internet

Internet-Based Virtual Futures Market

An Sing Chen; Jyun-Cheng Wang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2880–2884

Internet-based virtual futures markets (VFMs) have been used in predicting election results and movie ticket sales. We construct an Internet-based VFM to predict an underlying stock price. Results of Granger causality tests and tests of...

China 5000 - A Virtual Learning Center with China Related Materials

Cheng-Shien Zhang; Julie Q. Bao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 516–518

China 5000 is the first and by far the only truly hypertext chronological timeline of Chinese history in the Internet community on the World Wide Web (WWW). It incorporates Chinese culture, art, education, science, and government reference related...

The Design and Development of an E-Learning Instruction that Integrates Problem-Based Learning Strategy for Convenience Stores New Employee Training

Yi-Chia Cheng; Chiung-Sui Chang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 741–745

In Taiwan, the human resource management offices of convenience stores have been facing many problems, such as the high number of staff and fast turnover. Although the overall performance might be affected, it is difficult if not impossible for the...

A Revamped LMS for Coping with Service-oriented Instructional Processes

Shueh-Cheng Hu; I-Ching Chen

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2853–2858

Web-based learning management systems dominate the market due to the pervasiveness of Web applications and contents. Web service techniques are able to loosely couple functional modules of learning management systems. Currently, most of learning...

Topics: System Configurations, Learning Management Systems, Business, Information Communication Technologies, Instructional Materials

Project Caprina: University of Maryland’s Mini-Application-Web (MiAoW)

Cheng-Shien Chang; Julie Q. Bao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1254–1258

University of Maryland University of Shippensburg Project Caprina, the Mini Application Web (MiAoW) at the University of Maryland at College Park. began as a collaboration between the Computer Science Center and the Department of Art History. The...

A preliminary analysis of Singaporean pre-service teachers’ beliefs and use of ICT in mathematics

Lu Pien Cheng; Seow Chong Wong

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2530–2534

This study attempts to explore the relation among pre-service teachers’ epistemological beliefs, the beliefs in teaching and learning and their espoused use of ICT in instruction in the specific domain of mathematics. Nineteen third year pre-service ...

Student Attitudes and Perceptions on Computer Assisted Instruction in Nankai Institute of Technology—a case study

Joy Hung; Shu-Min Chang; Ming-Cheng Chung; Cheng-Min Lin

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 769–776

Taking the advantage of the high-tech environment in Taiwan and the promoting of government, e-Learning has become more and more popular. Most of the schools have already implemented distant learning courses or computer-mediated courses to benefit...

Learning Attributes Essential for Online Success: An Instrument for Assessing and Supporting Students

Cheng-Yuan Lee; Natalie Abell; Melissa Cain; Brian Bender

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 701–706

This Best Practice presentation will introduce and report on the development and pilot testing of a new instrument that assesses a student's learning attributes and provides individualized recommendations necessary for their success in an online...

A Mobile Learning Environment to Support the Clinical Nursing Practicum

Chin-Yuan Lai; Cheng-Chih Wu; Sheng-Mei Chen

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 695–700

This paper reports our implementation of a mobile learning environment to support nursing students' clinical practicum. We investigated benefits and problems of using mobile learning environment in a clinical setting. Our findings show both...

Topics: Students

University of Maryland's Success in Using Teaching Theaters and Lectureware

Cheng-Shien Zhang; Ellen Yu Borkowski; Julie Q. Bao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 725–728

These days, word processing, e-mail, and the World Wide Web have changed the way businesses operate and people communicate, yet how students learn in the classroom seems to have been overlooked by this onslaught of new technology. The traditional...

Interactions between learner preferences and views about the web-based learning and personal epistemology

Fang-Ying Yang; Cheng-Chieh Chang; Chin-Chung Tsai

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1724–1730

This paper reported the preliminary analyses about the interactions between adolescent learners' preferences about the web-based learning environment, views toward the online learning, and personal epistemology. Participants were 105 11th graders...

Topics: Students, Interaction

Assessment of Computer Education for Pre-Service

Greg C. Lee; Cheng-Chih Wu; National Taiwan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 517–521

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Web 2.0-based User Agreement Development Space with Learning Supports: Web2UA

Hannah Kim; Xi Cheng; Shih-Ping Kuo; Johannes Strobel

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3405–3410

This paper proposes a design framework and a prototype for constructing a Web 2.0 space (Web2UA) for developing Web 2.0 user agreements. The central idea of the framework is that many features of Web 2.0 applications inherently adopt the principles...

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Pre-service Teachers’ Perception and Beliefs in Mathematics

Cheng-Yao Lin; Yu-Chun Kuo; Yi-Yin Ko

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1422–1431

This study focuses on elementary pre-service teachers’ content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and technological pedagogical content knowledge of linear and quadratic equations. The relationships among Technological Pedagogical Content...

Topics: mathematics education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Research & Evaluation

A Mobile Game Approach for Learning Chinese as a Second Language

Cheng-Ping Chen; Chang-hwa Wang; Jing-Jia Chen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1084–1089

In this study, a mobile game-based learning was applied to assist foreign students in Taiwan who were learning Chinese as their second language. A quasi experiment was performed to examine the learning motivation, satisfaction, and achievement. Two...

Topics: Mobile Learning, International Education

Students’ Scientific Epistemological Views and Their Online Information Searching Strategies

Meng-Jung Tsai; Fang-Ying Yang; Cheng-Chieh Chang; Chin-Chung Tsai

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1991–1997

This paper is to present a study exploring the relationship between students' scientific epistemological views and online information searching strategies. Subjects were 145 Taiwan high school students. During an online searching activity, they were ...

Topics: Science, Change, Students, Information Sciences

The Effect of Integrating Web 2.0 Technology in Collaborative Note-taking on Elementary Students' Science Learning

Chiu-Yi Wu; Ssu-Wei Chen; Cheng-Huan Chen; Chiung-Hui Chiu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3145–3153

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of collaborative note-taking and to find the difference between co-editing note-taking and sharing note-taking in science learning performance, note-taking performance, and satisfaction for...

Modeling Augmented Reality Games with Preservice Elementary and Secondary Science Teachers

Erin Peters Burton; Wendy Frazier; Leonard Annetta; Richard Lamb; Rebecca Cheng; Margaret Chmiel

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 303–329

Cell phones are ever-present in daily life, yet vastly underused in the formal science classroom. The purpose of this study was to implement a novel learning tool on cell phones, Augmented Reality Games, and determine how the interaction influenced...

Systematically e-learning Platform for Cancer Registers in Taiwan

Shu-Hui Hung; Chin-Hsien Wang; Jen Hsien Cheng; Hsin Hung Lin; Yueh-Min Huang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3641–3644

The goal of this paper is to examine possible relations between renew cancer registration standards knowledge/skills improvement and quality control of the cancered patients’ data collection. Due to the daily busy work schedule, not many cancer...

Predicting College Students’ Continuance Intentions to Use E-Learning Systems: An Empirical Study in Taiwan

Yi-Cheng Chen; Ron-Chuen Yeh; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Yi-Chien Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1481–1486

Using the Internet and Web technologies as instructional tools has become popular in education. In this study, a Web-based learning platform was developed to support the learning of undergraduate-level business courses, say, management information...

A Structured Methodology for Digital Knowledge Content Development: Knowledge of Mathematics Teaching for Students with Mild Disabilities as an Example

Hui-Chuan Chu; Yuh-Min Chen; Ming-Yen Chen; Chia-Jou Lin; Chi-Yun Cheng

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 935–940

This paper presents a systematic methodology for digital knowledge content development for a knowledge management oriented e-learning platform, including its procedure, the goal, outputs, and related methods and technology of each step, to provide...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Learning Disabilities, Research Methods

Experiential-based Digital Resources for Teaching Abstract Concepts of Computer Science to High School Students

Ming-Puu Chen; Cheng-Chih Wu; Chiung-Hui Chiu; Hsiao-Lan Lee; Ming-Chuan Chen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2523–2529

The Experiential-based Learning of Computer Science (ELCS) was developed based on the experiential learning perspective to provide teachers with flexible-to-adopt, ease-of-use, from-concrete-to-abstract, and from-observation-to-experimentation...

The development of a technology-enhanced teacher education curriculum to improve pre-service teachers' e-teaching

Tzu-Chiang Lin; Yeong-Jing Cheng; Ying-Shao Hsu; Fu-Kwun Huang; Fu-tai Jhuang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 105–109

In the presenting work-in-progress project, researchers were tended to figure out how a technology-enhanced teacher education curriculum influences pre-service science teachers' computer skills and perception toward e-teaching. For that aim, a...

Topics: Computer Sciences, Educational Technology, Computers, Teachers, Science

A Study on Word-Based and Integral-Bit Chinese Text Compression Algorithms

Kwok-Shing Cheng; Gilbert H. Young; Kam-Fai Wong

Journal of the American Society for Information Science Vol. 50, No. 3 (1999) pp. 218–28

Experimental results show that a word-based arithmetic-coding scheme, a fractional-bit compression algorithm which is known to be time consuming, can achieve a higher compression performance for Chinese text. This article examines how to cascade the ...

The Shifting Information Landscape: Re-inventing the Wheel or a Whole New Frontier for Librarians

Grace Cheng

Australian Library Journal Vol. 49, No. 1 (2000) pp. 17–26

Discusses information ecology and changes in information management and provision. Concentrates on trends towards evidence-based practice in health care, challenges posed and opportunities offered by information technology, resource limitations and...

Second Life, a 3-D Animated Virtual World: An Alternative Platform for (Art) Education

Hsiao-Cheng Han

Art Education Vol. 64, No. 4 (July 2011) pp. 41–46

3-D animated virtual worlds are no longer only for gaming. With the advance of technology, animated virtual worlds not only are found on every computer, but also connect users with the internet. Today, virtual worlds are created not only by...

Exploring the relationships between learning styles, online participation, learning achievement and course satisfaction: An empirical study of a blended learning course

Gary Cheng; Juliana Chau

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 2 (March 2016) pp. 257–278

The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to explore the relationship between students' learning styles and their online participation in a blended learning course, and second, to investigate the relationships of students' online participation...

The interaction of child–parent shared reading with an augmented reality (AR) picture book and parents' conceptions of AR learning

Kun‐Hung Cheng; Chin‐Chung Tsai

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2016) pp. 203–222

Following a previous study (Cheng & Tsai, 2014. Computers & Education.), this study aimed to probe the interaction of child–parent shared reading with the augmented reality (AR) picture book in more depth. A series of sequential analyses were thus...

Why do college students continue to use mobile learning? Learning involvement and self‐determination theory

Shuiqing Yang; Shasha Zhou; Xiaoying Cheng

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 2 (March 2019) pp. 626–637

Retaining learners and facilitating their continuance are critical for the mobile learning providers and educators. Drawing on stimulus‐organism‐response framework and self‐determination theory, this study examines factors that affect college...

Use and performances of Web‐based portfolio assessment

Chi‐Cheng Chang; Kuo‐Hung Tseng

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 40, No. 2 (March 2009) pp. 358–370

This research explored the influence of a Web‐based portfolio assessment system on students' performances. The methodological procedure adopted was to have the experimental group use the system, with the control group using conventional assessment....

A WebGIS-based teaching assistant system for geography field practice (TASGFP)

Jiechen Wang; Haochen Ni; Yikang Rui; Can Cui; Liang Cheng

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 2 (March 2016) pp. 279–293

Field practice is an important part of training geography research talents. However, traditional teaching methods may not adequately manage, share and implement instruction resources and thus may limit the instructor's ability to conduct field...

Application of a novel collaboration engineering method for learning design: A case study

Xusen Cheng; Yuanyuan Li; Jianshan Sun; Jianqing Huang

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 4 (July 2016) pp. 803–818

Collaborative case studies and computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) play an important role in the modern education environment. A number of researchers have given significant attention to learning design in order to improve the...

Tertiary students' intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model

Eddie W.L. Cheng; Samuel K.W. Chu; Carol S.M. Ma

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 5 (September 2016) pp. 958–969

With the emergence of web technologies, students can conduct their group projects via virtual platforms, which enable online collaboration. However, students' lack of intention to use web technologies for conducting group work has recently been...