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Conducting Classroom Observations to Understand TPACK: Moving Beyond Self-reported Data
Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Denise Crawford
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2661–2664
This study reports the TPACK knowledge and competency observed in K-6 classrooms of exemplary teachers with the purpose of designing an observation instrument that documents specific teacher characteristics that align with the seven domains of TPACK....
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Investigating Learner Attitudes toward E-Books as Learning Tools: Based on the Activity Theory Approach
Shu-Sheng Liaw; Hsiu-Mei Huang
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 3 (2016) pp. 625–643
This paper investigates the use of e-books as learning tools in terms of learner satisfaction, usefulness, behavioral intention, and learning effectiveness. Based on the activity theory approach, this research develops a research model to understand ...
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Assessment of Charisma as a Factor in Effective Teaching
Yun-Chen Huang; Shu-Hui Lin
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 284–295
In order to advance the effectiveness of higher education, we concentrated attention on teachers' classroom behaviours and aimed to develop an inventory for evaluating teacher's charisma in college settings. This study identified teacher...
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The role of feedback and self-efficacy on web-based learning: The social cognitive perspective
Shu-Ling Wang; Pei-Yi Wu
Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 4 (December 2008) pp. 1589–1598
The social cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning suggests that effective learning is determined by the interactions among personal, behavioral, and environmental influences; particularly, high self-regulated learners hold higher...
Language: English
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Applying the Practical Inquiry Model to investigate the quality of students’ online discourse in an information ethics course based on Bloom’s teaching goal and Bird’s 3C model
Chien-Jen Liu; Shu Ching Yang
Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 466–480
The goal of this study is to better understand how the study participants’ cognitive discourse is displayed in their learning transaction in an asynchronous, text-based conferencing environment based on Garrison’s Practical Inquiry Model (2001). The ...
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What aspects of the home literacy environment differentiate Chinese children at risk for reading difficulties from their not at risk controls?
Su Zhang; George Georgiou; Hua Shu
Preschool and Primary Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (Apr 16, 2019) pp. 1–18
We examined what aspects of the home literacy environment (formal home literacy activities, informal home literacy activities, access to literacy resources, age of onset of literacy instruction, child’s interest in reading, and parents’ expectations)...
Language: English
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Exploring Learners' motivation on knowledge sharing for e-learning
Hsiu-Mei Huang; Shu-Sheng Liaw
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2539–2545
How to effectively share knowledge in e-learning environments has been given a great deal of attention in practice as well as in research. However, most of current approaches are based on the knowledge sharing within organizations. In this study, we ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Attitudes
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Developing learning models from World Wide Web for empowering E-learning
Shu-Sheng Liaw; Hsiu-Mei Huang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1386–1391
Owing to the wide application of advanced technology for school use, especially for online courses, the Internet and Web seem to have great potential for E-learning. The aim of this paper is to examine four different aspects of Web-based learning...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Investigating the Relationships between Loneliness and Learning Burnout
Shu-Hui Lin; Yun-Chen Huang
Active Learning in Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 3 (November 2012) pp. 231–243
Loneliness is a common problem for many students. Research indicates that loneliness is associated with relatively poor physical health and depression among students. Burnout in students is also an important issue since it adversely affects students'...
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The Effects of Virtual Reality Learning Environments: Two Case Studies
Shu-Sheng Liaw; Hsiu-Mei Huang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3826–3834
The use of animation and 2D multimedia for learning is now further extended by the provision of entire 3D Virtual Reality learning environments (VRLE) This highlights a shift in Web-based learning from a conventional multimedia to a more immersive...
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Effects of Practical Constraints on Item Selection Rules at the Early Stages of Computerized Adaptive Testing
Shu-Ying Chen; Robert D. Ankenman
Journal of Educational Measurement Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2004) pp. 149–174
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of four item selection rules--(1) Fisher information (F), (2) Fisher information with a posterior distribution (FP), (3) Kullback-Leibler information with a posterior distribution (KP), and (4)...
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The Effects of Videoconferenced Distance-Learning Instruction in a Taiwanese Company
Chin-Hung Lin; Shu-Ching Yang
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 9, No. 2 (2011) pp. 52–64
Distance learning, where instruction is given to students despite wide separations of students and teachers, is increasingly popular. Videoconferencing, which is examined in this study, is a distance learning mode of featuring real-time interaction...
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The use of Web 2.0 for English learning in universities in Taiwan
Chianyi Ju; Shu-chein Pan; Yiwei Huang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) p. 2471
Because of the interactive and dynamic functions, Web 2.0 has become the mainstream of the internet. Web 2.0 tools not only empower users in communicating, they can also be helpful in language learning. Since most universities in Taiwan set the...
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An English Teacher’s Journey of Technology Integration: A Case Study
Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Richmond Dzekoe
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3444–3449
The study investigates what and how Shannon, an English teacher, adopted what she learned in the technology for literacy course into her classrooms. Starting from being handed an iPad and told to use it to taking a course guided by the TPACK...
Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), English Education
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Effectiveness of adaptive assessment versus learner control in a multimedia learning system
Ching-Huei Chen; Shu-Wei Chang
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 24, No. 4 (October 2015) pp. 321–341
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of adaptive assessment versus learner control in a multimedia learning system designed to help secondary students learn science. Unlike other systems, this paper presents a workflow of...
Topics: Instructional Design, Assessment, Multimedia, Instructional Materials, Learning Management Systems
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Dictionaries vs Concordancers: Actual Practice of the Two Different Tools in EFL Writing
Shu-Li Lai; Hao-Jan Howard Chen
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 28, No. 4 (2015) pp. 341–363
A number of studies have suggested the possible benefits of using concordancers in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing. To date, however, there is still limited understanding of how EFL writers may make use of such tools along with...
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The Effect of Metacognitive Prompts on Students Decision Making Abilities in a Socio-Scientific Issue Context
Ying-Shao Hsu; Shu-Sheng Lin
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 2155–2164
The present study aims to develop senior high school students’ decision-making (DM) abilities regarding Socio-Scientific Issues (SSIs) through incorporating the DM framework which includes three stages: recognizing the decision problem,...
Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications
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The role of collective efficacy, cognitive quality, and task cohesion in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
Shu-Ling Wang; Gwo-Jen Hwang
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 679–687
Research has suggested that CSCL environments contain fewer social context clues, resulting in various group processes, performance or motivation. This study thus attempts to explore the relationship among collective efficacy, group processes (i.e....
Language: English
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An Investigation into Parent-Child Collaboration in Learning Computer Programming
Janet Mei-Chuen Lin; Shu-Fen Liu
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 1 (2012) pp. 162–173
A multi-case study approach was used in this study to investigate how parents and children collaborated with each other when they learned to program in MSWLogo together. Three parent-child pairs were observed directly in a five-day computer camp....
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Perceived satisfaction, perceived usefulness and interactive learning environments as predictors to self-regulation in e-learning environments
Shu-Sheng Liaw; Hsiu-Mei Huang
Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 14–24
The research purpose is to investigate learner self-regulation in e-learning environments. In order to better understand learner attitudes toward e-learning, 196 university students answer a questionnaire survey after use an e-learning system few...
Language: English
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Lifestyles, innovation attributes, and teachers' adoption of game-based learning: Comparing non-adopters with early adopters, adopters and likely adopters in Taiwan
Shu-Chu Sarrina Li; Wei-Chun Huang
Computers & Education Vol. 96, No. 1 (May 2016) pp. 29–41
The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that affected teachers' adoption of game-based learning (GBL). In particular, this study paid special attention to the non-adopters who did not have any intentions to adopt GBL in the future...
Language: English
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Exploring Knowledge Sharing Factors for E-learning
Hsiu-Mei Huang; Geeng-Neng You; Shu-Sheng Liaw; Shu-Lin Wang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1225–1232
Information technology facilitates knowledge management practices by allowing the dissemination of knowledge and making codified knowledge retrievable. Knowledge sharing is the behavior of disseminating one's acquired knowledge with other learners...
Topics: Educational Technology, Information Sciences, Computer Sciences
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Development and Application of Detection Indices for Measuring Guessing Behaviors and Test-Taking Effort in Computerized Adaptive Testing
Shu-Ren Chang; Barbara S. Plake; Gene A. Kramer; Shu-Mei Lien
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 71, No. 3 (June 2011) pp. 437–459
This study examined the amount of time that different ability-level examinees spend on questions they answer correctly or incorrectly across different pretest item blocks presented on a fixed-length, time-restricted computerized adaptive testing ...
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A study of Medical Information Portal: Investigating user’s willingness and intention
Shu-Sheng Liaw; Yi-Tsen Liao; Hung-Shu Hao; Hsiu-Mei Huang; Yi-Chun Teng
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 488–493
The main purpose of this study is to investigate user’s intention of using the medical information portal. In this study, papers and articles from various medical publications and websites are reviewed and analyzed. We begin the study by setting up...
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The Effects of Extensive Reading via E-Books on Tertiary Level EFL Students' Reading Attitude, Reading Comprehension, and Vocabulary
Chin-Neng Chen; Shu-Chu Chen; Shu-Hui Eileen Chen; Shyh-Chyi Wey
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 303–312
This study investigates the effects of extensive reading of e-books on tertiary level EFL students' English reading attitude, reading comprehension and vocabulary. Eighty-nine participants were assigned in two groups, with 46 students in the...
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Language Anxiety Level in Online Journal Writing
Chuan-Ta Chao; Shu-Chien Pan; David Dominguese
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4071–4074
This study investigated students’ language anxiety levels and its relationship with online journal writing. This study used quantitative approach to gain data through collecting survey results. Liner regression was administrated to discover subjects’...
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The framework of Knowledge Sharing in E-learning Environments: Based on Activity Theory
Hsiu-Mei Huang; Shu-Sheng Liaw; Geeng.-Neng You
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4265–4271
In today's competitive global economy characterized by knowledge economic, the concept of knowledge management is becoming increasingly prevalent in academic practices. Knowledge is an important factor to remain the source of competitive advantage...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Worlds Apart but Not Alone: How Wiki Technologies Influence Productivity and Decision-Making in Student Groups
Balázs Heidrich; Richárd Kása; Wesley Shu; Nick Chandler
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 221–246
Regardless of the size of an organization, collaboration has become a fundamental element with regard to engagement between the organization and internal and external stakeholders. With the rapid advance of communication technologies and the free...
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Using the SEE-SEP Model to Analyze Upper Secondary Students' Use of Supporting Reasons in Arguing Socioscientific Issues
Nina Christenson; Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren; Hans-Olof Hoglund
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 21, No. 3 (June 2012) pp. 342–352
To achieve the goal of scientific literacy, the skills of argumentation have been emphasized in science education during the past decades. But the extent to which students can apply scientific knowledge to their argumentation is still unclear. The...
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BooKS Engineers in the Classroom: Self-Efficacy as a Critical Component of Teaching
Tom Haskell; Jana Hovland; Shu-chien Pan; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1171–1176
This paper reports the findings of a study conducted within a National Science Foundation GK-12 project called the Boat-of-Knowledge in the Science Classroom in which civil engineering graduate students (Fellows) are expected to create and deliver...
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A Method of Cross-Level Frequent Pattern Mining for Web-Based Instruction
Yueh-Min Huang; Juei-Nan Chen; Shu-Chen Cheng
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 10, No. 3 (2007) pp. 305–319
Due to the rise of e-Learning, more and more useful learning materials are open to public access. Therefore, an appropriate learning suggestion mechanism is an important tool to enable learners to work more efficiently. A smoother learning process...
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The Relationship of Kolb Learning Styles, Online Learning Behaviors and Learning Outcomes
Hong Lu; Lei Jia; Shu-hong Gong; Bruce Clark
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 10, No. 4 (2007) pp. 187–196
This study focused on the relationship between Kolb learning styles and the enduring time of online learning behaviors, the relationship between Kolb learning styles and learning outcomes and the relationship between learning outcomes and the...
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An empirical study of the relationships among teacher background variables and computer related measures
Shu Ching Yang; Ching-Hwei Hsieh; An Sing Chen
Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 733–762
The present study explored the relationships among teacher background variables, computer anxiety, computer self-efficacy, computer coping strategies, and computer literacy among elementary and junior high school teachers in Taiwan. The sample...
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Response Times for Correct and Incorrect Item Responses on Computerized Adaptive Tests
Shu-Ren Chang; Barbara S. Plake; Abdullah A. Ferdous
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2005 (April 2005)
This study examined the time different ability level examinees spend taking a CAT on demanding items to these examinees. It was also found that high able examinees spend more time on the pretest items, which are not tailored to the examinees'...
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Effects of commercial video games on cognitive elaboration of physical concepts
Chuen-Tsai Sun; Shu-Hao Ye; Yu-Ju Wang
Computers & Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 169–181
The authors use physical concepts to investigate cognitive elaboration using a commercial game-based review teaching method versus a lecture-based method. Experiments involved two popular casual games: Cut the Rope (pendulum concept) and Angry Bird...
Language: English
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Big Data and the Commoditization of Analytics: Engaging First-Year Business Students with Analytics
Amir Hassan Zadeh; Shu Schiller; Kevin Duffy; Jonathan Williams
e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching Vol. 12, No. 1 (2018) pp. 120–137
The age of data analytics requires "data scientists" across a wide range of business disciplines with deep knowledge of how to manage and analyse vast amounts of data to support decision-making. As a result, new analytical tools are being...
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Science Games and the Development of Scientific Possible Selves
Margaret E. Beier; Leslie M. Miller; Shu Wang
Cultural Studies of Science Education Vol. 7, No. 4 (December 2012) pp. 963–978
Serious scientific games, especially those that include a virtual apprenticeship component, provide players with realistic experiences in science. This article discusses how science games can influence learning about science and the development of...
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An Accelerometer-Based Handheld System to Reduce Breaks in Performance of Young Adults with Cognitive Impairments
Yao-Jen Chang; Shu-Fang Chen; Zhi-Zhan Lu
Research in Developmental Disabilities Vol. 32, No. 6 (2011) pp. 2530–2534
This study assessed the possibility of training two individuals with cognitive impairments using a system that reduced breaks in performance. This study was carried out according to an ABAB sequence in which A represented the baseline and B...
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Low Proficiency Learners in Synchronous Computer-Assisted and Face-to-Face Interactions
Shu Sim Tam; Ngat Har Kan; Lee Luan Ng
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 9, No. 3 (July 2010) pp. 61–75
This experimental study offers empirical evidence of the effect of the computer-mediated environment on the linguistic output of low proficiency learners. The subjects were 32 female undergraduates with high and low proficiency in ESL. A within...
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The Effect of Including Pretest Items in an Operational Computerized Adaptive Test: Do Different Ability Examinees Spend Different Amounts of Time on Embedded Pretest Items?
Abdullah A. Ferdous; Barbara S. Plake; Shu-Ren Chang
Educational Assessment Vol. 12, No. 2 (2007) pp. 161–173
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pretest items on response time in an operational, fixed-length, time-limited computerized adaptive test (CAT). These pretest items are embedded within the CAT, but unlike the operational items,...
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Developing and Validating the Intentional Internet Search Behavior scale
Chun-Ping Wu; Tiffany A Koszalka; Shu-Ling Wu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 4186–4194
Abstract: The Internet has increased accessibility to multiple forms and new types of information. This use of information often includes performing complex searches and wading through multiple types of information that can be supportive,...
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A context-aware knowledge map to support ubiquitous learning activities for a u-Botanical museum
Shu-Lin Wang; Chia-Chen Chen; Zhe Zhang
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 31, No. 4 (Nov 01, 2015)
Recent developments in mobile and wireless communication technologies have played a vital role in building the u-learning environment that now combines both real-world and digital learning resources. However, learners still require assistance to...
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Social Networking Sites Addictions among College Students
Shu-chien Pan; Yu-chun Wang; David Dominguese
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3336–3339
Social networking sites are prevalent among college students nowadays. These digital generations use social networking sites not only for personal life but also schoolwork. Integrating social networking sites into classrooms is a current trend in...
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Using Web Resources as a Tools for Learning English as Second Language
Shu-Ting Hsu; Hui-Hua Chen; Bwo-Ren Ke
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 4083–4088
Abstract: The Web has just begun to be used as a tool for improving teaching and learning strategies for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). The resources of live communication, such as in Skype and Microsoft MSN, provides ESL teacher with ...
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Variable-Length Computerized Adaptive Testing Based on Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Chia-Ling Hsu; Wen-Chung Wang; Shu-Ying Chen
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 37, No. 7 (October 2013) pp. 563–582
Interest in developing computerized adaptive testing (CAT) under cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) has increased recently. CAT algorithms that use a fixed-length termination rule frequently lead to different degrees of measurement precision for...
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Digital Storytelling and the Nature of Knowledge
Michael Tan; Shu-Shing Lee; David W. Hung
Education and Information Technologies Vol. 19, No. 3 (September 2014) pp. 623–635
While storytelling pedagogy presents novel perspectives and affordances to educators, a fundamental question that bears attention is the match between storytelling pedagogy and the nature of knowledge. Quite simply, the problem may be posed thus: is ...
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University Social Responsibility (USR): Identifying an Ethical Foundation within Higher Education Institutions
Shu-Hsiang Chen; Jaitip Nasongkhla; J Ana Donaldson
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 14, No. 4 pp. 165–172
Social responsibility is a responsibility not a requirement, of an organization for the impact of its decisions and activities on society and the environment, through transparent and ethical behavior that contributes to sustainable development,...
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An adaptive testing system for supporting versatile educational assessment
Yueh-Min Huang; Yen-Ting Lin; Shu-Chen Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 53–67
With the rapid growth of computer and mobile technology, it is a challenge to integrate computer based test (CBT) with mobile learning (m-learning) especially for formative assessment and self-assessment. In terms of self-assessment, computer...
Language: English
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A virtual reality teaching and learning platform for medical school education
David Dominguese; Shu-chien Pan; Jolene Harris; Matthew Bramlet
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1109–1112
Virtual reality (VR) applications are progressively being integrating in medical education. The use of VR has the potential to facilitate teaching and learning in medical education and improve learning outcomes as well as improve patient care. A...
Topics: Games & Simulations, Wearable Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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A social network analysis on elementary student engagement in the networked creation community
Chen-Chung Liu; Yu-Chi Chen; Shu-Ju Diana Tai
Computers & Education Vol. 115, No. 1 (December 2017) pp. 114–125
The recent development of social networking tools has enabled students to collaborate to learn in the social constructivists' approach. Yet, the learning process in the networked creation community involves complex dynamics of social networking...
Language: English