Investigating the impact of video games on high school students’ engagement and learning about genetics

Leonard A. Annetta; James Minogue; Shawn Y. Holmes; Meng-Tzu Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 1 (August 2009) pp. 74–85

The popularity of video games has transcended entertainment crossing into the world of education. While the literature base on educational gaming is growing, there is still a lack of systematic study of this emerging technology’s efficacy. This...

The impact of self-efficacy and task value on satisfaction and performance in a Web-based course

Cheng-Yuan Lee

(2002) pp. 1–121

This study was designed to investigate whether initial course content self-efficacy, initial online technologies self-efficacy, and initial task value could be identified as predictors of student satisfaction and performance in a Web-based course....

Introducing the Boundary Element Method with MATLAB

Keng-Cheng Ang

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 39, No. 4 (June 2008) pp. 505–519

The boundary element method provides an excellent platform for learning and teaching a computational method for solving problems in physical and engineering science. However, it is often left out in many undergraduate courses as its implementation...

The effect of simulation games on the learning of computational problem solving

Chen-Chung Liu; Yuan-Bang Cheng; Chia-Wen Huang

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 3 (November 2011) pp. 1907–1918

Simulation games are now increasingly applied to many subject domains as they allow students to engage in discovery processes, and may facilitate a flow learning experience. However, the relationship between learning experiences and problem solving...

Language: English

The input-interface of Webcam applied in 3D virtual reality systems

Huey-Min Sun; Wen-Lin Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 1231–1240

Our research explores a virtual reality application based on Web camera (Webcam) input-interface. The interface can replace with the mouse to control direction intention of a user by the method of frame difference. We divide a frame into nine grids...

Language: English

E-Homebook System: A web-based interactive education interface

Hsi-mei Chen; Cris Yu; Cheng-sian Chang

Computers & Education Vol. 49, No. 2 (September 2007) pp. 160–175

Children’s academic performance and social competence in school is positively associated with parent involvement. However, the researches about educational learning models often ignore the parent part. Moreover, Internet forms a new paradigm,...

Language: English

Promoting Synchronous Interaction in an eLearning Environment

Cheng-Chang Pan; Michael Sullivan

T.H.E. Journal Vol. 33, No. 2 (September 2005) pp. 27–30

Online courses may not be for everyone. However, when eLearning is the only opportunity to receive education, it will be one of the instructor's responsibilities to ensure the eLearning experience is as compatible and comparable as possible to...

A study on learning effect among different learning styles in a Web-based lab of science for elementary school students

Koun-tem Sun; Yuan-cheng Lin; Chia-jui Yu

Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 4 (May 2008) pp. 1411–1422

The purpose of this study is to explore the learning effect related to different learning styles in a Web-based virtual science laboratory for elementary school students. The online virtual lab allows teachers to integrate information and...

Language: English

Exploring the social competence of students with autism spectrum conditions in a collaborative virtual learning environment – The pilot study

Yufang Cheng; Jun Ye

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 1068–1077

Social reciprocity deficits are a core feature of the autism spectrum conditions (ASCs). Many individual with ASCs have difficulty with social interaction due to a frequent lack of social competence. This study focuses on using a virtual learning...

Topics: Interaction

Being polite while fulfilling different discourse functions in online classroom discussions

Diane L. Schallert; Yueh-hui Vanessa Chiang; Yangjoo Park; Michelle E. Jordan; Haekyung Lee; An-Chih Janne Cheng; Hsiang-Ning Rebecca Chu; SoonAh Lee; Taehee Kim; Kwangok Song

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 713–725

Using a discourse analytic qualitative approach, we investigated the naturally-occurring discourse that arose as part of two kinds of regular course activities, synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated discussions. The messages contributed by...

Language: English

The effects of organizational learning environment factors on e-learning acceptance

Bo Cheng; Minhong Wang; Jürgen Moormann; Bolanle A. Olaniran; Nian-Shing Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 3 (April 2012) pp. 885–899

Workplace learning is an important means of employees’ continuous learning and professional development. E-learning is being recognized as an important supportive practice for learning at work. Current research on the success factors of e-learning...

Language: English

Understanding the ways in which design features of educational websites impact upon student learning outcomes in blended learning environments

David Kember; Carmel McNaught; Fanny C.Y. Chong; Paul Lam; K.F. Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 1183–1192

This study investigated the effectiveness, in terms of the attainment of relevant learning outcomes, of the types of learning promoted by educational features commonly incorporated in course management systems. Twenty-one courses with significant...

Language: English

The study on integrating WebQuest with mobile learning for environmental education

Cheng-Sian Chang; Tzung-Shi Chen; Wei-Hsiang Hsu

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (August 2011) pp. 1228–1239

This study is to demonstrate the impact of different teaching strategies on the learning performance of environmental education using quantitative methods. Students learned about resource recycling and classification through an instructional website ...

Language: English

Acceptance of competency-based workplace e-learning systems: Effects of individual and peer learning support

Bo Cheng; Minhong Wang; Stephen J.H. Yang; Kinshuk; Jun Peng

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (August 2011) pp. 1317–1333

Current endeavors to integrate competency-based learning approaches with e-learning systems designed for delivery of training to adult learners in the workplace are growing. However, academic efforts in examining learners’ perceptions of, and...

Language: English

EFL learners’ use of online reading strategies and comprehension of texts: An exploratory study

Hsin-chou Huang; Chiou-lan Chern; Chih-cheng Lin

Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 13–26

This study investigated EFL learners’ online reading strategies and the effects of strategy use on comprehension. To fulfill the purposes of this study, a Web-based reading program, English Reading Online, was created. Thirty applied English majors, ...

Language: English

The design of instructional multimedia in e-Learning: A Media Richness Theory-based approach

Pei-Chen Sun; Hsing Kenny Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 49, No. 3 (November 2007) pp. 662–676

The rapid development of computer and Internet technologies has made e-Learning become an important learning method. There has been a considerable increase in the needs for multimedia instructional material in e-Learning recently as such content has ...

Language: English

Web-based undergraduate chemistry problem-solving: The interplay of task performance, domain knowledge and web-searching strategies

Hsiao-Ching She; Meng-Tzu Cheng; Ta-Wei Li; Chia-Yu Wang; Hsin-Tien Chiu; Pei-Zon Lee; Wen-Chi Chou; Ming-Hua Chuang

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 750–761

This study investigates the effect of Web-based Chemistry Problem-Solving, with the attributes of Web-searching and problem-solving scaffolds, on undergraduate students' problem-solving task performance. In addition, the nature and extent of Web...

Language: English

3D Game-Based Learning System for Improving Learning Achievement in Software Engineering Curriculum

Chung-Ho Su; Ching-Hsue Cheng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 1–12

The advancement of game-based learning has encouraged many related studies, such that students could better learn curriculum by 3-dimension virtual reality. To enhance software engineering learning, this paper develops a 3D game-based learning...

The role of perceived user-interface design in continued usage intention of self-paced e-learning tools

Vincent Cho; T.C. Edwin Cheng; W.M. Jennifer Lai

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 2 (September 2009) pp. 216–227

While past studies on user-interface design focused on a particular system or application using the experimental approach, we propose a theoretical model to assess the impact of perceived user-interface design (PUID) on continued usage intention ...

Language: English

Effectiveness of a Mobile Plant Learning System in a science curriculum in Taiwanese elementary education

Yueh-Min Huang; Yen-Ting Lin; Shu-Chen Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 47–58

This study developed a Mobile Plant Learning System (MPLS) that provides instructors with the ways and means to facilitate student learning in an elementary-school-level botany course. The MPLS represented in this study was implemented to address...

Language: English

A design to promote group learning in e-learning: Experiences from the field

Pei-Chen Sun; Hsing Kenny Cheng; Tung-Chin Lin; Feng-Sheng Wang

Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 661–677

The Internet enables learners to be brought together where they can cooperate in learning in groups without space and time limitations. It is, however, quite a challenge to form ideal groups in a short time and ensure satisfactory interaction for...

Language: English

Using the saliency-based model to design a digital archaeological game to motivate players' intention to visit the digital archives of Taiwan's natural science museum

Jon-Chao Hong; Ming-Yueh Hwang; Yu-Ju Chen; Pei-Hsin Lin; Yao-Tien Huang; Hao-Yueh Cheng; Chih-Chin Lee

Computers & Education Vol. 66, No. 1 (August 2013) pp. 74–82

Museums in Taiwan have developed various digital archives, but few people have visited these digital archives. Therefore, this study designed a digital archaeology game for high school students to play. Based on the concept of “learning for playing” ...

Language: English

Topics: Museums

Gender differences in cognitive load and competition anxiety affect 6th grade students' attitude toward playing and intention to play at a sequential or synchronous game

Ming-Yueh Hwang; Jon-Chao Hong; Hao-Yueh Cheng; Yu-Chi Peng; Nien-Chen Wu

Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 254–263

Do girls have more competition anxiety and exogenous cognitive load than equally able boys during the playing of stressful competitive on-line games? This question led to the adoption of a technology acceptance model to compare the influence factors ...

Language: English

An investigation of Taiwan University students' perceptions of online academic help seeking, and their web-based learning self-efficacy

Kun-Hung Cheng; Chin-Chung Tsai

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 150–157

This study was conducted to investigate Taiwan University students' perceptions (including experience, confidence and preference) of online academic help seeking (OAHS) and students' level of web-based learning self-efficacy (WLSE). Two instruments, ...

Language: English

Evaluating the reliability and impact of a quality assurance system for E-learning courseware

Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang; Wen-Cheng Yu

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 2 (September 2011) pp. 1615–1627

Assuring e-learning quality is of interest worldwide. This paper introduces the methods of e-learning courseware quality assurance (a quality certification system) adopted by the eLQSC (e-Learning Quality Service Centre) in Taiwan. A sequential...

Language: English

When Creative Problem Solving Strategy Meets Web-Based Cooperative Learning Environment in Accounting Education

Kai Wen Cheng

New Horizons in Education Vol. 59, No. 1 (May 2011) pp. 106–118

Background: Facing highly competitive and changing environment, cultivating citizens with problem-solving attitudes is one critical vision of education. In brief, the importance of education is to cultivate students with practical abilities....

Developing an Intelligent Diagnosis and Assessment E-Learning Tool for Introductory Programming

Chenn-Jung Huang; Chun-Hua Chen; Yun-Cheng Luo; Hong-Xin Chen; Yi-Ta Chuang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008) pp. 139–157

Recently, a lot of open source e-learning platforms have been offered for free in the Internet. We thus incorporate the intelligent diagnosis and assessment tool into an open software e-learning platform developed for programming language courses,...

Assessing the effectiveness of a voluntary online discussion forum on improving students’ course performance

Cho Kin Cheng; Dwayne E. Pare; Lisa-Marie Collimore; Steve Joordens

Computers & Education Vol. 56, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 253–261

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of voluntary discussion forums in a higher education setting. Specifically, we examined intrinsic forum participation and investigated its relation to course performance across two...

Knowledge sharing and creation in a teachers’ professional virtual community

Fu-ren Lin; Sheng-cheng Lin; Tzu-ping Huang

Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 742–756

By virtue of the non-profit nature of school education, a professional virtual community composed of teachers provides precious data to understand the processes of knowledge sharing and creation. Guided by grounded theory, the authors conducted a...

Development and evaluation of a Web 2.0 annotation system as a learning tool in an e-learning environment

Yu-Chien Chen; Ren-Hung Hwang; Cheng-Yu Wang

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 4 (May 2012) pp. 1094–1105

The emergence of Web 2.0 technology provides more opportunities to foster online communication and sharing in an e-learning environment. The purpose of this study was to develop a Web 2.0 annotation system, MyNote, based on the Web 2.0 core concepts ...

Language: English

Are you ready for knowledge sharing? An empirical study of virtual communities

Shiu-Wan Hung; Min-Jhih Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 62, No. 1 (March 2013) pp. 8–17

This study aimed to explore the relationship between knowledge sharing intentions and the perceptions of individual technology users who are members of virtual communities. We characterized learners' perceptions of new technological products or...

Language: English

An integrated decision model for evaluating educational web sites from the fuzzy subjective and objective perspectives

Tony Cheng-Kui Huang; Chih-Hong Huang

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 616–629

With advances in information and network technologies, lots of data have been digitized to reveal information for users by the construction of Web sites. Unfortunately, they are both overloading and overlapping in Internet so that users cannot...

Language: English

Model of conceptual change for INQPRO: A Bayesian Network approach

Choo-Yee Ting; Yok-Cheng Sam; Chee-Onn Wong

Computers & Education Vol. 65, No. 1 (July 2013) pp. 77–91

Constructing a computational model of conceptual change for a computer-based scientific inquiry learning environment is difficult due to two challenges: (i) externalizing the variables of conceptual change and its related variables is difficult. In...

Language: English

Online formative assessments with social network awareness

Jian-Wei Lin; Yuan-Cheng Lai

Computers & Education Vol. 66, No. 1 (August 2013) pp. 40–53

Social network awareness (SNA) has been used extensively as one of the strategies to increase knowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities. However, most SNA studies either focus on being aware of peer's knowledge context or on social context....

Language: English

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

Applying Twitter to EFL reading and writing in a Taiwanese college setting

Hao Yuan Cheng

(2012) pp. 1–110

This study is an exploration of the potential language learning value of applying Twitter as a tool for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading and writing in a college setting in Taiwan. The Twitter-assisted learning approach was based on...

An intelligent learning diagnosis system for Web-based thematic learning platform

Chenn-Jung Huang; Ming-Chou Liu; San-Shine Chu; Chih-Lun Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 4 (May 2007) pp. 658–679

This work proposes an intelligent learning diagnosis system that supports a Web-based thematic learning model, which aims to cultivate learners’ ability of knowledge integration by giving the learners the opportunities to select the learning topics...

Language: English

A Reflection on the Effects of the 985 Project

Cheng Ying

Chinese Education and Society Vol. 44, No. 5 (2011) pp. 19–30

China's 985 Project, which came after the 211 Project, is a key program of the Chinese government to create world-class universities and high-level research universities. The central government invested a total of RMB32.9 billion in special funds...

Engineering to See and Move: Teaching Computer Programming with Flowcharts vs. LEGO Robots

K.H. Huang; T.M. Yang; C.C. Cheng

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 8, No. 4 (Jun 26, 2013) pp. 23–26

This study investigated the effect of integrating LEGO Robots into an elementary school programming class through examining the learning achievement and teacher-student interaction. A self-developed course was used to present the instructional...

Flexible and secure computer-based assessment using a single zip disk

C.C. Ko; C.D. Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 915–926

Electronic examination systems, which include Internet-based system, require extremely complicated installation, configuration and maintenance of software as well as hardware. In this paper, we present the design and development of a flexible, easy...

Language: English

Investigating elementary school students' technology acceptance by applying digital game-based learning to environmental education

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

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2013) pp. 96–110

In order to improve and promote students' environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour, integrating environmental education into the primary education curriculum has become a key issue for environmental education. For this reason, this study...

Examining high-school students’ preferences toward learning environments, personal beliefs and concept learning in web-based contexts

Fang-Ying Yang; Cheng-Chieh Chang

Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 4 (May 2009) pp. 848–857

The purpose of the study is to explore three kinds of personal affective traits among high-school students and their effects on web-based concept learning. The affective traits include personal preferences about web-based learning environments,...

LIM-G: Learner-initiating instruction model based on cognitive knowledge for geometry word problem comprehension

Wing-Kwong Wong; Sheng-Cheng Hsu; Shih-Hung Wu; Cheng-Wei Lee; Wen-Lian Hsu

Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 4 (May 2007) pp. 582–601

Computer-assisted instruction systems have been broadly applied to help students solve math word problem. The majority of such systems, which are based on an instructor-initiating instruction strategy, provide pre-designed problems for the learners. ...

Language: English

Wireless Handhelds to Support Clinical Nursing Practicum

Cheng-Chih Wu; Chin-Yuan Lai

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 190–204

This paper reports our implementation and evaluation of a wireless handheld learning environment used to support a clinical nursing practicum course. The learning environment was designed so that nursing students could use handhelds for recording...

Intelligent preference selection model based on NRE for evaluating student learning achievement

Yao-Hsien Chen; Ching-Hsue Cheng; Jing-Wei Liu

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 916–926

In order to evaluate student learning achievement, several aspects should be considered, such as exercises, examinations, and observations. Traditionally, such an evaluation calculates a final score using a weighted average method after awarding...

Language: English

Toward interactive mobile synchronous learning environment with context-awareness service

Yueh-Min Huang; Yen-Hung Kuo; Yen-Ting Lin; Shu-Chen Cheng

Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 3 (November 2008) pp. 1205–1226

Mobile synchronous learning is a new challenge in the e-learning domain. While popular mobile communication devices, such as cell phones, cannot directly accommodate traditional synchronous content due to the major limitation of display size, other...

Language: English

Exploring the cognitive loads of high-school students as they learn concepts in web-based environments

Cheng-Chieh Chang; Fang-Ying Yang

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 673–680

This study measured high-school learners' cognitive load as they interacted with different web-based curriculum components, and examined the interactions between cognitive load and web-based concept learning. Participants in this study were 105 11th ...

Language: English

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 ...

Employing a structured interface to advance primary students' communicative competence in a text-based computer mediated environment

Chiung-Hui Chiu; Chiu-Yi Wu; Sheng-Jieh Hsieh; Hsiao-Wei Cheng; Chung-Kai Huang

Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 347–356

This study investigated whether a structured communication interface fosters primary students' communicative competence in a synchronous typewritten computer-mediated collaborative learning environment. The structured interface provided a set of...

Language: English

Augmenting paper-based reading activity with direct access to digital materials and scaffolded questioning

Nian-Shing Chen; Daniel Chia-En Teng; Cheng-Han Lee; Kinshuk

Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 2 (September 2011) pp. 1705–1715

Comprehension is the goal of reading. However, students often encounter reading difficulties due to the lack of background knowledge and proper reading strategy. Unfortunately, print text provides very limited assistance to one’s reading...

Language: English