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Catch them or teach them?
Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1180–1182
Academic plagiarism is becoming an increasingly serious issue in higher education, especially in online education. In response to this issue, a lot of institutions are adopting web technology to prevent students from plagiarism. The most popular...
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Gender difference in social media group participation
Youmei Liu
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 709–714
The information via the social media is overwhelming It is impossible and unnecessary to track everything on the social media People join the social media groups based on their interest, needs and the nature of the groups The purpose of this study...
Topics: research, Social & Cultural Issues, Other
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Improving student learning by clicking
Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2089–2092
Classroom attention, interaction, and retention are the key to a successful learning experience. SRS – Student Respond System, or clicker as people commonly refer it to, has been used as an effective teaching and learning tool to engage students in...
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Faculty Development and CMS
Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2409–2412
"Course Management Systems are an increasingly important part of academic systems in higher education" (Morgan, 2003). The increasing use indicates the importance and value of CMS in educational systems. The adoption of CMS is not a simple process...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Learning Objects, Educational Technology
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Visualizing Your Teaching with Effective Use of Video and Audio
Youmei Liu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1351–1352
Integrating video and audio to enhance the quality of instruction and efficiency of learning has become more and more popular in online learning. With the availability of streaming technology, the accessibility of audio and video has been greatly...
Topics: Students, Video, Audio, Learning Outcomes
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Cultural Differences and Quality Course Design
Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 418–422
The advent of web technology has brought learning to a global scale through online education. That students from all over the world attend virtual classes is no longer a newborn phenomenon. Many higher educational institutions fasten the speed to...
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Face-to-face to Fully Online - A Successful Conversion Process
Youmei Liu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1345–1350
Most online courses were created by converting traditional courses. The process has been somehow oversimplified – most faculty members simply uploaded lecture notes to the course shell without making too much changes or adapting the materials to fit ...
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Educational Paradigm Shift in the 21st Century E-Learning
Youmei Liu
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 373–379
With increased demand on higher education and limited resources, more and more schools are looking into instructional technology and use of online resources to reduce the cost of education and to meet the needs of society. E-learning has become one...
Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, Evaluation, research
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Building and Sustaining Online Learning Communities
Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2600–2605
Education benefits students beyond the boundary of campus and duration of courses. The last decade has seen the emergence of a growing trend of integrating interaction-based learning communities in the process of education. Despite some advances,...
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Relevant factors in the selection of computer programs for course web site design
Youmei Liu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1082–1085
This paper is a report on the findings of a study on the University of Houston faculty members?selection and use of computer programs in designing their course web sites. Survey research method was used to conduct this study. The survey instrument...
Topics: Computers, Faculty, Research Methods
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Using Multimedia Components to Effectively Enhance the Quality of Online Teaching
Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2413–2415
Creating an online learning environment enriched with multimedia components can greatly improve the quality of online education. This presentation will address the topic of how to develop and incorporate multimedia components in online teaching...
Topics: Multimedia, Educational Technology, Learning Outcomes
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E-Learning Contributing to Global Social Capital Development
Youmei Liu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 149–155
E-learning is not only a channel for knowledge dissemination but more importantly it provides a very unique environment that brings educators and learners together from all over the world and creates a global socio-cultural phenomena. In e-learning ...
Topics: Content Development
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Individualizing a CMS Course
Youmei Liu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 810–813
There is definitely no doubt that Course Management Systems (CMS) are very helpful to faculty in creating and delivering courses. The easy-to-use features of CMS enable faculty to create an online course quickly. Yet, the convenience has somehow ...
Topics: Faculty
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Evaluating Instructional Technology for Effective Implementation
Gangbing Song; Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1675–1679
This session will stress the importance of instructional technology evaluation from three perspectives, 1) the need to evaluate instructional technology; 2) identifying pros and cons of technology investment; and 3) enhancing student learning...
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Student Perceptions and Usage of Social Media Tools
Youmei Liu; Shawn McCombs
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1556–1560
Social media tools have become major communication channel nowadays. This presentation will share with audiences the survey study conducted at the University of Houston about student perceptions and usage of social media tools, their attitudes and...
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Channeling the channel: Can iPad meet the needs of today’s M-Learner
Shawn McCombs; Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 522–526
The Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, in cooperation with the university’s Educational Technology and University Outreach division, is investigating the use of iPad in M-Learning curriculum delivery on today’s campuses. Early observations...
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Strategies of Sustaining a Successful Grant Program
Yachi Wanyan; Youmei Liu
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 412–416
Texas Southern University received a grant from the National Sciences Federation to design an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program from 2015 to 2019. The objective of the program is to infuse innovative AI tools into traditional problem-solving...
Topics: Government initiatives and programs, Course, program, project, and other forms of evaluation
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Acculturation challenges in cross-cultural learning
Youmei Liu; Guoquan Wang
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 703–708
This paper will present a 3-year summer program funded by the National Science Foundation to prepare students for globalization Research studies have been conducted to find out students’ readiness to study and live in a different cultural...
Topics: research, Implementation Examples & Issues, Social & Cultural Issues
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Using Wiki Tools to Promote Community Learning
Carl Scott; Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1671–1674
Community learning has become very popular especially after the emergence of Web 2.0 social media technology. This presentation will share with audiences the research study that was conducted at the Bauer School of Business at the University of...
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Using instructional technology to engage students in active learning
Youmei Liu; Madhuri Kumar
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1588–1591
Active learning "derives from two basic assumptions: (1) that learning is by nature an active endeavor and (2) that different people learn in different ways" (Meyers & Jones, 1993). How do teachers engage students in active learning? It has been a...
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Why the students did not use podcasts?
Youmei Liu; Shawn McCombs
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2093–2094
Podcasting technology has been increasingly used in education. University of Houston is one of the pioneer schools in adopting podcasting technology in instructional delivery. Since the pilot project started in 2005, research studies have been...
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Data Informed Instructional Quality Improvement
Yachi Wanyan; Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 999–1005
This paper will present a research project funded by National Sciences Federation (NSF) to design specialized Artificial Intelligence tools for engineering students at the Texas Southern University. The study implemented multi-dimensional...
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Preparing Students for the 21st Century
Yachi Wanyan; Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1653–1659
Texas Southern University received a 3-year grant from the National Sciences Foundation to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) infused educational platform, in the form of an intelligent database with most up-to-date real-world AI application...
Topics: Maker (Formerly Engineering Education), Workforce Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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OOPS – an Emerging Model for Informal Online Social Learning Community
Meng-Fen Lin; Luc Chu; Youmei Liu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2391–2394
Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System (OOPS) is a grass roots effort to localize MIT's OCW for the Great China Region. Since its inception in February 2004, OOPS has made significant progress through a community of volunteers: 370+ volunteers...
Topics: Community
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Collaborative Teaching for Instructional Improvement
Youmei Liu; Shawn McCombs; Dung Huynh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 462–465
This session will present a topic on collaborative teaching – three faculty members co-teach a course being offered in four separate sessions. Four aspects of this collaborative teaching will be discussed: 1) faculty working together to maximize...
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Podcasting Best Practice Based on Research Data
Shawn McCombs; Youmei Liu; Craig Crowe; Keith Houk; Dale Higginbotham
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1604–1609
Our Podcasting pilot in the Spring 2006 yielded valuable data on effective use of Podcasting in instructional delivery. At this session, we will share with audiences the research data we collected from our study, and Podcasting best practices based...
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Turning iPod into an Effective Portable Learning Tool
Shawn McCombs; Keith Houk; Dale Higginbotham; Greg Johnson; Youmei Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 438–443
With the recent release of 5th generation iPods, this magic music box not only increases its storage amount, but "takes the stage for another encore;" and the new video feature has brought iPod fans a great deal of excitement. People can enjoy their ...
Topics: Video, Learning Outcomes, Students
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Course Assessment of E-Learning in Southwest China
Geping Liu; Youmei Liu; Guoli Liang; Jihua Song; Caiqiang Li; Guifang Li
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 375–378
This study is to compare the evaluation of e-learning programs in distance education in different cultural settings. The two compared institutions are University of Houston in the United States and Online Institution at Southwest Normal University...
Topics: Research Methods, Students, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Culture
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Comparison of E-Learning in Distance Education in Different Cultural Settings
Geping Liu; Youmei Liu; Guoli Liang; Jihua Song; Jian Liao; Guifang Li; Meng-Fen Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 370–374
This study is to compare the evaluation of e-learning programs in distance education in different cultural settings. The two compared institutions are University of Houston in the United States and Online Institution at Southwest Normal University...
Topics: Culture, Instructional Design, Distance Education, Students, Research Methods