Use of the LMS Moodle for an Effective Implementation of an Innovative Policy in Higher Educational Institutions

Mariia Zabolotniaia; Zhichao Cheng; Evgenij Dorozhkin; Anton Lyzhin

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 15, No. 13 (Jul 10, 2020) pp. 172–189

This article considers the opportunities of using Moodle LMS (learning management system) tools to ensure the effective implementation of an innovative policy of the higher educational institution. In the framework of digital transformation of...

Language: English

Planning for Online Searching and Learning: A Case Study of Two Learners with Different Epistemic Beliefs

Cui Cheng; Rand Spiro

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1211–1220

Planning is a gatekeeping strategy for deep searching and learning on the Web, which is crucial for real-world complex problem solving. This study makes an in-depth analysis of the online planning processes developed by two undergraduate students...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Information Literacy Education, Library & Media Science

An Exploratory Study of Preservice Teachers’ Readiness for Online Learning

Jiaming Cheng; Jongpil Cheon; Moon-Heum Cho

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 238–242

Preservice teachers are taking more online courses in the teacher preparation programs in recent years. It is critical for the teacher educators to understand whether their students are ready for learning online in order to assist them to achieve...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education

The Design and Implementation of Computational Thinking Skill-transfer Assessment for Kindergarten

Meiling Wang; Xiaohua Yu; Jiamin Cheng

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 121–126

The assessment of computational thinking(CT) is critical for K-12 education. CT skill-transfer assessment is an important method to examine learners' ability to transfer CT to different types of problems. To promote the use of this way especially in ...

Topics: Computational Thinking

Applying Location-aware Mobile Apps to Support EFL Writing Instruction: Student Perceptions

Cheng-Ting Chen; Shiou-Wen Yeh

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 730–733

Among the emerging MALL (Mobile-assisted Language Learning) applications, location-aware technology with geo-spatial tagging ability to link a word, phrase, or image to a particular physical location provides an innovative approach to support EFL ...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Using Game-based Educational Rewards and Social Networks to Encourage Students’ Academic Success

Donovan Jenkins; Eric Cheng; Rita Kuo; Jun Zheng; Maiga Chang

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 728–736

Educational rewards normally positively affect students’ learning performance. However, the traditional rewards – such as stickers and candy – might have less attraction to older students and be impractical to students participating in distance...

Topics: social networks, Game-based learning

Effect of ePortfolio for Goal Setting on Self-Regulated Learning in Computer Course

Chi-Cheng Chang; Yueh-Mai Liao

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 148–151

This study aims to probe into the effect of using eportfolio for learning goal setting on self-regulated learning. The subjects were 40 second-year students (18 males and 22 females) of a high school, who were enrolled in the “Webpage Design” course....

Topics: Learning portfolios, Alternative and innovative assessment methods, Best practices in assessment

The Effects of Integrating IRS with a Flipped Classroom on Students' Learning Achievement and Self-efficacy

Wei Li; Judy C. R. Tseng; Li-Chen Cheng

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1188–1196

The flipped classroom is a student-centered learning model that allows students flexible time to learn before class as well as more time to apply knowledge, solve problems, and interact with teachers and peers in class. However, students’ engagement ...

Topics: Learner-centered, and self-directed learning

Teachers' Application of TBL Model and its Teaching Efficiency in Smarter Classroom Environment

I-Hua Chang; Cheng-Mei Hsu; Kuo-Wei Yu

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 996–1011

The purpose of this research was to investigate the students in their perceptions of teachers’ teaching effectiveness, role and teaching effectiveness of teacher after teachers applying Team-Based Learning in their teaching method of five schools in ...

Topics: collaborative learning, Learning technologies for transformational change

The Relationships among Principals’ Technology Leadership, Teachers’ Learning Community and Innovation Management of Junior High Schools

I-Hua Chang; Cheng-Mei Hsu; Chiung-Chih Hu

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 453–465

Principals’ technology leadership and teachers’ professional learning community are the important factors of the school innovation management. This study aimed to explore the relationships of junior high school principals’ technology leadership,...

Topics: Education reform with technology, Learning Communities, Learning technologies for transformational change

The effect of the “Prediction-observation-quiz-explanation” inquiry-based e-learning model on flow experience in green energy learning

Jon-Chao Hong; Chi-Ruei Tsai; Hsien-Sheng Hsiao; Po-Hsi Chen; Kuan-Cheng Chu; Jianjun Gu; Jirarat Sitthiworachart

Computers & Education Vol. 133, No. 1 (May 2019) pp. 127–138

There are several models of inquiry-based learning, some of which may be practiced in experimental classroom teaching, and some of which may be used in online teaching. This study proposes the “prediction-observation-quiz-explanation” (POQE) model...

Language: English

Application of Computer Data Analysis Technology in the Development of a Physical Education Examination Platform

Fan Cheng; Yiwei Yin

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 14, No. 6 (Mar 29, 2019) pp. 75–86

This physical education assessment platform is designed based on the data min-ing technology to address a number of problems like large workload in the actual physical education performance examination of school students so as to help teachers offer ...

Language: English

User acceptance model of computer-based assessment: moderating effect and intention-behavior effect

Jian-Wei Lin; Yung-Cheng Lai

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 35, No. 1 (Mar 21, 2019)

Computer-based assessment (CBA) is an important area of e-learning research. Most studies of CBA technology add new constructs to existing user acceptance models and rarely consider the moderating effects and intention-behavior effects. Notably,...

Language: English

Why do college students continue to use mobile learning? Learning involvement and self‐determination theory

Shuiqing Yang; Shasha Zhou; Xiaoying Cheng

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 2 (March 2019) pp. 626–637

Retaining learners and facilitating their continuance are critical for the mobile learning providers and educators. Drawing on stimulus‐organism‐response framework and self‐determination theory, this study examines factors that affect college...

Revisiting the effects of project-based learning on students’ academic achievement: A meta-analysis investigating moderators

Cheng-Huan Chen; Yong-Cih Yang

Educational Research Review Vol. 26, No. 1 (February 2019) pp. 71–81

Project-based learning is generally considered an alternative to traditional, teacher-led instruction. However, there is a noticeable lack of meta-analyses with regard to determining its overall effects on students' academic achievement, and what...

Language: English

Who is better adapted in learning online within the personal learning environment? Relating gender differences in cognitive attention networks to digital distraction

Jiun-Yu Wu; Tzuying Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 128, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 312–329

In response to increasing concerns about digital distraction, we bridged people's cognitive attention to digital distraction within the personal learning environment (PLE). Gender differences were investigated in college students' media-related...

Language: English

How pre-service English teachers enact TPACK in the context of web-conferencing teaching: A design thinking approach

Jun-Jie Tseng; Yuh-Show Cheng; Hsi-Nan Yeh

Computers & Education Vol. 128, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 171–182

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a teacher knowledge construct in relation to integrating technology into teaching. However, whether this theoretical concept exists in practice remains contentious. To ascertain the nature of...

Language: English

Mediating factors that influence the technology integration practices of teacher educators

Michael J. Nelson; Rick Voithofer; Sheng-Lun Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 128, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 330–344

While the United States federal government and the main teacher education accreditation organization push for the inclusion of technology in teacher education across the curriculum, little attention has been paid to understanding the technology...

Language: English

Facial micro‐expression states as an indicator for conceptual change in students' understanding of air pressure and boiling points

Mei‐Hung Chiu; Hongming Leonard Liaw; Yuh‐Ru Yu; Chin‐Cheng Chou

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 469–480

Utilizing facial recognition technology, the current study has attempted to predict the likelihood of student conceptual change with decision tree models based on the facial micro‐expression states (FMES) students exhibited when they experience...

The essential applications of educational robot: Requirement analysis from the perspectives of experts, researchers and instructors

Ya-Wen Cheng; Pei-Chen Sun; Nian-Shing Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 126, No. 1 (November 2018) pp. 399–416

Robots can benefit education in many ways, and robotics holds great promise as a learning technology. However, the use of robots in education remains largely unknown to both researchers and educators. Many educators and developers have questions...

Language: English

Construction and Application of Korean-English-Japanese Multilingual Teaching Aid System Based on Knowledge Map

Li Zhe; Cheng Meng; Maesako Takanori; Li Juan

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 16, No. 4 (October 2018) pp. 1–14

This article describes the design and application of a computer-based system for simultaneously teaching Korean, English and Japanese languages in a classroom setting using knowledge visualization techniques to show the relationships between...

Understanding how university student perceptions of resources affect technology acceptance in online learning courses

Stephen Sivo; Cheng-Hsin Ku; Parul Acharya

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 34, No. 4 (Sep 16, 2018)

The purpose of this empirical research was to use the perceived resources and technology acceptance model (PRATAM; Ku, 2009) to observe and measure students’ beliefs on using the WebCT online learning system (OLS) in two WebCT courses offered at a...

Effects of digital game-based learning on achievement, flow and overall cognitive load

Chi-Cheng Chang; Clyde Warden; Chaoyun Liang; Guan-You Lin

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 34, No. 4 (Sep 16, 2018)

The purpose of this study was to examine differences in learning achievement, flow, and overall cognitive load between digital game-based learning (DGBL) and traditional computer-based learning (CBL). This study was conducted with 103 Taiwan college ...

The relations among teacher value beliefs, personal characteristics, and TPACK in intervention and non-intervention settings

Sheng-Lun Cheng; Kui Xie

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 74, No. 1 (August 2018) pp. 98–113

The purpose of this study is to examine the relations among teacher value beliefs, personal characteristics, and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in both intervention and non-intervention settings. One-hundred and nine in-service...

Language: English

Integration of behavioural feedback in web-based systems nutrition learning among university students

L. M. Y. Chung; S. S. M. Fong; A. W. W. Ma; S. T. Cheng

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 4 (August 2018) pp. 450–457

This study evaluated whether nutrition knowledge and healthy eating patterns can be achieved through web-based systems, a secondary analysis of learning activities and assessment records. Students used online dietary recording systems to capture...

The Use of Wiki in Teaching Programming: Effects Upon Achievement, Attitudes, and Collaborative Programming Behaviors

Yu-Tzu Lin; Cheng-Chih Wu; Chiung-Fang Chiu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 16, No. 3 (July 2018) pp. 18–45

This article explores the feasibility of employing cooperative program editing tools in teaching programming. A quasi-experimental study was conducted, in which the experimental group co-edited the programs with peers using the wiki. The control...

AR-based Science Exploration Using Smart Glass

Ming-Puu Chen; Yi-Husan CHEN; Chia-Hung Cheng

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 867–868

This paper introduces a showcase of an AR-based science exploration using smart glass. A gamified AR-based science laboratory session on the convex lens image forming, called The Dragon Fighter, was developed to support junior high school students...

Topics: Game-based learning, Augmented Reality

A Teacher Professional Development Platform in the Big Data Trend: The Development and Application of “TEAM Model Smarter Discussion Room”

I-Hua Chang; Cheng-Mei Hsu; Chuan-Wei Wu

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 16–28

The TEAM Model smarter classroom is a teaching and learning (TAL) expert system with integrated software, hardware, and cloud services. The “TEAM Model Smarter Discussion Room” is a TEAM Model smarter classroom with a “Socrates TAL activity data...

Topics: Mobile teaching and learning technologies, On-demand and just-in-time learning, Cloud Computing

A Situational Comic Play Drama Learning System to Enhance Students’ Learning Motivation

Ping-Yu Chiang; Chun-Hsien Lee; Szu-Hua Lin; Cheng-Yu Fan; Yen-Hua Chen; Gwo-Dong Chen

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1269–1274

In situational learning, students use a situation as a clue for their thinking; thus, they can experience and learn knowledge in the situation. However, it is very difficult to establish diverse situations for students to experience in a common...

Topics: Learner-centered, and self-directed learning, Participatory learning and media, Augmented Reality

Measuring teacher non-cognitive skills and its impact on students: Insight from the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database

Albert Cheng; Gema Zamarro

Economics of Education Review Vol. 64, No. 1 (June 2018) pp. 251–260

Despite research showing labor-market returns to non-cognitive skills, we lack research on how teachers’ noncognitive skills relate to other available measures of teacher quality and student outcomes because datasets typically do not contain...

Language: English

Student continuance of learning management system use: A longitudinal exploration

Miaoting Cheng; Allan Hoi Kau Yuen

Computers & Education Vol. 120, No. 1 (May 2018) pp. 241–253

Although previous research into technology acceptance has been conducted in organisational and higher education contexts on a range of technologies, no study has provided an understanding of junior school students' e-learning technologies acceptance ...

Language: English

Student Personality Characteristics Differ in MOOCs Versus Blended-Learning University Courses

Ada Le; Cho Cheng; Steve Joordens

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Vol. 8, No. 2 (April 2018) pp. 16–28

This article conveys how online technology in education has become increasingly popular, especially blended-learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Although, research to date on blended-learning and MOOCs have revealed various factors that ...

Do migrant students affect local students’ academic achievements in urban China?

Haining Wang; Zhiming Cheng; Russell Smyth

Economics of Education Review Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2018) pp. 64–77

We examine the educational spillover effects of migrant students on local students’ academic achievement in public middle schools in urban China. The identification of peer effects relies on idiosyncratic variation in the proportion of migrant...

Language: English

Investigating Relationship Between Discourse Behavioral Patterns and Academic Achievements of Students in SPOC Discussion Forum

Zhi Liu; Jianwen Sun; Wenjing Zhang; Hercy Cheng; Sannyuya Liu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2018) pp. 37–50

As an overt expression of internal mental processes, discourses have become one main data source for the research of interactive learning. To deeply explore behavioral regularities among interactions, this article firstly adopts the content analysis ...

Performance, cognitive load, and behaviour of technology-assisted English listening learning: From CALL to MALL

Chi‐Cheng Chang; Clyde A. Warden; Chaoyun Liang; Pao‐Nan Chou

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 2 (April 2018) pp. 105–114

This study examines differences in English listening comprehension, cognitive load, and learning behaviour between outdoor ubiquitous learning and indoor computer-assisted learning. An experimental design, employing a pretest-posttest control group...

Using ePortfolio-based Learning Approach to Facilitate Knowledge Sharing and Creation of College Students

Chi-Cheng Chang; Pao-Nan Chou; Chaoyan Liang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar 28, 2018)

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of the ePortfolio-based learning approach (ePBLA) on knowledge sharing and creation with 92 college students majoring in electrical engineering as the participants. Multivariate analysis of ...

Toward a Framework of Embodiment and Social Presence in Synchronous Hybrid Learning Environments: An Instructor Perspective

Cui Cheng; John Bell; Haixia Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1374–1383

Synchronous hybrid learning environments refer to contexts where remote participants join face-to-face classes in real time through the use of synchronous interaction technologies. Universities are increasingly implementing such learning...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

College Students Beliefs About and Actual Perceptions of the In-class Texting of Instructors

Austin Hitt; Cheng-Yuan (Corey) Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1494–1502

An increasing number of college instructors own smartphones, bring them to their classes, and are potentially receiving and sending personal text messages during classes The relative prevalence of these devices in college classes lead to the...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

New Content for New Times: Pre-Service Teachers’ Exploration of Computer Programming in Educational Technology Coursework

Chrystalla Mouza; Soumita Basu; Hui Yang; Yi-Cheng Pan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1635–1642

This study investigates the development of computational thinking skills and knowledge in pre-service teachers after they were exposed to an educational technology course that incorporated engagement with visual-based programming. Quantitative data...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Research & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Construction of Interactive Teaching System for Course of Mechanical Drawing Based on Mobile Augmented Reality Technology

Juan Cheng; YuLin Wang; Dian Tjondronegoro; Wei Song

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 13, No. 2 (Feb 27, 2018) pp. 126–139

The teaching aim of Mechanical Drawing is to cultivate the students' graphics interpreting ability, plotting ability, inter-space imagination and innovation ability. For engineering students in China Universities, Mechanical Drawing course with the...

Constructing an Affective Tutoring System for Designing Course Learning and Evaluation

Cheng-Hung Wang; Hao-Chiang Koong Lin

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 55, No. 8 (2018) pp. 1111–1128

Computers and the Internet are indispensable in modern life. Increasingly useful digital environments and technological developments have reshaped models of knowledge acquisition. Studies on the development of online learning have yielded valuable...

Emotional Design Tutoring System Based on Multimodal Affective Computing Techniques

Hao-Chiang Lin; Cheng-Hung Wang

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 103–117

In a traditional class, the role of the teacher is to teach and that of the students is to learn. However, the constant and rapid technological advancements have transformed education in numerous ways. For instance, in addition to traditional, face...

Goal Setting and Open Digital Badges in Higher Education

Zui Cheng; Sunnie Lee Watson; Timothy James Newby

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 2 (2018) pp. 190–196

While Open Digital Badges (ODBs) has gained an increasing recognition as micro-credentials, many researchers foresee the role of ODBs as an innovative learning tool to enhance learning experiences beyond that of an alternative credential. However,...

Comparing Digital Badges-and-Points with Classroom Token Systems: Effects on Elementary School ESL Students' Classroom Behavior and English Learning

Ryan Homer; Khe Foon Hew; Cheng Yong Tan

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 1 (2018) pp. 137–151

This paper reports the findings of a field experiment that gamified the classroom experience of elementary school ESL students by implementing digital badges-and-points which students could earn by achieving specific behavioral and learning goals....

iAbstract: Game-Driven Keyword Auction and Summarization for Academic Reading

Hercy N. H. Cheng; Calvin C. Y. Liao; Wan-Chen Chang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 248–258

Graduate students usually lack sufficient ability to read academic papers effectively and efficiently. For facilitating their reading comprehension, this study adopts summarization as a main reading strategy under the scaffold of keyword evaluation. ...

Changes in Chinese higher education: Financial trends in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

W. James Jacob; Ka Ho Mok; Sheng Yao Cheng; Weiyan Xiong

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 58, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 64–85

The cost of higher education (HE) continues to grow at an unsustainable rate in many country contexts, including in East Asia. With recent and projected HE growth in this region, HE administrators are increasingly faced with how best to provide cost-...

Language: English

Examining Creativity through a Virtual Reality Support System

Xiaozhe Yang; Lin Lin; Pei-Yu Cheng; Xue Yang; Youqun Ren; Yueh-Min Huang

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 5 (2018) pp. 1231–1254

This study explores the effects of immersive VR on an individual's creativity and factors related to creativity including flow, attention and meditation (i.e., mental relaxation or stress). Sixty undergraduate students were invited to participate in ...

Performance, Cognitive Load, and Behaviour of Technology-Assisted English Listening Learning: From CALL to MALL

Chi-Cheng Chang; Clyde A. Warden; Chaoyun Liang; Pao-Nan Chou

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34, No. 2 (2018) pp. 105–114

This study examines differences in English listening comprehension, cognitive load, and learning behaviour between outdoor ubiquitous learning and indoor computer-assisted learning. An experimental design, employing a pretest-posttest control group...

Promoting Autonomy and Ownership in Students Studying English Using Digital Comic Performance-Based Learning

Gwo-Dong Chen; Cheng-Yu Fan; Chih-Kai Chang; Yun-Hsuan Chang; Yen-Hua Chen

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 4 (2018) pp. 955–978

In traditional learning, students passively absorb the materials provided by their teachers or textbooks. Thus, their learning autonomy is insufficient, and this affects learning motivation. Students find it difficult to absorb the knowledge taught...

Is the Incremental Theory of Intelligence a Key to Students' Motivational Engagement? The Moderating Effects of Self-Enhancement and Self-Criticism

Wei-Wen Chen; Ching-Chen Chen; Chia-Liang Dai; Nok Man U; Lin Cheng

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 26, No. 6 (2018) pp. 730–744

The incremental theory of intelligence has been identified as a strong predictor of students' learning motivation. Recent research has suggested various moderators of its effect. The present study sought to examine the moderating effects of self...