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At the Cusp of Another Shift? Micros to Nanos
Larry Bright; Danniel Pai-Tsang Chen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4717–4724
Even with the education world still reeling in the struggle to achieve universal educational access through micro-technology, the cusp of a next wave of change may be emerging with the advent of nanotechnology. Educators, human services...
Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology
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What Then After Knowing Differences: Conflicts between East/West in Global Distance Educational Development
Jack Fei Yang; Larry K. Bright
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 5322–5327
Asian educational methods have been teacher-directed for centuries; it will be a challenge for Asian society to make a transition toward learner-centered theory. In this paper educational perspectives of the East and West are compared and contrasted....
Topics: Teaching Methods, Race, Educational Technology
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Technology Development Challenges: Accommodating East/West Cultural Differences and Similarities
Larry K Bright; Jack Fei Yang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 5282–5287
Differences in teaching and learning styles, governments, customs, and traditions have long divided Asia from the Western world. Teacher-centered education in the East continues to be the rule, with learner-centered education only emerging with the...
Topics: Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies
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Assessing the Pace of Cyberchange with TAM
Tzong-Song Wang; Larry K. Bright
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1448–1453
Abstract: Cyberchange advocates need to know who supports and resist change. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) designed by Davis in 1989 can be useful to measure the pace of receptivity to use of online resources. The TAM measures how...
Topics: Educational Technology, Change, Social Studies
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Cyberspace Gender Lessons from a Crouching Tiger
Tzong-Song Wang; Larry K. Bright
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1516–1523
The pace of adoption of cyberlearning is influenced by gender factors that need to be confronted. Even in Taiwan as a semi-conductor world leader, university women in technical universities have not been as receptive as men to the perceived...
Topics: Educational Technology, Distance Education
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Building East and West Collaboration for Administration and Delivery of Higher-Level Distance Learning
Larry K. Bright; Pai-Tsang (Danniel) Chen; Shao-I Chiu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2287–2293
As global demand continues to increase for access to Web resources, the impact on teaching styles both East and West continues to be felt. The impact of information and technology communication change on educational leadership theories and teaching...
Topics: Educational Technology, Change, Inclusive Education, Information Communication Technologies, Teaching Methods
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Murder in Academe—The Case for Mentoring in Doctoral Advising
Larry Bright; Nick Chao-Ming Lin; Hsun-Cheng Lin
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) p. 2282
Empowering others through relationships and knowledge exchanged online and live is an educational dream. Yet, constraints of time, technologies, and mores that separate the roles of teachers and students can "murder?relationships. Technologies can...
Topics: Educational Technology