A comparison of traditional, videoconference-based, and Web-based learning environments

Ming-Mu Kuo

A comparison of traditional, videoconference-based, and Web-based learning@environments (2005) pp. 1–183

The purpose of the study was to gain a comprehensive understanding of the experiences of graduate students and faculty members at on-campus and remote sites in courses delivered using Web-based course management courseware and videoconference-based (...

The Scientific Art of Contract Negotiations

Kent Kuo; Nancy Wilson

Educause Quarterly Vol. 24, No. 1 (2001) pp. 32–38

Discusses negotiating with vendors when purchasing campus information technology. Describes the mechanics of a negotiation (deep discounts, maintenance and support costs, future discounts, warranties and remedies, training and consulting), vendor...

Action Research for Improving the Effectiveness of Technology Integration in Preservice Teacher Education

Nai-Cheng Kuo

i.e.: inquiry in education Vol. 6, No. 1 (2015)

This study aims at exploring how the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework can be used to improve the effectiveness of integrating IDEA '04 and Research for Inclusive Settings (IRIS) modules in preservice teacher...

Effects of Synchronous Web-Based Instruction on Students' Thinking Styles and Creativity

Ping-Hong Kuo

EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education Vol. 12, No. 3 (2016) pp. 609–619

Technology and innovation are the power of human civilization. In face of such a changeable era, the rapid development and circulation of information technology has hastened the diversification of society. To cope with the approach of information...

A GIS-Interface Web Site: Exploratory Learning for Geography Curriculum

Kuo Hung Huang

Journal of Geography Vol. 110, No. 4 (2011) pp. 158–165

Although Web-based instruction provides learners with sufficient resources for self-paced learning, previous studies have confirmed that browsing navigation-oriented Web sites possibly hampers users' comprehension of information. Web sites designed...

Accelerated Online Learning: Perceptions of Interaction and Learning Outcomes among African American Students

Yu-Chun Kuo

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 28, No. 4 (2014) pp. 241–252

This study investigated student interaction, satisfaction, and performance in accelerated online learning environments with the use of an online learning course-management system. The interactions assessed in this study included learner-learner...

Math Master 1.0.1

Kuo-Chung Shih

(1999) pp. 1–62

The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a field test for the program Math Master 1.0.1. Twenty kindergarten students spent four weeks working with the program designed to enhance their understanding of counting and basic addition...

The MORPG-based Learning System for Multiple Courses: A Case Study on Computer Science Curriculum

Kuo-Yu Liu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 13, No. 1 (2015) pp. 103–123

This study aimed at developing a Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game-based (MORPG) Learning system which enabled instructors to construct a game scenario and manage sharable and reusable learning content for multiple courses. It used the curriculum ...

Inspiring Exercises for Undergraduates

Tzee-Char Kuo

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 30, No. 6 (1999) pp. 811–21

Inspiring exercises are used to guide students at all levels to rediscover the essential meaning of various individual pieces of mathematics. Presents five sets of examples including Abel's identity, Hensel's lemma, finitely generated Abelian groups,...

Cultural Evolution Algorithm for Global Optimizations and its Applications

H.C. Kuo; C.H. Lin

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 11, No. 4 (August 2013) pp. 510–522

The course of socio-cultural transition can neither be aimless nor arbitrary, instead it requires a clear direction. A common goal of social species’ evolution is to move towards an advanced spiritual and conscious state. This study aims to develop...

Language: English

The effects of YouTube listening/viewing activities on Taiwanese EFL learners' listening comprehension

Li-Li Kuo

(2009) pp. 1–205

Declared the year of YouTube, 2007 was hailed as bringing a technological revolution in relation to pedagogy, one that may provide more convenient access to materials for language input, such as auditory, visual, and other types of authentic...

The design and development of an education-designed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (EDD MMORPG) for young Taiwanese Mandarin-speaking learners learning English vocabulary words

Kuo-Hsun Hung

(2011) pp. 1–272

This study was based on an iterative design cycle that designed and developed an educational and motivational education-designed (EdD) MMORPG called Ed-Wonderland , which was tested in use as an after-school learning platform for...

Exploring the Factors that Influence Continuance Intention to Attend One-to-Some Online Courses via Videoconferencing Software

Kuo-Lun Hsiao

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 155–163

Although videoconferencing software and equipment have been widely used in enterprises and education in recent year, few past studies experimentally examined the factors influencing users' continuous intention to attend one-to-some online courses...

An examination of timing and structure of online interaction and undergraduate students' quality of *discussion, motivations and *attitudes

Kuo-Tsai Chen

An examination of timing and structure of online interaction and undergraduate students' quality of @*discussion, motivations and @*attitudes (2004) pp. 1–117

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the timing of interaction (synchronous or asynchronous) and structure of interaction (non-structured vs. moderated) provided by on-line resources, tools, and activities on students' quality of...

Enhancing learning outcomes through new e-textbooks: A desirable combination of presentation methods and concept maps

Kuo-Liang Huang; Kuo-Hsiang Chen; Chun-Heng Ho

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 5 (Nov 03, 2014)

It is possible that e-textbook readers and tablet PC’s will become mainstream reading devices in the future. However, knowledge about instructional design in this field of learning sciences is inadequate. This study aimed to analyse how two factors, ...

Language: English

Reference Management Software: A Comparative Analysis of Four Products

Ron Gilmour; Laura Cobus-Kuo

Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship Vol. 66 (2011)

Reference management (RM) software is widely used by researchers in the health and natural sciences. Librarians are often called upon to provide support for these products. The present study compares four prominent RMs: CiteULike, RefWorks, Mendeley,...

Computer Use, Computer Attitudes, and Gender: Differential Implications of Micro and Mainframe Usage among College Students

Yi-Kuo Wu; Michael Morgan

Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 22, No. 2 (1989) pp. 214–28

Describes study of college students that examined relationships between their attitudes toward computers and amount of computer use. Microcomputer and mainframe computer usage are examined, gender differences are discussed, the need to use computers ...

Design and Development of Web-Based Information Literacy Tutorials

Shiao-Feng Su; Jane Kuo

Journal of Academic Librarianship Vol. 36, No. 4 (July 2010) pp. 320–328

The current study conducts a thorough content analysis of recently built or up-to-date high-quality web-based information literacy tutorials contributed by academic libraries in a peer-reviewed database, PRIMO. This research analyzes the topics...

Enhancing Learning Outcomes through New E-Textbooks: A Desirable Combination of Presentation Methods and Concept Maps

Kuo-Liang Huang; Kuo-Hsiang Chen; Chun-Heng Ho

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 5 (2014) pp. 600–618

It is possible that e-textbook readers and tablet PC's will become mainstream reading devices in the future. However, knowledge about instructional design in this field of learning sciences is inadequate. This study aimed to analyse how two...

A Study in Developing a Mobile Learning System based on Human-Computer Interaction Design Principles

Kuo-Wei Su; Cheng-Li Liu; Meng-Fang Kuo

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 2009) pp. 17–40

Today, the learning model of a single instructor interacting with many students that is applied in conventional classrooms forms a passive bottleneck. Moreover, the instructor cannot effectively record students’ individual learning histories for...

The effects of visual and verbal mnemonics on learning Chinese characters in computer-based instruction

Mei-Liang Amy Kuo-Newhouse

The effects of visual and verbal mnemonics on learning Chinese characters in computer@-based@instruction (2000) pp. 1–169

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the difference between computer-based visual and verbal coding mnemonics in learning Chinese characters. The second purpose is to examine whether self-generated mnemonics are more beneficial for...

The Effects of Visual and Verbal Coding Mnemonics on Learning Chinese Characters in Computer-Based Instruction

Mei-Liang Amy Kuo; Simon Hooper

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 3 (2003) pp. 23–38

The effects of different approaches to learning Chinese characters were investigated. Ninety-two high-school students were randomly assigned to one of five treatment groups: translation, verbal mnemonics, visual mnemonics, dual coding mnemonics, or...

An information-summarising instruction strategy for improving the web-based problem-solving abilities of students

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Fan-Ray Kuo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 290–306

As knowledge rapidly expands and accumulates, training and assessing students' information searching ability for solving problems on the Internet has become an important and challenging issue. This research aims to improve the web-based problem...

A Three-Dimensional Hypertext Structure for Referencing a Housing Discrimination Library

Thomas A. Barta; Ren-jieh Kuo

Online Review Vol. 15, No. 5 (1991) pp. 315–22

Describes a method of organizing the hypertext software files in a database containing legal information on housing discrimination to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system. The expert system of which the database is a part is...

Mobile Inverted Constructivism: Education of Interaction Technology in Social Media

Jia-Xiang Chai; Kuo-Kuang Fan

EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education Vol. 12, No. 5 (2016) pp. 1425–1442

The combination of social media and invert teaching is a new path to inverting interation technology education and reconstructing the curriculum of context. In this paper, based on the theory of constructivism learning, a model named Mobile Inverted ...

Applying novel fractional order incremental conductance algorithm to design and study the maximum power tracking of small wind power systems

Kuo Nan Yu; Chih Kang Liao

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 238–244

The maximum power point tracking is a very important scheme of many renewable energy. It can increase the power efficiency. However, many traditional methods has defects for the applications. This study proposed a novel fractional order incremental...

Language: English

Toward an integrated model for designing assessment systems: An analysis of the current status of computer-based assessments in science

Che-Yu Kuo; Hsin-Kai Wu

Computers & Education Vol. 68, No. 1 (October 2013) pp. 388–403

Drawing upon an integrated model proposed by Bennett and Bejar (1998), this review study examined how 66 computer-based science assessments (CBSAs) in basic science and medicine took advantage of advanced technologies. The model regarded a CBSA as...

Language: English

An Exploratory Study of Adult Learners' Perceptions of Online Learning: Minority Students in Continuing Education

Yu-Chun Kuo; Brian R. Belland

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 64, No. 4 (2016) pp. 661–680

The study was an investigation of online adult learners' perceptions of interaction, satisfaction, and performance within an online course using the Blackboard platform. Interaction included learners' interaction with the instructor, content, and...

Developing a 3D Game Design Authoring Package to Assist Students' Visualization Process in Design Thinking

Ming-Shiou Kuo; Tsung-Yen Chuang

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 11, No. 4 (2013) pp. 1–16

The teaching of 3D digital game design requires the development of students' meta-skills, from story creativity to 3D model construction, and even the visualization process in design thinking. The characteristics a good game designer should...

A Web-Based Assessment for Phonological Awareness, Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Learning to Read Chinese

Chen-Huei Liao; Bor-Chen Kuo

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 2011) pp. 31–42

The present study examined the equivalency of conventional and web-based tests in reading Chinese. Phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming (RAN), reading accuracy, and reading fluency tests were administered to 93 grade 6 children in Taiwan ...

Innovation Diffusion: Learner Benefits and Instructor Insights with the DIFFUSION SIMULATION GAME

Cindy L. Kovalik; Chia-Ling Kuo

Simulation & Gaming Vol. 43, No. 6 (December 2012) pp. 803–824

This research project investigated student reaction to playing the DIFFUSION SIMULATION GAME (DSG) and how an instructor, who is a novice in playing online games, implemented the DSG in an online higher education course. The goal of this research...

An Information-Summarising Instruction Strategy for Improving the Web-Based Problem Solving Abilities of Students

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Fan-Ray Kuo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 2 (2011) pp. 290–306

As knowledge rapidly expands and accumulates, training and assessing students' information searching ability for solving problems on the Internet has become an important and challenging issue. This research aims to improve the web-based problem...

An information-summarising instruction strategy for improving the web-based problem solving abilities of students

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Fan-Ray Kuo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2011)

As knowledge rapidly expands and accumulates, training and assessing students' information searching ability for solving problems on the Internet has become an important and challenging issue. This research aims to improve the web-based problem...

Validation of an Instrument to Measure Students' Motivation and Self-Regulation towards Technology Learning

Pey-Yan Liou; Pei-Jung Kuo

Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 32, No. 2 (2014) pp. 79–96

Background: Few studies have examined students' attitudinal perceptions of technology. There is no appropriate instrument to measure senior high school students' motivation and self-regulation toward technology learning among the current...

Using a Web-Based Portfolio Assessment System to Elevate Project-Based Learning Performances

Chi-Cheng Chang; Kuo-Hung Tseng

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 19, No. 3 (2011) pp. 211–230

This study examines the effect of a Web-based portfolio assessment system on the performances of students undertaking project-based learning (PBL). The research targets were 60 students from two grade-8 classes taking senior high school computer...

Reducing ER use through a trainee-designed, interprofessional care group for high-utilizing chronically ill patients: A pilot program

Linnaea Schuttner; Zhenyu Zhang; Alice Kuo

Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Vol. 9, No. 1 (December 2017) pp. 86–90

Healthcare utilization is skewed to a subset of high-need, high-use patients, but optimal models of care are not known.To reduce emergency room (ER) use and hospital readmissions, trainees designed an innovative model of care delivery for...

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A Motion-Sensing Game-Based Therapy to Foster the Learning of Children with Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Tsung-Yen Chuang; Ming-Shiou Kuo

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 1 (2016) pp. 4–16

Children with Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID, also known as Sensory Processing Disorder, SPD) are also learners with disabilities with regard to responding adequately to the demands made by a learning environment. With problems of organizing...

An optimized group formation scheme to promote collaborative problem-based learning

Chih-Ming Chen; Chi-Hsiung Kuo

Computers & Education Vol. 133, No. 1 (May 2019) pp. 94–115

Group formation is one of the key processes in collaborative learning because having adequate members in the learning groups supports good collaborative interactions among members and is fundamental to ensuring satisfactory learning performance....

Language: English

A Study of Integrated Instruction for Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Rong-Jyue Fang; Shin-Gia Kuo

A study was undertaken to develop hardware and software to help students learn the operation of real production lines and imitate them without disturbing the actual working of the production line. The study also identified major research topics...

A New Roman World: Using Virtual Reality Technology as a Critical Teaching Tool

Elaine W. Kuo; Marc R. Levis

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2002 (April 2002)

The purpose of this study is to examine how technology, namely virtual reality (VR), can be developed as a critical pedagogical tool. More specifically, the study explores whether the use of VR can challenge the traditional lecture format and make...

Automated Inattention and Fatigue Detection System in Distance Education for Elementary School Students

Kuo-An Hwang; Chia-Hao Yang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 22–35

Most courses based on distance learning focus on the cognitive domain of learning. Because students are sometimes inattentive or tired, they may neglect the attention goal of learning. This study proposes an auto-detection and reinforcement...

The cost efficiency impact of the university operation fund on public universities in Taiwan

Jenn-Shyong Kuo; Yi-Cheng Ho

Economics of Education Review Vol. 27, No. 5 pp. 603–612

This study uses the stochastic frontier multiple-product cost function that is modeled after Battese and Coelli [Battese, G. E., & Coelli, T. J. (1995). A model for technical inefficiency effects in a stochastic frontier production for panel data....

Language: English

Optimal Yield Rate in ACF Cutting Process of TFT-LCD Module Using Orthogonal Particle Swarm Optimization Based on Response Surface Design

Jian-Long Kuo; Ming-Te Cheng

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 12, No. 6 (December 2014) pp. 1165–1175

Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) is essential material in LCM (Liquid Crystal Module) process. It is used in bonding process to make the driving circuit conductive. Because the price of TFT-LCD is getting lower than before in recent years, the ACF...

Language: English

Learners and the Learning Environment: Impact of Technology Use in K-12 Schools in Iowa

Nancy J. Maushak; Kuo-Tsai Chen

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 1, No. 3 (2000) pp. 215–24

Examines the impact of the IDEA Star Schools Project activities on learner and learning environment. A questionnaire based on previous work at NCREL and Milken collected data from current and past winners of an exemplary technology use award....

How Employees' Perception of Information Technology Application and Their Knowledge Management Capacity Influence Organisational Performance

Yen-Ku Kuo; Kung-Don Ye

Behaviour & Information Technology Vol. 29, No. 3 (May 2010) pp. 287–303

This study investigates how workers' gender, work experience, designated division, and appointment affect (i) their perception of information technology (IT) within the organisation, (ii) their self-perceived capacity in knowledge management (KM),...

A Corpus-Based Approach to Online Materials Development for Writing Research Articles

Ching-Fen Chang; Chih-Hua Kuo

English for Specific Purposes Vol. 30, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 222–234

There has been increasing interest in the possible applications of corpora to both linguistic research and pedagogy. This study takes a corpus-based, genre-analytic approach to discipline-specific materials development. Combining corpus analysis...

MEAT: An Authoring Tool for Generating Adaptable Learning Resources

Yen-Hung Kuo; Yueh-Min Huang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 51–68

Mobile learning (m-learning) is a new trend in the e-learning field. The learning services in m-learning environments are supported by fundamental functions, especially the content and assessment services, which need an authoring tool to rapidly...

Investigating the Development of Work-Oriented Groups in an e-Learning Environment

Chia-Ping Yu; Feng-Yang Kuo

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 3 (2012) pp. 164–176

In this study, we have investigated developmental patterns of virtual groups in the e-learning environment. Our findings suggest that for virtual groups formed for the purpose of e-learning, dependency and inclusion characterize the initial stage of ...

A structural equation model to analyse the antecedents to students’ web-based problem-solving performance

Fan-Ray Kuo; Gwo-Jen Hwang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 31, No. 4 (Nov 01, 2015)

Web-based problem-solving, a compound ability of critical thinking, creative thinking, reasoning thinking and information-searching abilities, has been recognised as an important competence for elementary school students. Some researchers have...

A knowledge-structure-based adaptive dynamic assessment system for calculus learning

M.‐Y. Ting; B.‐C. Kuo

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 32, No. 2 (April 2016) pp. 105–119

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a calculus system that was designed using an adaptive dynamic assessment (DA) framework on performance in the “finding an area using an integral”. In this study, adaptive testing and dynamic ...