How do adult foreign language learners experience the opportunities presented by computer games as a self-study tool?

Li Feng

(2009) pp. 1–295

Learning English as a foreign language is becoming increasingly popular among adults in China. Cognitively speaking, learning a foreign language involves the process of proceduralization of the target language in which learners use their language...

A Journey from WebCT to Angel

Wen-Li Feng

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 807–813

This presentation will demonstrate how a small, liberal arts university with a limited staff has migrated from using WebCT to Angel Learning by executing a comprehensive plan to stage the migration process, with a focus on teaching and learning...

A Framework for Evaluating the Usability of Political Web Sites: Towards Improving Cyberdemocracy

Shahizan Hassan; Feng Li

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1664–1665

In an Internet environment, users' expectations are diverse due to its on-line characteristics. Internet can be assessed by any user of any age, group, race, nationality, and gender all over the world at any time and at any place. Considering...

Using a Team Approach to Develop Quality Online Courses

Wen-Li Feng

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 398–403

Ohio Dominican University (ODU) is in the midst of a technological metamorphosis. At the forefront of the change is the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT). Charged with supporting the development of web-enhanced, hybrid, and fully online...

Topics: Instructional Design, Faculty

Web Usability Criteria: the SCANMIC Model

Shahizan Hassan; Feng Li

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) p. 693

What makes special-education teachers special? Teacher training and achievement of students with disabilities

Li Feng; Tim R. Sass

Economics of Education Review Vol. 36, No. 1 (October 2013) pp. 122–134

Using statewide data from Florida, we analyze the impact of both pre-service and in-service training on the ability of teachers to promote academic achievement among students with disabilities. We find students with disabilities whose teacher is...

Language: English

Construction of a Bi-Modal Database for a Barrier-Free Teaching System

Jiling Tang; Ping Feng; Zhanlei Li

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 2019) pp. 64–78

This article analyzes the application of Chinese speech recognition technology in a non-barrier education system, and studies the construction of bi-modal database for a barrier-free teaching system. Barrier-free teaching is a term used to define...

ANALYSIS OF PRACTICAL ABILITY IMPROVEMENT FOR TEACHERS BASED ON THE “EXCELLENCE PLAN”

Hong-Mei Li; Feng Zi-ming

International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jun 20, 2014) pp. 31–35

“Excellence plan” is aimed at having high quality and various types of engineering and technical talents who has strong innovation ability and can adapt to the development needs of the economical society,then service for the strategy of making the...

Family learning environment and early literacy: A comparison of bilingual and monolingual children

Li Feng; Yunwei Gai; Xiaoning Chen

Economics of Education Review Vol. 39, No. 1 (April 2014) pp. 110–130

Early research on literacy development usually focuses on children in preschool or kindergarten. Few studies have examined the early literacy of bilingual children. This study examines its relationship with different family learning environments (e...

Language: English

Applying the Model of Digital Literacy Assessment in English Reading and Writing

Feng Yang; Lihua Li; Wenjing Gong

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3457–3465

This study explores the use of an assessment model adapted for College English teaching at a Chinese University. The target goal of the assessment is English-based digital literacy skills, which consist of search skills, evaluation skills,...

Distance Education in Rural China achieves Inter-School Collaboration and Increased Access to Education

Weiyuan Zhang; Li Chen; Xiaoying Feng

Asian Journal of Distance Education Vol. 6, No. 1 pp. 27–38

Interscholastic collaborative learning could not only develop student integrated skills but could also promote sharing of teaching ideas and methods among schools. The purpose of this study was to design and use scaffold strategies to conduct a...

EXPLORATION AND PRACTICE OF SCHOOL-ENTERPRISE COOPERATION IN PRACTICAL EDUCATION BASED ON “OUTSTANDING PROJECT”

Hong-Mei Li; Han Dan; Feng Zi-Ming; Li Qiang

International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education Vol. 1, No. 2 (Dec 20, 2013) pp. 123–128

There will be difficulties in moving forward the project for educating and cultivating outstanding engineers, therefore, based on the outstanding project, it’s crucial to come up with an efficient method to deal with the issues in the practice of...

Understanding New Media Literacy: An Explorative Theoretical Framework

Tzu-Bin Lin; Jen-Yi Li; Feng Deng; Ling Lee

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 16, No. 4 (2013) pp. 160–170

With the advent of new media technologies, the role of media in a society has been changed that leads researchers to re-construct the meaning of literacy from classic literacy to new media literacy. There have been continuing efforts to understand...

The Correlation Between Teachers' Visual Digital Media Design Ability and Effective Teaching

Lin Shao; Wendi Zhang; Aiping Li; Feng Xin

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan 20, 2022) pp. 254–269

Enhancing teachers' visual digital media design ability is conductive to improving the effectiveness of classroom teaching of art design major. Thoroughly exploring, discussing, and studying the correlation between teachers' visual digital media...

Language: English

The mediating role of workplace social support on the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and teacher burnout

Chengting Ju; Jijun Lan; Yuan Li; Wei Feng; Xuqun You

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 51, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 58–67

This study investigated the mediating effect of workplace social support on the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and teacher burnout among 307 Chinese middle school teachers. Structural equation modelling revealed a satisfactory fit ...

Language: English

Design of Comprehensive Evaluation of Computational Thinking in Graphical Programming Environment

Liang Cheng; Yingying Zhao; Xi Wang; Feng Li

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 18–26

The rise of computational thinking education is unstoppable. Meanwhile, evaluation is not only an indispensable part of the teaching process, but also an important basis for testing the teaching effect. This study used content analysis method to...

Topics: Computational Thinking

Research on Key Technology in Remote Education System of Spirit Diagnosing by Eye in TCM

Feng Guo; Shaozi Li; Ying Dai; Changle Zhou; Ying Lin

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 9, No. 1 (2011) pp. 101–113

Spirit diagnosing is an important theory in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), by which a TCM doctor can diagnose a patient's body state. But this theory is complicated and difficult to master simply learned from books. To further the theory and...

Assessment of programming language learning based on peer code review model: Implementation and experience report

Yanqing Wang; Hang Li; Yuqiang Feng; Yu Jiang; Ying Liu

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 412–422

The traditional assessment approach, in which one single written examination counts toward a student’s total score, no longer meets new demands of programming language education. Based on a peer code review process model, we developed an online...

Language: English

A study on e-learning take-up intention from an innovation adoption perspective: A case in China

Yanqing Duan; Qile He; Weizhe Feng; Daoliang Li; Zetian Fu

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 1 (August 2010) pp. 237–246

This research aims to examine, from an innovation adoption perspective, Chinese students’ intention of taking up e-learning degrees. A survey of Chinese students was conducted to reveal their perceptions concerning innovation attributes relevant to...

Language: English

A Multidisciplined Teaching Reform of Biomaterials Course for Undergraduate Students

Xiaoming Li; Feng Zhao; Fang Pu; Haifeng Liu; Xufeng Niu; Gang Zhou; Deyu Li; Yubo Fan; Qingling Feng; Fu-zhai Cui; Fumio Watari

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 6 (2015) pp. 735–746

The biomaterials science has advanced in a high speed with global science and technology development during the recent decades, which experts predict to be more obvious in the near future with a more significant position for medicine and health care....

Monotonicity and Logarithmic Concavity of Two Functions Involving Exponential Function

Ai-Qi Liu; Guo-Fu Li; Bai-Ni Guo; Feng Qi

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 39, No. 5 (July 2008) pp. 686–691

The function 1 divided by "x"[superscript 2] minus "e"[superscript"-x"] divided by (1 minus "e"[superscript"-x"])[superscript 2] for "x" greater than 0 is proved to be strictly decreasing. As an application of this monotonicity, the logarithmic...

The Use of Virtual Reality Computer Simulation in Learning Port-A Cath Injection

Sing-Ling Tsai; Sin-Kuo Chai; Li-Feng Hsieh; Shirling Lin; Fang-Meei Taur; Wen-Hsu Sung; Ji-Liang Doong

Advances in Health Sciences Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 2008) pp. 71–87

Cost-benefit management trends in Taiwan healthcare settings have led nurses to perform more invasive skills, such as Port-A cath administration of medications. Accordingly, nurses must be well-prepared prior to teaching by the mentor and...