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John Ronghua Ouyang
Kennesaw State University
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John Ronghua Ouyang
University of North Florida
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Educational Technology for TESOL: Tools and Resources
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1998–2000
According to Ariza and others (2010), 10.8 million children nationwide were migrated to United States in 2007. More and more English as second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) learners have been enrolled in public schools in recent years. The number has...
Topics: English Education
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A Web Link for the Teaching Mathematics in Early
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1323–1326
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Instructional Technology: Another Perspective For
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1320–1322
Instructional technology has been emphasized in teacher education programs all over the United States. Federal government, state administrators, and local authorities have realized what an important role technology plays in today’s instruction and...
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Research-based Review on Educational Technology Related Theories and Problem-solving Oriented Application of Blackboard in TESOL Online Instruction
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1441–1449
This presentation is reviewing educational technology related theories and researches, deliberating technological applications for effective instruction and learning, and discussing Blackboard implementation in TESOL online instruction. Educational ...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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Internet in Chinese Education, Where to Go?
Robert Zheng; John Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 109–110
This paper will study (1) the various stages of Internet access in China: from censorship to limited self-autonomy, (2) instructional use of the Internet in China. Case studies will be conducted to show how Internet is used in Chinese schools at...
Topics: Internet
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Internet and Education in the United States and China
John Ronghua Ouyang; Robert Zheng
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 1034
Internet is growing rapidly and has a great impact on Education. Distance education has become an extremely important area of using instructional technology. The Unite State is one of the largest developed countries and China is one of the biggest...
Topics: Internet, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Networking Technologies
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Inquiry and Response to the Development Dilemma of Campus Culture in Higher Distance Education -The Empirical Study on Distance Education in Zhejiang University
Leifen Shi; John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 437–446
The results of an empirical study on distance education in Zhejiang University showed that campus culture on the Internet is not rich and is lack of attraction to students; off-campus learning centers don’t give a full play to students’ enthusiasm...
Topics: Culture, Distance/Flexible Education
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Teaching Research Writing: A Multimedia Approach
John R. Ouyang; Michael A. Holst
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 658–660
Multimedia integrates the sounds, images, and textures. It can motivate students to learn and write. To meet the needs of the 21st century, students in schools today will be able to take responsible of learning, cope with new technologies, and work...
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An Ancient Ideology of Equal Education vs. Technology Implementation in the21st Century: What if Confucius was still alive?
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1921–1926
Equality of Education is not new to us, but few of us know that Confucius brought it up and practiced in his own teaching more than 2000 years ago in China. Confucius’ idea of equal education is “in education there should be no class distinctions.”...
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A Research Analysis on the Effectiveness of Technology in English as a foreign Language (EFL) Teaching and Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools
Mariam Alqarawi; Shorog Dandeni; John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1994–1999
: Researchers and educators believe that integrating technology into the classroom increases student’s performance. Along with the development of advanced computing and internet technology, EFL teaching and learning are making difference. Utilizing...
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A Digital Resource Summary for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Mariam Alqarawi; Shorog Dandeni; Marla Hollan; John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 5112–5117
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2009, there were approximately 21% of children and students, aged from five to 17, spoke a language other than English at home, and 5% spoke English with difficulty (Crane, 2012). ESL...
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Educational Technology in schools with an Innovation, Creativity and Project-based Approach
John Ouyang Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 628–630
Educational technology is more and more heavily emphasized in China’s elementary, middle and high schools along with the development of technology and the advance of the economy. This presentation is based on the exploration of utilizing technology...
Topics: International Education
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Make Statistic Analysis Simple: Solution with a Simple Click on the Screen
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2050–2053
Most graduate candidates in Elementary and Early Childhood Education are in-service teachers, and are required to conduct certain kind of research, or action research. The Presenter finds that statistic analysis software, such as SPSS, is a very...
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Computer Technology for Elementary School Teachers in Geography Education
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1994 (1994) pp. 607–609
There are two issues that most educators and researchers would agree upon. One is that geography had been badly neglected and largely disappeared from the American school curriculum by the 1970s (Egan, 1983; Gregg and Leinhardt, 1993). The other is...
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An Administrative Perspective: Creative Use of Blackboard in Education
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2046–2049
Blackboard is a powerful instructional tool to help educators develop learning community, communicate with learners and deliver learning contents online. It has been widely practiced in higher education, middle and high schools, and commercial...
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Development and Issues of Open Universities in China: A statistical perspective
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 740–747
Open University of China (OUC) is named from the China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU). China's educational television system began in 1960 but was suspended during the Cultural Revolution in 1966. In 1979 the China Central Radio and...
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Educational Technology for Pre-service and In-service Teachers’ Training: Issues and Concerns
John Rognhua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3121–3122
Since 1946, the first computer was born, computing technology has been increasingly developed. The development has brought education opportunities, as well as challenges. Getting into 21st century, Technology tends to be utilized everywhere, in the...
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TOPRACE Model: A Practice of Online Instruction
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 71–75
Along with the development of Web technology and mobile learning, more and more programs at higher education are delivered online, more and more courses are taught online. The common platform of online instruction in the United States includes Web...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Technology for teaching and learning elementary mathematics: An analysis of online resources
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3611–3612
The increasingly developed instructional technology has brought mathematics education opportunities and challenges. Today, internet technology tends to be utilized everywhere. Then, how effective the technology can be implemented in teaching and...
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Power and Empowerment: A SMART-Goals Approach for Teachers Development Using Technology in Teaching and Learning
John Rognhua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1536–1538
Power is defined as the potential to influence behavior. Empowerment means to enable and help people develop a sense of self-confidence, to support people to overcome feelings of powerlessness or helplessness, to energize people to take action, and...
Topics: Teachers
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Useful Digital Tools for Teachers: Picasa, Audacity and PhotoStory3
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1178–1181
The pre-service teachers’ technology training at the University of North Florida, under the leadership of Dr. Cavanaugh, includes using Picasa + Audacity to create Photo Stories. This poster is to demonstrate how to use these free digital tools to...
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Internet Technology for Teachers in Early Childhood Education
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3294–3297
Internet is playing a vigorous role in today's education. Children start to play on the Internet when they are very young, and are becoming more technologically advanced today (Schwartau, 2001). Then, as an adult, an educator in early childhood...
Topics: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Children, Internet, Early Childhood Education
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Cases and Perspectives: Internet Technology in Chinese Higher Education
John Rognhua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2035–2038
Education in the 21st century faces the challenge of increasingly developed computing technology. Internet technology has made the instruction and resources-sharing online available. Most universities in China, general speaking, have been equipped...
Topics: Educational Technology, Internet
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OERs in Curriculum and Instruction for Adult Learning: Theories and Best Practice
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 571–576
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are increasingly developed and acknowledged by educators and business trainers today. OERs are located in the public domains, free and can be included in courses, particularly in online courses. The Curriculum and...
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Best Practice and Performance-Based Learning: An Analysis of Technology Training Activities for Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Skills
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3921–3926
Along with advanced internet and computing technology, technology-training activities for pre-service teachers are worth of further exploration and observation. The pre-service teachers’ technology training at the University of North Florida, under...
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Implementing Computer Technology in a Teaching Methods Class
John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1995 (1995) pp. 305–307
Research has shown that all schools in the United States today own computers for instructional purpose and thousands of educational software packages have become available for teachers and students to use (Kinnaman, 1990; ASCD, 1990). Word...
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Educational Technology for Developing ESOL Language Skills: Inspiration from an Experimental Research
John Ronghua Ouyang; Zhiyuan Chen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 1386–1390
Educational technology has been integrated in an ESOL master degree program. An 8-week experimental research with 20 participants in experimental and control groups has confirmed that Song Video Clips have positively facilitated students from lower...
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Technology Implementation: Movie Maker for Pre- and In-service Teachers
John Ronghua Ouyang; Mark Warner
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2165–2168
Abstract: The traditional lecture approach is subject-based instruction, not problem-based. Problem-based learning is simply to make the learning meaningful through contextualized problem sets and situations (Rhem, 1998). According to educational...
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Mathematics Curriculum/Technology Alignment for Pre-service Teacher Training
John Ronghua Ouyang; Kai Qian
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 982–985
The outcomes of the technology for teaching and learning cannot be automatic, they are the result of a collaboration between the teacher, student, and the designer of the technology (Poole, 1997). The question is that how can we go beyond the...
Topics: Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Learning Outcomes
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Collaborative Tools for Changing the Way We Work
Henry Wang; John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) p. 300
Students from early childhood through graduate school have come to expect that they will work alone, write alone, complete projects alone, and be tested alone. Traditionally, in educational settings there has been competition for what is perceived ...
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E-portfolio for In-service Teachers Training: Beauty and Thorn
John Ronghua Ouyang; Karen Andrews
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 215–218
E-portfolio is a challenge for in-service teachers' training; the effectiveness of e-portfolio assessment has become a critical issue today. Can all in-service teachers in Early Childhood and Elementary M Ed. program at Kennesaw State University...
Topics: Training, Teachers, Portfolios, Classrooms
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Computer Technology In The Classrooms: What Teachers Say?
John Ronghua Ouyang; Henry Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1439–1443
Computers are everywhere. However, when we compare the typical school environment to the business environment, it is noticed that schools have lagged far behind in implementing the use of computers. The results of implementation of computers in...
Topics: Classrooms, Computers, Teachers, Training
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What a Brilliant Giant in Mexico and Chinese Education: Telesecundaria and China Education TV
John Ronghua Ouyang; Dehua Liu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 755–760
China (P. R. China) and Mexico are both delivering its education through a brilliant giant, TV education. China started TV education for adult learning in 1979; Mexico launched its Telesecundaria for junior high school students in 1968. During...
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Instructional Technology in Classroom: A S-K-I-L-L Approach
John Ronghua Ouyang; Paul Fu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 404–406
One hundred percent of schools in the United States own computers. Thousands of educational software packages are available on the market. In addition, CD-ROM and multimedia instructional materials are booming. Despite these factors, the...
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Principles of Effective Graphic Design for Teaching I N Distance Education
Paul Fu; John Ronghua Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 677–680
As technology is changing and reshaping the world of public school education, one of the new challenges that teachers face is to teach in a distance education environment. Teachers are challenged to find and learn effective ways to teach in distance ...
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In-Service Teachers Training: A Pilot Study of On-Site, On-Campus and Online Approach
John Ronghua Ouyang; Ikechukwu Ukeje
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 989–994
This pilot study examines the implementation of an online approach beyond the on campus and on site instruction. Ninety-seven candidates from three 2003-2004 graduate cohorts participated in this pilot study. By exploring the impact of instructors'...
Topics: Training
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Audacity + Movie Maker for Pre- and In-service Teachers’ Technology Training
John Ronghua Ouyang; Mark Warner
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3886–3887
Abstract: Audacity and Movie Maker in Windows are two free and easy-to-use editing software packages for audio and video production. While presenters implemented Audacity and Movie Maker in pre- and in-service teachers' technology training, they...
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Utilizing Technology to Enhance the Effectiveness of Instruction and Learning in an ESOL Endorsed Course
John Ronghua Ouyang; Nile Stanley
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1251–1257
The ESOL endorsed program in a south region in the United States requires students to take either five independent ESOL courses or two condensed ESOL courses with an integration model. No matter in which approach, technology is always considered as ...
Topics: Research & Evaluation, English Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Technology for In-service Teacher Training: Inquiry, Implementation and Disposition
John Ronghua Ouyang; Mark Warner; Ikechukwu Ukeje
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3123–3127
A pilot study on the implementation of online approach showed that the percentage of candidates using online technology for completing ECE M. Ed. program at Kennesaw State University increased from 74% to 100% during four semesters. The M.Ed. in...
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Digital Video: What Should Teachers Know?
James E. Yao; John R. Ouyang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1493–1498
Texas State Board for Educator Certification has published new technology application standards for teachers who want to be certified, including teachers of technology. The standards require that teachers should know how to create digital video...
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Teaching Research Writing: A Multimedia Approach
John R. Ouyang; Michael A. Holst
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 658–660
Multimedia integrates the sounds, images, and textures. It can motivate students to learn and write. To meet the needs of the 21st century, students in schools today will be able to take responsible of learning, cope with new technologies, and work...
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Web-based Instruction: What should we know?
John R Ouyang; James E. Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 270–274
Web-based instruction is the latest development of distance education, which has become an extremely important part of instructional technology. Web-based instruction has commonly adopted by universities and schools to deliver courses on line....
Topics: Learning Objects, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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A Showcase: Electronic Portfolio System
John Ronghua Ouyang; Karen Andrews; Kelly Hines
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 213–214
Electronic portfolio system designed and developed by the Office of Career Services at Kennesaw State University is featured with friendly use, customized setup, well-designed organization, strengthened compatibility, and skill-overview matrix. With ...
Topics: Portfolios
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Multimedia in Chinese Elementary Schools
John Ronghua Ouyang; James E. Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1291–1294
Multimedia describes any system that unites two or more media into a single product or presentation. Along with the increasingly developed computer technology, it is believed that multimedia is the best single set of technologies to promote among ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Multimedia
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Technology for Teachers: Another Perspective of the Implementation
John R. Ouyang; James E. Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 80–83
As computer technology getting more and more advanced, educators have accepted the assumption that computer has a potential to renovate education and is necessary to enhance effective teaching and learning. However, computer is a tool and the...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology
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Information Resources and Retrieval ---The Ways Technology Can Enhance Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers
Henry Wang; John Ouyang; James Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3905–3910
In today's information society, we ask: will new teachers be prepared to teach in a digital age? We understand that information resources are vital. Knowing how to retrieve information is important but having the knowledge and skills to evaluate...
Topics: Teachers
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A Farewell to the Traditional Instructional Media And Technologies in the New Millennium
James E. Yao; John R. Ouyang; Henry Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 84–89
This paper will review the traditional instructional media and technologies offered in teacher training programs in the past and in some of the programs today, primarily presentation media and technologies, such as audio/video systems, overhead, ...
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Technology Infusion in A Chinese Middle School: A Comparative Perspective
Jiang Lan; Shujia He; John Ouyang; Zhonghai Qiu; Julia Bao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2050–2056
The success of Chinese secondary schools in preparing students for academic excellence is often discussed by educators in the West. However, there has been little research or in-depth analysis of the Chinese comprehensive educational process and...
Topics: Professional Development, Teachers, Middle School Education, Secondary Education, Students
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Theories and Research in Educational Technology and Distance Learning Instruction through Blackboard
John Ronghua Ouyang; Nile Stanley
Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 2, No. 2 (2014) pp. 161–172
Educational technology is a fast-growing and increasingly developed subject in education during the past 50 years. The focus of the development of its theories and research is oriented into the methods and effectiveness of its implementation. This...