Teachers' concerns about adopting constructivist online game-based learning in formal curriculum teaching: The VISOLE experience

Morris S. Y. Jong

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 4 (July 2016) pp. 601–617

Our work is set against the backdrop of the pervasive discussion of harnessing online games to provide students with new constructivist learning opportunities. Upon the theoretical foundation, we have developed Virtual Interactive Student-Oriented...

Does Online Game-Based Learning Work in Formal Education at School? A Case Study of VISOLE

Morris S. Y. Jong

Curriculum Journal Vol. 26, No. 2 (2015) pp. 249–267

VISOLE (Virtual Interactive Student-Oriented Environment) is a teacher-facilitated pedagogical approach to integrating constructivist online game-based learning into formal curriculum teaching in school education. This paper reports a case study on...

Sustaining the adoption of gamified outdoor social enquiry learning in high schools through addressing teachers’ emerging concerns: A 3‐year study

Morris Siu‐yung Jong

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2019) pp. 1275–1293

Gamified Authentic Mobile Enquiry in Society (GAMES) is a GPS‐supported mobile application for gamifying social enquiry learning in outdoor environments. Teachers are always the “educational innovation gatekeepers” in schools. This paper reports on...

Understanding the Concerns of Teachers about Leveraging Mobile Technology to Facilitate Outdoor Social Inquiry Learning: The EduVenture Experience

Morris Siu-yung Jong; Chin-Chung Tsai

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 2 (2016) pp. 328–344

Our work is within the context of the ubiquitous discussion about adopting mobile devices to offer school-age students new learner-centric learning opportunities. Leveraging location-based context-aware mobile technology, based on the theoretical...

Impeding Phenomena Emerging from Students' Constructivist Online Game-Based Learning Process: Implications for the Importance of Teacher Facilitation

Morris Siu-yung Jong; Junjie Shang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 2 pp. 262–283

"Virtual Interactive Student-Oriented Learning Environment" ("VISOLE") is a pedagogical approach to integrating constructivist online game-based learning (COGBLe) into formal teaching in school education. This paper reports a...

Demographic Predictors of Social Media Usage among Pre-service Teachers

Wilfred W.F. Lau; Joey C.Y. Hung; Morris S.Y. Jong

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 122–127

Social media usage among university students is increasingly prevalent. For pre-service teachers, understanding of their social media usage has been crucial for researchers and teacher educators alike because it helps inform our design of teacher...

Topics: Country-Specific Developments

Cross-cultural online communication: Making connections through project-based learning

Mike Keppell; Morris Jong; Harold Tsang; Sue Bennett; Lori Lockyer

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1233–1240

This paper examines a project that encourages cross-cultural communication among teacher-education students through online discussion and project-based learning. An authentic case was presented to eleven students (divided into two groups) who...

Topics: Learning Management Systems, Mentoring, Communication, Students

Harnessing Computer Games in Education

Morris Jong; Junjie Shang; Fong-Lok Lee; Jimmy Lee

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 2008) pp. 54–61

Besides the ability of making learning more interesting, educators and researchers have been exploring other pedagogical potentials of computer games. How to employ games for constructivist learning and teaching has become an attention in the field...

Gamifying and Mobilising Social Enquiry-Based Learning in Authentic Outdoor Environments

Morris Siu-Yung Jong; To Chan; Ming-Tak Hue; Vincent W. L. Tam

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 277–292

There has been increasing discussion among educators and researchers about harnessing the idea of gamification to enhance the current learning and teaching practices in school education. Leveraging the context-aware mobile technology and student...

Gamifying Outdoor Social Inquiry Learning with Context-Aware Technology

Morris Siu-Yung Jong; Tom Chan; Vincent Tam; Ming-Tak Hue

International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Educational Technologies 2017 (2017)

Gamification is a strategy of using game mechanics and experience design to digitally engage people to achieve intended goals in non-game contexts. There has been increasing discussion among educators and researchers about harnessing the idea of...