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Chih-Hsiung Tu
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The Measurement of Social Presence in an Online Learning Environment
Chih-Hsiung Tu
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 1, No. 2 (2002) pp. 34–45
Social presence is a critical social factor to be examined in distance education. The existing instrument, developed for non-computer-mediated communication, is unable to measure social presence in an online learning environment. Several studies...
Topics: Computers, Distance Education, Social Studies, Communication
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The Transformation, Reform, and Prospect of Distance Education in Taiwan
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Hui-Ling Twu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2461–2465
INTRODUCTION Taiwan has experienced an economic miracle over the past two decades and her computer industry has been an integral piece of this economic success. The country's burgeoning gross national product has allowed the government to infuse...
Topics: Middle School Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum, Culture, Distance Education
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Strategies To Increase Interaction In Online Social Learning Environments
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1662–1667
Social presence is one of the most critical factors in technology-based learning. To increase the level of interaction, the degree of social presence must be increased. Social presence was defined as the degree of person-to-person awareness in...
Topics: Social Studies
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The Social Impacts of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) on Chinese Teachers' Authority
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 343–348
This article describes how computer-mediated communication (CMC) has eroded the ancient relationship between Chinese students and their teachers. The lack of non-verbal cues and other characteristics of CMC have impacted both Eastern and Western...
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Building eLarning Communities
Michael Corry; Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2513–2517
Effective eLearning communities play an important role in the technology-based learning environment. An eLearning community has been misrepresented as a place where learners only learn together. This thesis is discussed, reviewed, and examined by...
Topics: eLearning, Community, Interaction
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Reconstructing the Social Learning Theory: Social Presence Theory in Online Learning
Chih-Hsiung Tu
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1082–1087
Social presence is one of the most significant factors to examine in distance education. The impact of social presence on learning must be examined because of the prevalence of CMC in education. Many of the studies dealing with social presence on...
Topics: Distance Education, Interaction, Social Studies
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Learner-Centered Evaluation: Online Collaborative Evaluation Approach
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Cherng-Jyh Yen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2357–2363
Online collaborative learning is an effective instructional design to enhance learning and training. The issue of how to evaluate online collaborative learning has been challenging. Traditionally, instructors apply summative evaluation methods to...
Topics: Instructional Design, Evaluation, Collaboration
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Online Discussion Durations Impact Online Social Presence
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3073–3077
Social presence is a vital affective learning factor that influences online interaction. The purposes of this study are to examine the how the duration of online discussion impacts social presence. It is important to increase the level of online...
Topics: Interaction, Instructional Design, Social Studies
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Utilizing a Wiki to Construct Knowledge
Michael Blocher; Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2892–2899
The promotion of an online collaborative learning community is an effective strategy to promote the construction of knowledge in distributed learning environments. Through web authoring technology, specifically a Wiki collaboration, the development...
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Design, organization, and build online collaborative community
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2532–2535
Collaborative learning, online learning, and learning community have been considered effective learning strategies in human learning. Many instruction designs have been implemented in non-technology collaboration, and computer-based collaboration. ...
Topics: Community, Instructional Design, Integration, Collaboration
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Collaborative Evaluation of Teaching for E-Learning
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Cherng-Jyh Yen; Michael Corry; Robert Ianacone
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 325–330
Evaluation of teaching is an effective strategy to improve teaching. Online evaluation of teachers has not received appropriate attention as a tool to improve teaching in various levels of education and for evaluation of performance in higher...
Topics: Integration, Evaluation, Students
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Designing and Conducting Ideal E-Learning Dialogue
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1225–1228
The online discussion portion of asynchronous learning networks is one of the most important tools to enhance interactions. Conducting effective online discussions in an asynchronous learning network requires strategic planning and management. ...
Topics: Instructional Design
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Integrating Peer evaluation of teaching and student evaluation for online instruction
Cherng-Jyh Yen; Michael Corry; Robert Ianacone; Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 535–540
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of integrating peer evaluation of teaching and student evaluation for an online college course teaching. A peer evaluation of teaching conjunct with students' evaluation is conducted. Lesson...
Topics: Evaluation, Students
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Design Of Online Debate To Enhance Learning Experiences
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3066–3072
Online discussion method is not limited to having students read the assigned materials and responding to questions posted by the instructor. Online debate is an effective discussion method to engage online learners in a more interactive method of...
Topics: Teachers
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Teaching without Tools: A Case Study of Part-Time Faculty Perceptions and Experiences Regarding Technology Training
Andra Goldberg; Michael Blocher; Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1410–1415
This study explored the present opportunities in professional development for faculty to incorporate technology into their courses. While part-time faculty are a large portion of any institution's teaching force, professional development programs...
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Integrating Online Interaction into Computer-Mediated Communication
Chih-Hsiung Tu
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1088–1093
CMC can enhance and inhibit interactions in distance education and communication. Characteristics of CMC, the design and use of instruction and the users' perception of the medium are critical points to be considered when utilizing CMC to enhance...
Topics: Educational Technology, Interaction, Distance Education, Instructional Design
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The Impacts Of The Online Discussion Durations On Online Social Presence
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2452–2459
Social presence is a vital affective learning factor that influences online interaction. The purposes of this study are to examine the how the duration of online discussion impacts social presence. It is important to increase the level of online...
Topics: Instructional Design, Interaction, Social Studies
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Applications of a Semi-Structured Online Debate for E-Learning
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1508–1515
Online discussion method is not limited to having students read the assigned materials and responding to questions posted by the instructor. Online debate is an effective discussion method to engage online learners in a more interactive method of...
Topics: Teachers
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Using Communities Of Practice Strategy To Enhance Mentoring
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Marina McIsaac
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1017–1022
The current model for mentoring doctoral students is based on apprenticeship; but this process may result in the insufficient development, application and spread of knowledge. Other mentoring models have been proposed, but none have addressed online ...
Topics: Professional Development, Mentoring
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Leaner-centered WBI Tutorials
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 837–842
Current online tutorials were limited to one-way distribution. The learner was unable to negotiate what they wanted to learn and how they wanted to learn. A database-driven tutorial was designed to implement learner-centered pedagogy. A web-based ...
Topics: Databases
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Database, Collaborative Learning, and Internet
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1783–1788
Web-based instruction has become a powerful tool in recent years. However, WBI utilizing a Constructivism theoretical framework has not been explored. A database-driven WBI is the solution for this implementation. Another critical issue is the...
Topics: Internet, Instructional Design, Databases
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Do We Know How to Speak Online?
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) p. 290
CMC issues are omitted by most educators while integrating computer technology into classrooms. What problems are produced when attention to CMC skills is neglected? From the multicultural aspect, what issues should be examined? How should CMC be ...
Topics: Integration
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The Integration of Personal Learning Environments & Open Network Learning Environments
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Laura Sujo-Montes; Cherng-Jyh Yen; Junn-Yih Chan; Michael Blocher
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 56, No. 3 (May 2012) pp. 13–19
Learning management systems traditionally provide structures to guide online learners to achieve their learning goals. Web 2.0 technology empowers learners to create, share, and organize their personal learning environments in open network...
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The relationship between social presence and online privacy
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 5, No. 4 (2002) pp. 293–318
Online privacy may critically impact social presence in an online learning environment. This study examined how online privacy affects social presence in online learning environments and whether e-mail, bulletin board, and real-time discussion...
Language: English
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The Relationship of Social Presence and Interaction in Online Classes
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Marina McIsaac
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 16, No. 3 (2002) pp. 131–50
Studied social presence in an online learning environment and focused on three elements: social context, online communication, and interactivity: that emerged as important in establishing a sense of community among online learners. Discusses the...
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Integrate Web 2.0 Technology to Facilitate Online Professional Community: EMI Special Editing Experiences
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Blocher; Joshua Ntoruru
Educational Media International Vol. 45, No. 4 (December 2008) pp. 335–341
This article reports on the collaborative journal review of an online professional community that was established to prepare this special edition for publication. The focus is on how Web 2.0 technology can be used to support a professional journal...
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How Chinese Perceive Social Presence: An Examination of Interaction in Online Learning Environment
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Educational Media International Vol. 38, No. 1 (2001) pp. 45–60
Describes a study that used an ethnographic approach with a dramaturgy strategy to examine Chinese higher education students' interactions and perceptions of social presence in online learning environments. Results indicate that social presence,...
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eLearning Communities
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (2002) pp. 207–18
Discusses eLearning (electronic learning) communities and their impact on human learning; reviews frameworks used for examining eLearning communities; and proposes a refined framework for future research and development that includes instruction ...
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Is There a Mobile Social Presence?
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Marina McIsaac; Laura Sujo-Montes; Shadow Armfield
Educational Media International Vol. 49, No. 4 (2012) pp. 247–261
Mobile learning environments are human networks that afford the opportunity to participate in creative endeavors, social networking, organize/reorganize social contents, and manage social acts at anytime, anywhere through mobile technologies. Social ...
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A Study of the Predictive Relationship between Online Social Presence and ONLE Interaction
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Cherng-Jyh Yen; J Michael Blocher; Junn-Yih Chan
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 10, No. 3 (2012) pp. 53–66
Open Network Learning Environments (ONLE) are online networks that afford learners the opportunity to participate in creative content endeavors, personalized identity projections, networked mechanism management, and effective collaborative community ...
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A Multiple-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Scores for Online Social Presence: Do They Measure the Same Thing across Cultural Groups?
Cherng-Jyh Yen; Chih-Hsiung Tu
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 44, No. 2 (2011) pp. 219–242
Online learners and instructors are more diverse in their social and cultural backgrounds than their counterparts in face-to-face classrooms. The diversified social and cultural backgrounds of online learners and instructors complicate the...
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Constructs for Web 2.0 Learning Environments: A Theatrical Metaphor
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Blocher; Gayle Roberts
Educational Media International Vol. 45, No. 4 (December 2008) pp. 253–269
Web 2.0 technologies empower learners to create personalized and community-based collaborative environments. Social networking technology affords learners to weave their human networks through active connections to understand what we know and we...
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Designs, Management Tactics, and Strategies in Asynchronous Learning Discussions
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 4, No. 3 (2003) pp. 303–15
Discusses effective designs, management tactics, and strategies to produce ideal asynchronous network discussions that allow contemplation and encourage the development of critical thinking. A model of an online collaborative learning community is...
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Educational Technology in Taiwan
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Hui-Ling Twu
Educational Media International Vol. 39, No. 2 (2002) pp. 153–64
Examines educational technology applications in Taiwan. Highlights include historical background; learning technology integration; computer availability; teacher training; student and teacher attitudes; computer-mediated communication and...
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From Presentation to Interaction: New Goals for Online Learning Technologies
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Educational Media International Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2005) pp. 189–206
Educators have used online technology in the past as information presentation tools and information storage tools to support learning. Researchers identify online technologies with large capacities and capabilities to enhance human learning in an...
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Building Active Online Interaction via a Collaborative Learning Community
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Michael Corry
Computers in the Schools Vol. 20, No. 3 (Nov 21, 2003) pp. 51–59
Online interaction creates a desirable learning situation. Transferring traditional instruction to an online environment usually does not generate effective interaction for learning. This paper discusses theories and practices for an interactive...
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An examination of social presence to increase interaction in online classes
Chih-Hsiung Tu
(2000) pp. 1–224
Social presence, one of the most critical factors in technology-based learning, was not originally examined to explain learning in the computer environment. It was initially studied in face-to-face, audio and closed-circuit television encounters....
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Wants and Haves: Student Perceptions of Practicum Experiences in a Teacher Preparation Program
Laura Sujo-Montes; Devon Swanson; Jordan Foster; Chih-Hsiung Tu; Shadow Armfield; Michael Blocher
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1390–1394
This paper presents students’ perceptions of what they want in a practicum and what they actually get during their practicum experience. One of the main results indicate that preservice teachers do not acquire enough teaching experience during...
Topics: Assessment and E-Folios
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Applications of Formative and Descriptive Evaluations in Online Training
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Performance Improvement Vol. 43, No. 5 (2004) pp. 32–36
The evaluation of training faculty performance is a major institutional consideration for improving training and determining the timing of promotion. The common techniques used in evaluating teaching are peer evaluations and student evaluations....
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The pedagogical perspective of adaptive learning environment
Hoda Harati; Chih Tu; Shadow Armfield; J Michael Blocher; John Doherty
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1478–1484
Adaptive learning is considered as the next generation of online learning environment which brings individualized learning pathway for the users and students This new system customizes the learning materials based on the needs and ability level of...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Distance/Flexible Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Digital Identity Formation: Socially Being Real and Present on Digital Networks
Aras Bozkurt; Chih-Hsiung Tu
Educational Media International Vol. 53, No. 3 (2016) pp. 153–167
Social networks have become popular communication and interaction environments recently. As digital environments, so as ecosystems, they have potential in terms of networked learning as they fulfill some roles such as mediating an environment for...
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The measurement of social presence in an online learning environment
Chih-Hsiung Tu
Italian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 13, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2005) p. 4
Presentation of a tool to measure social presence and privacy in a Computer Mediated Communication (CMC).
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A Study of the Relationship between Gender and Online Social Presence
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Cherng-Jyh Yen; Michael Blocher
International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 33–49
CMC has been considered a “democratizing” technology; however, research indicates that CMC does not automatically result in social equality, and points to the importance of social and cultural factors surrounding the adoption of technology. Research ...
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Learner Self-Regulation and Web 2.0 Tools Management in Personal Learning Environment
Cherng-Jyh Yen; Chih-Hsiung Tu; Laura Sujo-Montes; Shadow Armfield; Junn-Yih Chan
International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 46–65
Web 2.0 technology integration requires a higher level of self-regulated learning skills to create a Personal Learning Environment (PLE). This study examined each of the four aspects of learner self-regulation in online learning (i.e., environment...
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Using Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Management to Support Digital Lifelong Learning
Cherng-Jyh Yen; Chih-Hsiung Tu; Laura Sujo-Montes; Hoda Harati; Claudia Rodas
International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Vol. 9, No. 3 (July 2019) pp. 13–31
Personal Learning Environment is a promising pedagogical approach to integrate formal and informal learning in social media and support student self-regulated learning. The use of PLEs to support lifelong learning can be expanded to the formal, non...
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Gaming Personality and Game Dynamics in Online Discussion Instructions
Chih-Hsiung Tu; Cherng-Jyh Yen; Laura Sujo-Montes; Gayle A. Roberts
Educational Media International Vol. 52, No. 3 (2015) pp. 155–172
Gamification is the use of game mechanics to drive game-like engagements and actions. It applies game mechanics, dynamics and frameworks to promote desired learning behaviours. Positive and effective gamification could enhance learning and engage...