Application of Virtual Reality Environment for Studying Rat's Cognitive Behavior

Jia-Jin Chen; Hsiao-Yu Lee

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 4201–4207

This study aimed to develop an animal behavior testing environment with immersive virtual reality (VR). We integrated the back-projected dome screen for displaying visual stimuli in a self-design animal cage from which the adjustable front...

Topics: Behavior, Virtual Environments

Shared Video Media: A New Environment to Support Peer Feedback in Second Language Learning

Yanyan Sun; Jia Yu; Fei Gao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1746–1751

The study explores how a shared video media, Voicethread, supports an online environment for peer feedback in second language speaking. Fifty eight undergraduate students who enrolled in an intermediate Chinese language course participate in the...

Teaching by demonstration: programming instruction by using live-coding videos

Sheng-Rong Tan; Yu-Tzu Lin; Jia-Sin Liou

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 1294–1298

The study probes into the effectiveness of programming instruction by using live-coding videos and to understand how the learning behavior of students on the live-coding programming learning platform designed affects their programming performance...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies

Automatic Summary Grading on Narrative Article for English Learner

Jia-Ling Koh; Han Wang; Chen-Yu Huang; Greg Lee

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 823–830

The open questions about article's summarization can evaluate whether students understand the content of an article. However, it is a time-consuming task for teachers to give feedback and score. For solving this problem, we design a system to...

Topics: research, Teachers, Evaluation, Tools & Systems, E-Learning Trends and Innovations (social learning, mobile, augmented etc.)

Learners' eye movements during construction of mechanical kinematic representations from static diagrams

Yu-Cin Jian; Chao-Jung Wu; Jia-Han Su

Learning and Instruction Vol. 32, No. 1 (August 2014) pp. 51–62

We investigated the influence of numbered arrows on construction of mechanical kinematic representations by using static diagrams. Undergraduate participants viewed a two-stage diagram depicting a flushing cistern (with or without numbered arrows)...

Language: English

Using Relative Tie Strength to Identify Core Teams of Scientific Research

Meishu Zhang; Yu Jia; Nianxin Wang; Shilun Ge

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 14, No. 23 (Dec 06, 2019) pp. 33–54

In China, it has long become imperative for the management of education and science and technology to build high-level scientific and technological innovation teams. Scientifically and accurately identifying core scientific research teams is an...

Language: English

Analyzing academic achievement of junior high school students by an improved rough set model

Ping-Feng Pai; Yi-Jia Lyu; Yu-Min Wang

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 889–900

Rough set theory (RST) is an emerging technique used to deal with problems in data mining and knowledge acquisition. However, the RST approach has not been widely explored in the field of academic achievement. This investigation developed an...

Language: English

Topics: Middle School Education

The Influence of Chinese Character Handwriting Diagnosis and Remedial Instruction System on Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language

Hsien-Sheng Hsiao; Cheng-Sian Chang; Chiao-Jia Chen; Chia-Hou Wu; Chien-Yu Lin

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 28, No. 4 (2015) pp. 306–324

This study designed and developed a Chinese character handwriting diagnosis and remedial instruction (CHDRI) system to improve Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) learners' ability to write Chinese characters. The CFL learners were given two tests...

Effects of drag-and-response interaction mechanism of multi-touch operated tabletop technology on users' awareness and collaborative performance

Wu-Yuin Hwang; Rustam Shadiev; Yueh-Min Huang; Yi-Ting Cai; Yu-Shu Yang; Jia-Han Su

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 130–141

In this study we proposed drag-and-response interaction mechanism of multi-touch operated tabletop technology which features a queue area, a rubber band and a transfer animation function. We conducted one experiment by applying our proposed drag-and-...

Language: English

Peer Coaching and Community of Practice in Professional Development in ICT for Teachers

Chi-Syan Lin; Jan-Pan Hwang; Yu-Chi Kuo; Chung-Chi Wu; Yu-Chung Chu; Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang; Chi-Sung Laih; Jia-Rong Wen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 188–196

The paper reviews the PBL.NET project, which is targeted at professional development in ICT for school teachers in Taiwan. The strategy of professional development adopted by the project is combining peer coaching and community of practice online. A ...

Topics: Professional Development

A Learning Assistance Tool for Enhancing ICT Literacy of Elementary School Students

Chenn-Jung Huang; Ming-Chou Liu; Kuo-En Chang; Yao-Ting Sung; Tz-Hau Huang; Chun-Hua Chen; Hung-Yen Shen; Kuo-Liang Huang; Jia-Jian Liao; Kai-Wen Hu; Yun-Cheng Luo; Tun-Yu Chang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 13, No. 3 (2010) pp. 126–138

With rapid advances in the development of information technology, information access has become central to life in the 21st century. In recent years, the development of useful learning-assistance systems has become a popular topic in literature....