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Technology-Based Storytelling in Teacher Education: Recommendations from Case-Based Reasoning
Yuxin Ma; Guolin Lai
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1191–1197
Technology-based storytelling is a relatively new method in teacher education. Current practices in this area are still sporadic and haphazard. The field of case-based reasoning (CBR) has a systematic methodology on how to use technology-based...
Topics: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Integration, Teachers, Instructional Design
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Integrating Storytelling into Robotics Challenges that Teach Mathematics
Yuxin Ma; Douglas Williams; Guolin Lai; Louise Prejean; Mary Jane Ford
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4499–4504
Robotics has the potential to motivate student learning in mathematics, science, and engineering. However, existing robotics activities typically do not have a rich story context to motivate students; and more significantly, they do not often...
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Integrating Fictional Narrative in Robotics Activities
Louise Prejean; Mary Jane Ford; Yuxin Ma; Doug Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3830–3835
Robotics has the potential to motivate student learning in mathematics, science, and engineering. However, existing robotics activities typically do not have a rich story context to motivate students; and more significantly, they do not often...
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A Preliminary Study Exploring the Use of Fictional Narrative in Robotics Activities
Douglas Williams; Yuxin Ma; Louise Prejean
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 29, No. 1 (February 2010) pp. 51–71
Educational robotics activities are gaining in popularity. Though some research data suggest that educational robotics can be an effective approach in teaching mathematics, science, and engineering, research is needed to generate the best practices...
Topics: Curriculum, Robotics, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Educational Technology
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A Technology-Enhanced Thematic Unit in the Pedagogical Laboratory
Yuxin Ma; Louise Prejean; Douglas Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3697–3701
Teacher candidates in an Early Childhood Education program have been teaching a LEGO Education WeDo curriculum to children in a technology program on two Saturday mornings. Children built and programmed 3D models and created a digital story using...
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The Design of a Game Management System
Douglas Williams; Yuxin Ma; Susan Pedersen; Stacy Crochet
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2275–2280
There is an increased interest in game-based learning in education. Electronic games have a number of affordances of interest including the potential of games to enable formative assessment. Yet implementation of an educational game in a K-12...
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A Case Study of Design-Based Research for Creating a Vision Prototype of a Technology-Based Innovative Learning Environment
Yuxin Ma; Stephen W. Harmon
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 75–93
Design-based research is a burgeoning research paradigm holding the promise of introducing more socially responsible studies to transform education. However, there is a lack of methodological standards and established research processes to inform...
Topics: eLearning, Research Methods, Post Secondary Education, Professional Development, Virtual Environments
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Robotics Field Experience in a Pedagogical Laboratory
Doug Williams; Louise Prejean; Yuxin Ma; Mary Jane Ford
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3513–3519
Teacher education candidates enrolled in the "Technology in the Classroom" course learn and apply facilitation strategies in a pedagogical lab as they teach a robotics unit that applies mathematic knowledge and skills to elementary level students....
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Performance-Centered Design as a Framework to Improve the Usability of an Educational Assessment System: A Case Study
Yuxin Ma; Douglas Williams; Lynn Laakkonen; Swaty Chandel; Shilpa Phadke; Stacy Crochet
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 692–697
This paper reports a case study of how the concepts of electronic performance support systems (EPSS) or performance-centered design (PCD) can be used as a framework to improve the interface design of Professional Accountability Support System ?Using ...
Topics: Assessment
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Designing an Electronic Educational Game to Facilitate Immersion and Flow
Yuxin Ma; Doug Williams; Louise Prejean
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 27–49
Advocates of electronic educational games often cite the work on motivation to support the use of games in education. However, motivation alone is inadequate to facilitate learning. Many of the educational games that focused their game design solely ...
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How Does a First LEGO League Robotics Program Provide Opportunities for Teaching Children 21st Century Skills?
Yuxin Ma; Douglas Williams; Guolin Lai
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1507–1509
In this study, the authors examine the experience of a First LEGO League (FLL) robotics team to explore the potential for teaching 21st century skills in the context of FLL. We found that the program provided opportunities for learning many 21st...
Topics: Engineering Education
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The Development of a Case-Based Performance Support System for Faculty Online Teaching
Yuxin Ma; Steve Harmon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2440–2442
Faculty development is crucial to the success of online learning programs. However, Traditional faculty development activities such as workshops and newsletters typically have limited impact on faculty teaching because of the lack of relevance and...
Topics: Faculty
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An Enhanced Model for Computer-supported Problem-based Learning
Douglas Williams; Yuxin Ma; Louise Prejean; Sally Dobyns; Steven Feist; Michele Feist
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2460–2465
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been shown to be effective in enhancing knowledge acquisition and transfer of learning to novel situations. Yet, PBL can be particularly challenging for students. Therefore, computer-based tools capable of sharing...
Topics: Information Sciences, Middle School Education, Cognition, Science
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Acquisition of Physics Content Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry Skills in a Robotics Summer Camp
Yuxin Ma; Guolin Lai; Louise Prejean; Mary Jane Ford; Doug Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3437–3444
Despite the growing popularity of robotics competitions such as FIRST LEGO League, robotics activities are typically not found in regular K-12 classrooms. We speculate that, among other reasons, limited adoption is due to the lack of empirical...
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Integrating Video Games with Problem-Based Learning: A Conceptual Model
Yuxin Ma; Douglas Williams; Charles Richard; Louise Prejean; Min Liu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2364–2368
Video games have emerged as the most frequently used interactive media among children (Kirriemuir & McFarlane, 2003). However, efforts made to create educational games were generally not very successful. New models are needed integrate the effective ...
Topics: Integration, Games, Video, Virtual Environments
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Contextual Interview as a Data Gathering Method to Examine User Perceptions of the Conceptual Design of a Faculty Development Resource
Yuxin Ma
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 602–605
This paper presents a case study of the use of contextual interviews in examining faculty perceptions of an Online Teaching Case Library. Common usability inspection methods were first considered and used in the pilot study. However, these methods...
Topics: Developmental Stages, Library, Teaching Methods