The development and evaluation of an augmented reality-based armillary sphere for astronomical observation instruction

Jia Zhang; Yao-Ting Sung; Huei-Tse Hou; Kuo-En Chang

Computers & Education Vol. 73, No. 1 (April 2014) pp. 178–188

Based on kinesthetic learning style theory and interviews regarding teachers' experiences applying traditional astronomy teaching methods, a mobile digital armillary sphere (MDAS) using augmented reality (AR) was developed for use during...

Language: English

The effect of online summary assessment and feedback system on the summary writing on 6th graders: The LSA-based technique

Yao-Ting Sung; Chia-Ning Liao; Tao-Hsing Chang; Chia-Lin Chen; Kuo-En Chang

Computers & Education Vol. 95, No. 1 (April 2016) pp. 1–18

Studies on teaching of reading strategies have found that summarizing is of tremendous help to reading comprehension. However grading students’ summary writings is laborious, but given the importance of summarizing, an effective summarizing learning ...

Language: English

Comparing animated and static modes in educational gameplay on user interest, performance and gameplay anxiety

Jon-Chao Hong; Min-Pei Lin; Ming-Yueh Hwang; Kai-Hsin Tai; Yen-Chun Kuo

Computers & Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 109–118

To compare the perception of animated to static mode of gameplay and how it affects the emotional state and performance of playing, this study designed two games, Chinese idiom string up game (CISUG) and Chinese idiom fishing game (CIFG). Seven...

Language: English

Critical success factors for motivating and sustaining women's ICT learning

Feng-Yang Kuo; Fan-Chuan Tseng; Cecilia I.C. Lin; Wen-Hui Tang

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 208–218

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the way people think, behave, communicate, and work. As a result, digital literacy, an essential skill for career development, lifelong learning, freedom of expression and social inclusion, is...

Language: English

Interaction, Internet self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning as predictors of student satisfaction in online education courses

Yu-Chun Kuo; Andrew E. Walker; Kerstin E.E. Schroder; Brian R. Belland

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 35–50

Student satisfaction is important in the evaluation of distance education courses as it is related to the quality of online programs and student performance. Interaction is a critical indicator of student satisfaction; however, its impact has not...

Language: English

A web site system for instructors to manage collaborative learning

Gwo-Dong Chen; Kuo-Liang Ou; Baw-Jhiune Liu; Chih-Kai Chang; Chen-Chung Liu

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1819–1825

As the World Wide Web (the Web) become popular, increasing number of distance learning systems are built on the Web. Yet, Instructors must onerously write complex programs to manage students' learning behavior in a web based collaborative learning...

Topics: Collaboration

Designing a Robot Teaching Assistant for Enhancing and Sustaining Learning Motivation

I-Chun Hung; Kuo-Jen Chao; Ling Lee; Nian-Shing Chen

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 21, No. 2 (2013) pp. 156–171

Although many researchers have pointed out that educational robots can stimulate learners' learning motivation, the learning motivation will be hardly sustained and rapidly decreased over time if the amusement and interaction merely come from...

A Cognitive Apprenticeship Approach to Facilitating Web-Based Collaborative Problem Solving

Fan-Ray Kuo; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Szu-Chuang Chen; Sherry Y. Chen

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 4 (2012) pp. 319–331

Enhancing students' problem-solving abilities has been recognized as an important and challenging issue for technology-enhanced learning. Thus, previous research has attempted to address this issue by developing various mechanisms, among which a...

The Construction of an Online Competitive Game-Based Learning System for Junior High School Students

Yuh-Ming Cheng; Sheng-Huang Kuo; Shi-Jer Lou; Ru-Chu Shih

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 214–227

The purpose of this study aimed to construct an online competitive game-based learning system by using freeware for junior high school students and to assess its effectiveness. From the learning standpoints, game mechanisms including learning points,...

Application of E-Learning to Pilot Training at TransAsia Airways in Taiwan

Chi-Kuo Chuang; Maiga Chang; Chin-Yeh Wang; Wen-Cheng Chung; Gwo-Dong Chen

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 23–39

TransAsia Airway is one of the four domestic airlines in Taiwan. Taiwan has 13 domestic airports with the longest distance between two airports being about 400 kilometers. The domestic airline market is highly competitive. TransAsia decided to apply ...

Topics: Administrators, Administration, Adults, Business, Government, Educational Technology, Change, eLearning, Competencies

The Development of a Virtual Marine Museum for Educational Applications

Wermhuar Tarng; Mei-Yu Change; Kuo-Liang Ou; Ya-Wen Chang; Hsin-Hun Liou

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 37, No. 1 (2009) pp. 39–59

The objective of this article is to investigate the computer animation and virtual reality technologies for developing a virtual marine museum. The museum consists of three exhibition areas. The first area displays fishes in freshwater, including...

Were knowledge management abilities of university students enhanced after creating personal blog-based portfolios?

Chi-Cheng Chang; Chaoyun Liang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Ju-Shih Tseng; To-Yu Chen

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 6 (Dec 23, 2013)

The effect of creating blog-based portfolios on knowledge management (KM) abilities among university students was examined in the present study. Participants included 43 students majoring in Multimedia and Game Science at a University in Taiwan....

Effects of a Mobile Electronic Guidebook on Visitors' Attention and Visiting Behaviors

Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang; Yi-Hsuan Lee; Wen-Cheng Yu

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 2 (2008) pp. 67–80

Museums are one of the most important institutions providing students with the opportunity to gain knowledge, experience cultures, and develop different interests in an informal learning setting. As information and communication technology (ICT) has ...

The Research on the English Village Situations Incorporated with Context Awareness

Jia Rong Wen; Chia-Pin Chen; Sheng-Huang Kuo; Ming Kuang Chuang

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 218–223

With the influence of wireless techniques, the m-learning (mobile learning) has already stepped into our life. This new technique can be incorporated into the learning, expanding the learning content, and extending the learning efficacies. Among the ...

Does Using E-Portfolios for Reflective Writing Enhance High School Students' Self-Regulated Learning?

Chi-Cheng Chang; Chaoyun Liang; Kuen-Ming Shu; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Chun-Yu Lin

Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 25, No. 3 (2016) pp. 317–336

The study aims to examine whether reflective writing using e-portfolios enhances high school students' self-regulated learning. Participants included two classes of eighth-graders majoring in Information Processing and taking a course called "...

Were Knowledge Management Abilities of University Students Enhanced after Creating Personal Blog-Based Portfolios?

Chi-Cheng Chang; Chaoyun Liang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Ju-Shih Tseng; To-Yu Chen

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 6 (2013) pp. 916–931

The effect of creating blog-based portfolios on knowledge management (KM) abilities among university students was examined in the present study. Participants included 43 students majoring in Multimedia and Game Science at a University in Taiwan....

Topics: Multimedia, Portfolios

Engaging pre-service science teachers to act as active designers of technology integration: A MAGDAIRE framework

Yu-Ta Chien; Chun-Yen Chang; Ting-Kuang Yeh; Kuo-En Chang

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 28, No. 4 (May 2012) pp. 578–588

This paper describes our efforts in developing the MAGDAIRE framework (abbreviated from Modeled Analysis, Guided Development, Articulated Implementation, and Reflected Evaluation) to transform pre-service science teachers’ roles in a teacher...

Language: English

Effects of learning support in simulation-based physics learning

Kuo-En Chang; Yu-Lung Chen; He-Yan Lin; Yao-Ting Sung

Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 4 (December 2008) pp. 1486–1498

This paper describes the effects of learning support on simulation-based learning in three learning models: experiment prompting, a hypothesis menu, and step guidance. A simulation learning system was implemented based on these three models, and the ...

Language: English

Embedding game-based problem-solving phase into problem-posing system for mathematics learning

Kuo-En Chang; Lin-Jung Wu; Sheng-En Weng; Yao-Ting Sung

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 775–786

A problem-posing system is developed with four phases including posing problem, planning, solving problem, and looking back, in which the “solving problem” phase is implemented by game-scenarios. The system supports elementary students in the...

Language: English

Understanding the Behavioral Intention to Play Austronesian Learning Games: From the Perspectives of Learning Outcome, Service Quality, and Hedonic Value

Kuo-Lun Hsiao; Tien-Chi Huang; Mu-Yen Chen; Nien-Ting Chiang

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 26, No. 3 (2018) pp. 372–385

Although ubiquitous learning is a novel and creative teaching approach, two key issues inhibit its success overall: a lack of appropriate learning strategies regarding learning objectives, and ineffective learning tools for receiving knowledge...

Exploring college students' cognitive processing patterns during a collaborative problem-solving teaching activity integrating Facebook discussion and simulation tools

Peng-Chun Lin; Huei-Tse Hou; Sheng-Yi Wu; Kuo-En Chang

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 22, No. 1 (July 2014) pp. 51–56

Simulation and manipulation play vital roles in teaching procedural knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. However, most studies in these fields have only focused on learning effectiveness rather than on...

Language: English

Effects of an integrated concept mapping and web-based problem-solving approach on students' learning achievements, perceptions and cognitive loads

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Fan-Ray Kuo; Nian-Shing Chen; Hsueh-Ju Ho

Computers & Education Vol. 71, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 77–86

Although students could effectively search for web data with proper keywords and select web pages related to the studied core issue, however summarizing or organizing the retrieved information remains a difficult task for them. Concept mapping is...

Language: English

Using Web-based Progressive Self- and Peer- Assessment to Enhance Students' Reflective Thinking and Performance on Hypermedia Design

Yao-Ting Sung; Chen-Shan Lin; Shen-Kwan Chiou; Kuo-En Chang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1867–1870

The first purpose of this study is to design a Web-based Self- and Peer-assessment System, or Web-SPA, to provide teachers with a flexible interface for arranging various self- and peer-assessment procedures. The second purpose is to examine the...

Topics: Teachers, Assessment, Elementary Education, Students

Web Learning Portfolios: A Tool For Supporting Performance Awareness

Gwo-Dong Chen; Chen-Chung Liu; Kuo-Liang Ou; Ming-Song Lin

Innovations in Education and Training International Vol. 38, No. 1 (2001) pp. 19–30

Describes how to design a Web portfolio system that teachers can use in learning assessment. Evaluation of the Web portfolio system by students indicates that the applied technologies help students control their learning processes through developing ...

Discovering Decision Knowledge from Web Log Portfolio for Managing Classroom Processes by Applying Decision Tree and Data Cube Technology

Gwo-Dong Chen; Chen-Chung Liu; Kuo-Liang Ou; Baw-Jhiune Liu

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 23, No. 3 (2000) pp. 305–32

Discusses the use of Web logs to record student behavior that can assist teachers in assessing performance and making curriculum decisions for distance learning students who are using Web-based learning systems. Adopts decision tree and data cube...

EM-Learning Platform: a Mobile Learning Environment Integrating e-Learning System

Hisao-Han Wang; Tzu-Hsuan Wu; Rita Kuo; Jia-Sheng Heh

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1437–1443

M-learning is a newly risen learning strategy in the CAI system. How to integrate m-learning into e-learning is the main purpose of this paper. First, an E-M-E learning model is design for emphasizing the benefits of both learning styles, which...

Topics: Computers, Computer Sciences, Engineering, Information Sciences

Learning Recursion Through a Collaborative Socratic Dialectic Process

Kuo-En Chang; Kang-Yuu Wang; Chien-Yun Dai; Teh-Chung Sung

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 18, No. 3 (1999) pp. 303–315

Web-Soc is a collaborative system for learning recursive programming using a Socratic dialectic process. Web-Soc is built on the World Wide Web (WWW). This study investigates the effects of students' learning of recursion and students' communication ...

Topics: Students

An Instructional Design Using the Virtual Ecological Pond for Science Education in Elementary Schools

Wernhuar Tarng; Kuo-Liang Ou; Wen-Shin Tsai; Yu-Si Lin; Chen-Kai Hsu

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 38, No. 4 (2010) pp. 385–406

Ecological ponds can be a good teaching tool for science teachers, but they must be built and maintained properly to provide students with a safe and suitable learning environment. However, many schools do not have the ability to build and maintain...

An AHP-Based Weighted Analysis of Network Knowledge Management Platforms for Elementary School Students

Chung-Ping Lee; Shi-Jer Lou; Ru-Chu Shih; Kuo-Hung Tseng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 52–59

This study uses the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to quantify important knowledge management behaviors and to analyze the weight scores of elementary school students' behaviors in knowledge transfer, sharing, and creation. Based on the analysis ...

An Empirical Evaluation of the Slip Correction in the Four Parameter Logistic Models with Computerized Adaptive Testing

Yung-Chin Yen; Rong-Guey Ho; Wen-Wei Laio; Li-Ju Chen; Ching-Chin Kuo

Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 36, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 75–87

In a selected response test, aberrant responses such as careless errors and lucky guesses might cause error in ability estimation because these responses do not actually reflect the knowledge that examinees possess. In a computerized adaptive test ...

Project-Based Learning with an Online Peer Assessment System in a Photonics Instruction for Enhancing LED Design Skills

Shu-Hsuan Chang; Tsung-Chih Wu; Yen-Kuang Kuo; Li-Chih You

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 236–246

This study proposed a novel instructional approach, a two-stage LED simulation of Project-based learning (PBL) course with online peer assessment (OPA), and explored how to apply OPA to the different structured problems in a PBL course to enhance...

The Design and Application of a Computer Assisted Reading Comprehension System with Multiple Strategies

Yao-Ting Sung; Jung-Sheng Huang; Yi-Fen Su; Kuo-En Chang

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2512–2513

Teachers in classroom situations usually have difficulty becoming familiar with and preparing for multiple strategies for reading instruction. Computer technology may be a potential approach to help overcome the difficulty of strategy instruction....

Topics: Computers, Elementary Education, Middle School Education

The Influence of Perceived Convenience and Curiosity on Continuance Intention in Mobile English Learning for High School Students Using PDAs

Chi-Cheng Chang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Chaoyun Liang; Chi-Fang Yan

Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 22, No. 3 (2013) pp. 373–386

Mobile learning aims to utilise communication devices such as mobile devices and wireless connection in combination with e-learning systems, allowing learners to experience convenient, instant and suitable learning at unrestricted time and place....

Outcomes from Technology Enhanced Informal Learning Activities: Total Solar Eclipse

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Doug Darby; Samson Den Lepcha; Bihan Jiang; Anna Kuo; Andrew Wu

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2017 (Jun 20, 2017) pp. 1064–1071

Sixth grade students participating in a four-hour hands-on technology enriched space science camp showed significant gains in their understanding of topics related to heliophysics and the solar eclipse. The average number of items correct increased ...

Topics: interactive learning environments, Evaluation of Impact, SIG: Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching

A New Assessment for Computer-Based Concept Mapping

Kuo-En Chang; Yao-Ting Sung; Rey-Bin Chang; Shui-Cheng Lin

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 8, No. 3 (2005) pp. 138–148

Concept maps are widely used in education, and have been acclaimed for their excellent results. For efficiently using concept maps in education, computer-based concept mapping systems have been developed. However these computer-based concept mapping ...

Using Mobile Devices to Enhance the Interactive Learning for Spatial Geometry

Kuo-En Chang; Lin-Jung Wu; Shing-Chuang Lai; Yao-Ting Sung

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 4 (2016) pp. 916–934

The purpose of this research is to develop a hands-on spatial geometry learning system to facilitate the learning of geometry. The development of this system was based on Duval's four critical elements of geometric learning: perceptual apprehension, ...

Analyzing knowledge dimensions and cognitive process of a project-based online discussion instructional activity using Facebook in an adult and continuing education course

Peng-Chun Lin; Huei-Tse Hou; Shu-Ming Wang; Kuo-En Chang

Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 110–121

In recent years, social networking services (SNSs), for example, Facebook, have shown exponential growth in their number of users. Witnessing the popularity of these SNSs, educational researchers have also explored the potential educational value of ...

Language: English

Reliability and validity of Web-based portfolio peer assessment: A case study for a senior high school’s students taking computer course

Chi-Cheng Chang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Pao-Nan Chou; Yi-Hui Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (August 2011) pp. 1306–1316

This study examined the reliability and validity of Web-based portfolio peer assessment. Participants were 72 second-grade students from a senior high school taking a computer course. The results indicated that: 1) there was a lack of consistency...

Apply an Augmented Reality in a Mobile Guidance to Increase Sense of Place for Heritage Places

Yu-Lien Chang; Huei-Tse Hou; Chao-Yang Pan; Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 2 pp. 166–178

Based on the sense of place theory and the design principles of guidance and interpretation, this study developed an augmented reality mobile guidance system that used a historical geo-context-embedded visiting strategy. This tool for heritage...

Computer-Supported Cooperative Prewriting for Enhancing Young EFL Learners' Writing Performance

Yu-Ju Lan; Yao-Ting Sung; Chia-Chun Cheng; Kuo-En Chang

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 19, No. 2 pp. 134–155

The current study investigated the effects of different computer-supported cooperative prewriting strategies (text-based brainstorming, drawing, and mind mapping) on the writing performance of elementary-school EFL (English as a foreign language)...

Constructing and evaluating online goal-setting mechanisms in web-based portfolio assessment system for facilitating self-regulated learning

Chi-Cheng Chang; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Chaoyun Liang; Yueh-Mai Liao

Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 237–249

The purpose of the present study was to construct goal-setting mechanisms in a web-based portfolio assessment system (WBPAS), based on the self-regulated learning (SRL) process proposed by Zimmerman, and to examine effects of these mechanisms on SRL....

Language: English

A Web-based EFL writing environment: integrating information for learners, teachers, and researchers

David Wible; Chin-Hwa Kuo; Feng-yi Chien; Anne Liu; Nai-Lung Tsao

Computers & Education Vol. 37, No. 3 (2001) pp. 297–315

With the rise in the popularity of web-based education, there is a pressing need for the design of web-based systems that are domain-specific. This need is particularly acute for the domain of second language education, where generic web-based...

Language: English

A Simulation-Based LED Design Project in Photonics Instruction Based on Industry-University Collaboration

S -H. Chang; M -L. Chen; Y -K. Kuo; Y -C. Shen

IEEE Transactions on Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (November 2011) pp. 582–589

In response to the growing industrial demand for light-emitting diode (LED) design professionals, based on industry-university collaboration in Taiwan, this paper develops a novel instructional approach: a simulation-based learning course with peer...

The Influences of the Sixth Graders' Parents' Internet Literacy and Parenting Style on Internet Parenting

Shi-Jer Lou; Ru-Chu Shih; Hung-Tzu Liu; Yuan-Chang Guo; Kuo-Hung Tseng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 9, No. 4 (October 2010) pp. 173–184

This study aims to explore the sixth grade students' parents' Internet literacy and parenting style on Internet parenting in Kaohsiung County in Taiwan. Upon stratified cluster sampling, a total of 822 parents from 34 classes in 28 schools...

A Case Study of Web-based Instruction (WBI): The Effectiveness of Using Frontpage Feedback System (FFS) as Metacognition Strategy for Freshmen Biology Teaching

Tzu-Hua Wang; Wei-Lung Wang; Kuo-Hua Wang; Hsih-Chieh Huang

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 3, No. 2 (2004) pp. 18–27

This research aims to develop a Metacognition strategy for Web-Based Instruction (WBI) to stimulate reflective questions in biology learning to run Frontpage Feedback System (FFS) embedded in web pages, and thus to evaluate the influence of this...

Topics: Learning Management Systems, Teachers, Evaluation, Internet

Designing a Syntax-Based Retrieval System for Supporting Language Learning

Nai-Lung Tsao; Chin-Hwa Kuo; David Wible; Tsung-Fu Hung

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009) pp. 73–81

In this paper, we propose a syntax-based text retrieval system for on-line language learning and use a fast regular expression search engine as its main component. Regular expression searches provide more scalable querying and search results than...

Improving the Effectiveness of Organic Chemistry Experiments through Multimedia Teaching Materials for Junior High School Students

Shi-Jer Lou; Hui-Chen Lin; Ru-Chu Shih; Kuo-Hung Tseng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 135–141

The purpose of the study aimed to explore the effects of three different forms of the multimedia teaching materials on the achievements and attitudes of junior high school students in a chemistry laboratory context. The three forms of the multimedia ...

Predicting College Students’ Continuance Intentions to Use E-Learning Systems: An Empirical Study in Taiwan

Yi-Cheng Chen; Ron-Chuen Yeh; Kuo-Hung Tseng; Yi-Chien Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1481–1486

Using the Internet and Web technologies as instructional tools has become popular in education. In this study, a Web-based learning platform was developed to support the learning of undergraduate-level business courses, say, management information...

Student Perceptions of Interactions and Course Satisfaction in a Blended Learning Environment

Yu-Chun Kuo; J. Nichols Eastmond; Lynden J. Bennett; Kerstin E. E. Schroder

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4372–4380

With the advent of information technology, distance learning has been recognized as a popular approach to gaining knowledge through the facilitation of various technological tools. The purpose of this study was to investigate student perceptions of...

A mindtool-based collaborative learning approach to enhancing students' innovative performance in management courses

Chih-Hsiang Wu; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Fan-Ray Kuo; Iwen Huang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2013)

Educators have indicated that creative teaching is the most important educational activity; nevertheless, most existing education systems fail to engage students in effective creative tasks. To address this issue, this study proposes a mind map...