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Jenny Wang
National Formosa University
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What Higher Educational Professionals Need to Know about Today's Students: Online Social Networks
Jenny Wang
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 3 (July 2013) pp. 180–193
In this study, the author specifically focused on the most popular social media website--Facebook--and investigated the nature of student learning engagement associated with Facebook activity. Data pertaining to student Facebook use and activities...
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Enhancing Authentic Language Learning via Culturally Cooperative Approaches
Jenny Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2701–2705
Using tools from multimedia in teaching and learning all aspects of the foreign language greatly enhance the possibility learning/teaching success. This study is to elaborate curriculum design by exposing students to differential cultural...
Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia, Curriculum, Languages, Students
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Integrating Computers in the English Language Arts Classroom based on Vygotsky's Theory
Jenny Wang; Yuehchiu Fang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2153–2157
This paper is to elaborate the implementation of computer and Vygotskian view of learning in an effort to explore how to properly integrate computers into the curriculum development for English language arts classroom and maximize each child's...
Topics: Computers, Children, Classrooms, English Language Arts, Languages
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The Study of Learning Progress for Distance Education Students in Taiwan
Sheng-mei (Jenny) Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 999–1005
The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify factors related to dropout/retention for distance education students in order to identify variables which might promote participation through completion. The major focus of the study was to...
Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Social Studies, Students
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Factors of dropout/retention for distance education students at the National Open University of Taiwan
Sheng-mei Jenny Wang
(1999) pp. 1–160
The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify factors related to dropout/retention for distance education students in order to identify variables which might promote participation through completion. The major focus of the study was to...
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School to Work: Building bridges for student teachers from principles to practices
Jenny Wang; Peter Wang; Yuehchiu Fang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3995–4000
Student teachers are dramatically frustrated by a perceived conflict between the teaching of literacy learned in teaching/learning methods courses or practices courses where they see in classroom and the reality of practicum. The purpose of this...
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Studies on Criteria of Instructional Website
Kuei-Chih Chuang; Jenny Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 182–185
The purpose of this study was to explore the criteria of instructional website by evaluating five parts: website material, website graphic, website interface, website interaction, and website system. Samples of the survey consisted of three...
Topics: Teachers, Interaction, Instructional Materials
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Pedagogy in an Online Writing Course: A contribution to autonomous learning
Wang Jenny; Ching-Huang Wang; Emily Wu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3925–3929
This paper describe pedagogy, a perspective on teaching that seeks to increase autonomy, equality, and supporting interaction, which is meaningful in research on using technology in college writing curriculum. The first section addresses the...
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Learning in the Air: Benefits of cloud-based collaboration in a business writing class
Charlie Lin; Jenny Wang; Wayne Yu
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1178–1183
Cloud computing technologies, such as Google Docs, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox, and Microsoft Windows Live, have become increasingly appreciated to the next generation digital learning tools. Cloud computing technologies encourage students’...
Topics: Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues
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Strategies for Reducing Dropout from Distance Education Courses
Jenny Wang; Emily Wu; Pei-Chi Wong
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1705–1710
This study aims to identify the significant characteristics of distance education students who have dropped-out or continuously and successfully progressed in the distance education program at the NOU of Taiwan. The major focus was based on the...
Topics: Social Sciences, Students, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Social Studies
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Taiwanese EFL Learners’ Attitudes Toward Synchronous Computer-mediated Communication
Yi-Tzu Emily Wu; Jenny Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3327–3329
The use of computer-mediated communication is expanding rapidly around the world in which time and space are not limited. It also influences the foreign language instruction. Teachers and students use the technology to communicate synchronously...
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A Professional Development Guide to Integrate the Internet and Multimedia into 1st to 9th Grades Curriculum Alignment
Jenny Wang; Pei-Chi Wong; Emily Wu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1533–1535
This paper is to elaborate the implementation of Internet and multimedia to meet the challenge of 1st to 9th grades curriculum alignment by two 16-hour workshops. The workshops are Application of Network and Internet Instruction and Application of...
Topics: Middle School Education, Instructional Design, Curriculum, Multimedia, Internet
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Facilitating Web-based Instruction: Formative Research on Improving an Online Undergraduate Business Course
Jenny Wang-Chavez; Rovy Branon; Peter Mikolaj
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 2, No. 3 (2001) pp. 209–20
This purpose of this study was to assist an instructor in facilitating an online course while the class was being offered, and to provide timely interventions for improving the course during the semester. Instructional interventions were suggested...
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A Study of Instructional Website Guidelines
Jenny Wang; Kuei-Chih KC Chuang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1244–1247
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the faculty and student perceptions of building an instructional website, and to develop effective instructional website guidelines. After a 33 pre-teaching teachers pilot study, a survey questionnaire was ...
Topics: Teachers, Interaction, Instructional Design, Graphics, Students
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If you build it, will they come? Helping Instructors Change Their Role
Jenny Wang-Chavez; Diane Schuch-Miller
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 2028–2029
The study examined three engineering courses that were offered in the Fall 2001 at Greenfield Coalition in order to facilitate the changing role of instructors. These three courses, as other Greenfield courses, with its learner centered...
Topics: Instructional Design
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Cloud Collaboration: Cloud-Based Instruction for Business Writing Class
Charlie Lin; Wei-Chieh Wayne Yu; Jenny Wang
World Journal of Education Vol. 4, No. 6 (2014) pp. 9–15
Cloud computing technologies, such as Google Docs, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox, and Microsoft Windows Live, have become increasingly appreciated to the next generation digital learning tools. Cloud computing technologies encourage students' active ...
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Empowering Mobile Assisted Social E-Learning: "Students' Expectations and Perceptions"
Jenny Wang; Wei-Chieh Wayne Yu; Emily Wu
World Journal of Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (2013) pp. 59–70
The aim of the present study was to empower mobile assisted social e-learning (eMASE) module that was designed based on social constructivism theory in higher education settings. This study reports findings from a group of undergraduates'...
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Acquiring Nursing Informatics Competencies through A Web Facilitated Information Literacy Course
Weichieh Wayne Yu; Jenny Wang; Chia-Hao Chang; Chunfu Charlie Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 505–509
This paper reports the development and implementation of a web-facilitated nursing information literacy course aiming to promote informatics competencies of intended nurses. This proposed course underwent three distinct phases: initial design, pilot-...
Topics: Evaluation, Tools & Systems, Content Development
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Conferences as Information Grounds: Web Site Evaluation with a Mobile Usability Laboratory
Jenny S. Bossaller; Anindita Paul; Heather Hill; Jiazhen Wang; Sanda Erdelez
Journal of Web Librarianship Vol. 2, No. 2 (2008) pp. 247–261
This article describes an "on-the-road" usability study and explains the study's methodological challenges, solutions, and recommendations. The study concerned a library-consortium website, which is a communication and educational tool for...
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Technology Facilitated PBL Pedagogy and Its Impact on Nursing Students' Academic Achievement and Critical Thinking Dispositions
Wei-Chieh Wayne Yu; Chunfu Charlie Lin; Mei-Hsin Ho; Jenny Wang
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 97–107
The impact of particular learning environments and self-regulation could be a beneficial area for research focus. More specifically, there has not been sufficient attention given to the role played by disposition or "will" in facilitating...
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Teacher or Facilitator : A Question of Multimedia Role in EFL Instruction
YI-Tzu Emily Wu; Y.P. Sandra Chang; Jenny Wang; H. W. Kris Chen; Pei-Chi Wong
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2241–2247
Abstract: Multimedia technology has been used extensively in the teaching and learning of English as a second and foreign language. However, some people still misjudge what computers are capable of. Some language teachers are afraid of being...
Topics: Computers, Science, Multimedia, Computer Sciences, Languages
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Fostering Nursing Students' Informatics Competencies via a Web-Based Information Literacy Course
Weichieh Wayne Yu; Ching-Yu Cheng; Chunfu Charlie Lin; Jenny Wang
Journal of Curriculum and Teaching Vol. 2, No. 2 (2013) pp. 11–21
This paper reports the development and implementation of a web-based nursing information literacy course aiming to promote informatics competencies of intended nurses. This particular 18-month course in school years 2011-2012 underwent three...
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Faculty’s Perceptions toward the Relationships between Pedagogical Use of Emerging Technologies and Classroom Technology Infusion
Weichieh Wayne Yu; Chunfu Charlie Lin; Jenny Wang; Chia-Hao Chang; Mei-Hsin Ho
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 2137–2144
This paper reports teachers’ perceptions toward the relationships between pedagogical use of emerging technologies and classroom technology infusion. Understanding the relationship between learning theory and technology was considered important...
Topics: Instructional Design, Content Development
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How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?
Brent Gregory; Sue Gregory; Denise Wood; Yvonne Masters; Mathew Hillier; Frederick Stokes-Thompson; Anton Bogdanovych; Des Butler; Lyn Hay; Kim Flintoff; Stefan Schutt; Robyn Alderton; Ieva Stupans; Lindy McKeown Orwin; Andrew Cram; Grant Meredith; Jenny Grenfell; Francesca Collins; Allan Ellis; Lisa Jacka; Ian Larson; Andrew Fluck; Helen Farley; Jay Jay Jegathesan; Dale Linegar; Debbie McCormick; Jason Zagami; John Campbell; Angela Thomas; Nona Muldoon; Ali Abbas; Ian Burnett; Sheila Scutter; David Ellis; Suku Sinnappan; Katrina Neville; Ashley Aitken; Simeon Simoff; Xiangyu Wang; Mandy Salomon; Kay Souter; Greg Wadley; Michael Jacobson; Anne Newstead; Gary Hayes; Scott Grant; Alyona Yusupova
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 475–490
Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at the forefront of many higher education institutions around the world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting of Australian and New Zealand higher education...