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Chai Ching Sing
Nanyang Technological University
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Examining Practicing Teachers' Perceptions of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Pathways: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ching Sing Chai; Chin-Chung Tsai
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 41, No. 4 (July 2013) pp. 793–809
The seven constructs of the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework has been widely adopted as a theoretical basis for understanding the scope of teachers' information and communication technology (ICT) expertise. Despite...
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Teacher-Education Students' Views about Knowledge Building Theory and Practice
Huang-Yao Hong; Fei-Ching Chen; Ching Sing Chai; Wen-Ching Chan
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 39, No. 4 (July 2011) pp. 467–482
This study investigated the effects of engaging students to collectively learn and work with knowledge in a computer-supported collaborative learning environment called Knowledge Forum on their views about knowledge building theory and practice....
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"Seamlessly" Learning Chinese: Contextual Meaning Making and Vocabulary Growth in a Seamless Chinese as a Second Language Learning Environment
Lung-Hsiang Wong; Ronnel B. King; Ching Sing Chai; May Liu
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 44, No. 5 (2016) pp. 399–422
Second language learners are typically hampered by the lack of a natural environment to use the target language for authentic communication purpose (as a means for "learning by applying"). Thus, we propose MyCLOUD, a mobile-assisted...
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A Review on Usability Evaluation Methods for Instructional Multimedia: An Analytical Framework
Chai Ching Sing; Victor Chen Der-Thanq
International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jun 22, 2004)
One common objective of instructional multimedia products is enhancement of learning. It follows that one of the primary tasks of the interface designer is the creation of a user-interface that is motivating, interactive, intuitive and at the same...
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Turkish and Singaporean Pre-Service Physics Teachers' Beliefs about Teaching and Use of Technology
Deniz Gurcay; Benjamin Wong; Ching Sing Chai
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Vol. 22, No. 2 (2013) pp. 155–162
Beliefs about pedagogy and the use of technology affect the integration ICT in classrooms. This comparative study explores the pedagogical beliefs of pre-service physics teachers from two different cultures and examines the relationship between...
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Facilitating Students' Development of Their Views on Nature of Science: A Knowledge Building Approach
Amos Goh; Ching Sing Chai; Chin-Chung Tsai
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Vol. 22, No. 4 (2013) pp. 521–530
Students' views on the nature of science and on the levels of self-directed and collaborative learning with technology support affect the manner in which learning is conducted in the classroom. With limited literature offering insight into the...
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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and Design Thinking: A Framework to Support ICT Lesson Design for 21st Century Learning
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ching Sing Chai; Wong Benjamin; Huang-Yao Hong
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Vol. 24, No. 3 (2015) pp. 535–543
This conceptual paper argues that to develop students' twenty first century competencies, teachers need to consider how technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) can be applied through design thinking processes. It proposes a conceptual...
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The Relationship between Teachers' Online Homework Guidance and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge about Educational Use of Web
Ying Zhou; Ching Sing Chai; Jyh-Chong Liang; Mei Jin; Chin-Chung Tsai
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Vol. 26, No. 5 (2017) pp. 239–247
The development of e-learning and digital campus has prompted more and more teachers to assign online homework to students. Consequently, teachers need to provide sufficient and relevant guidance for such homework. Teachers' online homework guidance ...
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Measuring Singaporean Students' Motivation and Strategies of Bilingual Learning
Lung-Hsiang Wong; Ching-Sing Chai; Wenli Chen; Chee-Kuen Chin
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Vol. 22, No. 3 (2013) pp. 263–272
This paper reports a pilot study on the development and validation of the bilingual (Chinese and English) "Motivation and Attitudes for Language Learning Inventory" (MALLI). MALLI is designed to measure secondary school students' learning...
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College Students Constructing Collective Knowledge of Natural Science History in a Collaborative Knowledge Building Community
Huang-Yao Hong; Ching Sing Chai; Chin-Chung Tsai
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 5 (2015) pp. 549–561
This study investigates whether engaging college students (n = 42) in a knowledge building environment would help them work as a community to construct their collective knowledge of history of science and, accordingly, develop a more informed...
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Identifying Science Teachers' Perceptions of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Tzu-Chiang Lin; Chin-Chung Tsai; Ching Sing Chai; Min-Hsien Lee
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2013) pp. 325–336
The application of information and communication technology in instruction is highly emphasized in the contemporary education of science teachers. This paper hence aims to explore science teachers' perceptions of technological pedagogical content...
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Professional Development of Teachers for Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: A Knowledge-Building Approach
Ching Sing Chai; Seng Chee Tan
Teachers College Record Vol. 111, No. 5 (2009) pp. 1296–1327
Background: This study was situated in Singapore, which aims to achieve engaged learning in P-12 schools with the use of educational technology. One of the foci of study among Singaporean educational researchers is a computer-supported collaborative ...
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Creating a Conducive Learning Environment for the Effective Integration of ICT: Classroom Management Issues
Cher Ping Lim; Yiong Hwee Teo; Philip Wong; Myint Swe Khine; Ching Sing Chai; Shanti Divaharan
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 14, No. 4 (2003) pp. 405–423
This article reports and discusses the findings of the collective case study of two primary schools in Singapore. It is part of a larger funded research project that examines and analyses where and how information and communication technologies (ICT)...
Topics: Classrooms, Schools, Information Communication Technologies, Integration
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An Initial Examination of Singaporean Seventh and Eighth Graders' Views of Nature of science
Tzung-Jin Lin; Amos Yoong Shin Goh; Ching Sing Chai; Chin-Chung Tsai
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 31, No. 2 (2013) pp. 117–132
Background and Purpose: Research in nature of science (NOS) among Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore is arguably scarce. This study aimed to survey Singaporean secondary school students' views of NOS with a newly developed instrument...
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Using Positioning Theory to Identify Contradictory Teachers’ Identity When Enacting Knowledge Building in Social Studies
Wei-Ying Lim; Hyo-Jeong So; Ching-Sing Chai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 100–104
This paper reports the initial dilemmas teachers faced when implementing knowledge building in social studies as part of a future school initiative in Singapore. Positioning theory was used to analyze teachers’ discourse during curriculum meetings...
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Idea Garden: Knowledge Creation with Insights from the Nature
Kah Eng Hoe; Ching Sing Chai; Pei-Shan Tsai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 525–530
Drawing experiences from a past study with a knowledge building community, fundamental theories of knowledge creation are revisited and a conceptual framework for addressing the challenges faced is elucidated. In tandem with the principles of...
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Teacher clusters and their perceptions of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) development through ICT lesson design
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ching Sing Chai
Computers & Education Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 222–232
While the TPACK framework has been employed in many studies associated with use of technology in the classrooms, reports on the teachers' development of TPACK are inadequate to provide comprehensive description. This study employs cluster analysis...
Language: English
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Principle-based design: Development of adaptive mathematics teaching practices and beliefs in a knowledge building environment
Huang-Yao Hong; Ching Sing Chai
Computers & Education Vol. 115, No. 1 (December 2017) pp. 38–55
This study investigated teacher-education students' development of adaptive mathematics teaching practices and beliefs in an online knowledge building environment under principle-based design guidance. Participants were students who took a...
Language: English
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Seven design frames that teachers use when considering technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK)
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ching Sing Chai
Computers & Education Vol. 102, No. 1 (November 2016) pp. 244–257
Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) encapsulates teachers' pedagogical knowledge for the integration of information and communications technologies (ICT). It is created as teachers engage in collaborative talk during the design of...
Language: English
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An activity-theoretical approach to research of ICT integration in Singapore schools: Orienting activities and learner autonomy
Cher Ping Lim; Ching Sing Chai
Computers & Education Vol. 43, No. 3 (November 2004) pp. 215–236
This paper discusses the findings of two case studies (two primary schools in Singapore), which are part of a larger research study, that aims to examine and analyze where and how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are integrated in...
Language: English
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Exploring the development of college students' epistemic views during their knowledge building activities
Huang-Yao Hong; Bodong Chen; Ching Sing Chai
Computers & Education Vol. 98, No. 1 (July 2016) pp. 1–13
Exploring students' epistemic views is important as it should help to better understand how they acquire and work with knowledge. This case study investigated how college students' epistemic views relate to their collaborative inquiry activities in...
Language: English
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TPACK-in-Action: Unpacking the contextual influences of teachers' construction of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK)
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ching Sing Chai; Lee Yong Tay
Computers & Education Vol. 78, No. 1 (September 2014) pp. 20–29
In school-based environments, teachers need to consider contextual factors such as the availability of technology and school policies as they apply TPACK to address instructional problems. However, qualitative TPACK studies tend to exemplify the...
Language: English
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Assessing the intention to use technology among pre-service teachers in Singapore and Malaysia: A multigroup invariance analysis of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Timothy Teo; Chwee Beng Lee; Ching Sing Chai; Su Luan Wong
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 1000–1009
This study assesses the pre-service teachers’ self-reported future intentions to use technology in Singapore and Malaysia. A survey was employed to validate items from past research. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a research...
Language: English
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Modeling primary school pre-service teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) for meaningful learning with information and communication technology (ICT)
Ching Sing Chai; Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Chin-Chung Tsai; Lynde Lee Wee Tan
Computers & Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (August 2011) pp. 1184–1193
Within the field of educational technology, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has been theorized as a seven-factor construct to describe teacher’s integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in their teaching....
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Fostering design-oriented collective reflection among preservice teachers through principle-based knowledge building activities
Huang-Yao Hong; Pei-Yi Lin; Ching Sing Chai; Guo-Tsai Hung; Yibing Zhang
Computers & Education Vol. 130, No. 1 (March 2019) pp. 105–120
Teacher's reflective capacity is an important means for teachers' growth in professionalism. This design-based research investigated the effects of knowledge building (KB) principles on pre-service teachers' reflective capacity in two intervention...
Language: English
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The self-directed learning with technology scale (SDLTS) for young students: An initial development and validation
Teo Timothy; Tan Seng Chee; Lee Chwee Beng; Chai Ching Sing; Koh Joyce Hwee Ling; Chen Wen Li; Cheah Horn Mun
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 4 pp. 1764–1771
Research has found self-directed learning to have a significant impact on the long-term societal demands on our future workforce and our perspective on learning. Over the years, many measures have been developed to examine self-directed learning....
Language: English
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Rethinking classroom-oriented instructional development models to mediate instructional planning in technology-enhanced learning environments
Cher Ping Lim; Ching Sing Chai
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 24, No. 8 (November 2008) pp. 2002–2013
Although classroom-oriented instructional development (ID) models have the potential to help teachers think and plan for effective instruction with technology, research studies have shown that they are not widely employed. Many of these models have...
Language: English
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High school students’ scientific epistemological beliefs, motivation in learning science, and their relationships: A comparative study within the Chinese culture
Tzung-Jin Lin; Feng Deng; Ching Sing Chai; Chin-Chung Tsai
International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 37–47
This study explored the differences in high school students’ scientific epistemological beliefs (SEBs), motivation in learning science (MLS), and the different relationships between them in Taiwan and China. 310 Taiwanese and 302 Chinese high school ...
Language: English
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Designing Web 2.0 Based Constructivist-Oriented E-Learning Units
Ching Sing Chai; Huay Lit Woo; Qiyun Wang
Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 27, No. 2 (2010) pp. 68–78
Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to present how meaningful e-learning units can be created by using an online tool called Meaningful E-learning Units (MeLU). The paper also aims to describe how created e-learning units can be shared by...
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A blended collaborative writing approach for Chinese L2 primary school students
Lung-Hsiang Wong; Wenli Chen; Ching-Sing Chai; Chee-Kuen Chin; Ping Gao
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 7 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 1208–1226
This paper outlines an adaptable collaborative writing approach employing a wiki to address the typical weaknesses of young Singaporean Chinese students learning Chinese as second language (L2) in Chinese writing. These students' problems in...
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Epistemological Beliefs on Teaching and Learning: A Survey among Pre-Service Teachers in Singapore
Ching Sing Chai; Myint Swe Khine; Timothy Teo
Educational Media International Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 285–298
Personal epistemological beliefs influence one's cognitive and metacognitive operations in a significant way. They also influence how teachers conceptualize teaching. It is therefore essential for teacher educators to understand the epistemological...
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A Framework for Developing Pre-Service Teachers' Competencies in Using Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Cher Ping Lim; Ching Sing Chai; Daniel Churchill
Educational Media International Vol. 48, No. 2 (2011) pp. 69–83
This paper presents a framework for developing pre-service teachers' competencies in using technologies to enhance teaching and learning. It focuses on building the capacity of teacher education institutions (TEI) based on six strategic dimensions: (...
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Modeling pre-service teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) perceptions: The influence of demographic factors and TPACK constructs
Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Chai Ching Sing
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 735–746
The TPACK framework comprises seven constructs that describe teachers’ technology integration expertise. These TPACK constructs address a theoretical void in the area of educational technology and have been widely adopted by colleges of education...
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An Analysis of Interaction and Participation Patterns in Online Community
Chai Ching Sing; Myint Swe Khine
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) pp. 250–261
This paper presents findings from the pattern of participation and discourse analysis of the online interaction among in-service teachers in the teacher training institute in Singapore. It was found that the teachers formed a knowledge-building...
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The Internet and teacher education: Traversing between the digitized world and schools
Ching Sing Chai; Cher Ping Lim
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 3–9
In the face of rapid technological and economic developments globally, pre-service teacher education programs in the Asia-Pacific region are challenged to prepare teachers who are open to new ideas, new practices and information and communication...
Language: English
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The shift in Singaporean pre-service teachers’ epistemological beliefs and in their beliefs about teaching and learning over the course of teacher preparation program
Ching Sing Chai; Seow Chong Wong; Timothy Teo
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3384–3387
The purpose of this study was to investigate the change in Singaporean pre-service teachers’ epistemological beliefs and in their beliefs about learning and teaching over the course of their teacher preparation program. An online survey was...
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Validation and Profile of Chinese Pre-Service Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Scale
Guoyuan Sang; Jo Tondeur; Ching Sing Chai; Yan Dong
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 44, No. 1 (2016) pp. 49–65
Researchers state that teachers in different contexts reported different technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). This phenomenon may partially be explained by cultural differences. Based on this consideration, the development and...
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Teachers’ TPACK Evolvement in A Technology-Mediated Elementary Science Innovation: A Translation Perspective
Yin Hong Cheah; Ching Sing Chai; Yancy Toh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 2417–2422
While TPACK framework has been widely adopted to address teacher professional development needs, teacher TPACK growth from the innovation translation perspective is apparently underexplored. Adopting a case study approach, our paper uses cultural...
Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Science Education
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Fostering Pre-service Teachers’ TPACK Towards Student-centered Pedagogy
KoSze Lee; Ching Sing Chai; Joyce Hwee Ling Koh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3915–3921
We present our findings about the effectiveness of a 12-week ICT integration course, which emphasized student-centered pedagogy, on 108 Singaporean pre-service teachers’ TPACK. The effects were evaluated using a validated TPACK survey instrument....
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Where Research, Practice and the Authority Meet: A Collaborative Inquiry for Development of Technology-Enhanced Chinese Language Curricula
Lung Hsiang Wong; Ping Gao; Ching Sing Chai; Chee Kuen Chin
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 232–243
This collaborative inquiry project brought together 14 Chinese Language teachers, 4 researchers and 2 Ministry of Education (MOE) curriculum specialists to co-design the Chinese Language curricula with the integrated use of information and...
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Closing the gap: Pre-service teachers' perceptions of an ICT based, student centred learning curriculum
Chwee Beng Lee; Timothy Teo; Chai Ching Sing; Doris Choy; Jimmy Seah; Ashley Tan
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 554–562
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Exploring the Profiles and Interplays of Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in China
Yan Dong; Ching Sing Chai; Guo-Yuan Sang; Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Chin-Chung Tsai
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 1 pp. 158–169
This research surveyed three hundred and ninety pre-service and three hundred and ninety four in-service teachers with regards to the seven factors of technological pedagogical content knowledge, their beliefs about constructivist oriented teaching (...
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The Chinese Input Challenges for Chinese as Second Language Learners in Computer-Mediated Writing: An Exploratory Study
Lung-Hsiang Wong; Ching-Sing Chai; Ping Gao
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 233–248
This paper reports an exploratory study on Singapore secondary and primary school students' perceptions and behaviors on using a variety of Chinese input methods for Chinese composition writing. Significant behavioral patterns were uncovered and...
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Modelling Pre-Service Teachers' Perceived Usefulness of an ICT-Based Student-Centred Learning (SCL) Curriculum: A Singapore Study
Timothy Teo; Chwee Beng Lee; Ching Sing Chai; Doris Choy
Asia Pacific Education Review Vol. 10, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 535–545
The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence pre-service teachers' perceived usefulness of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) course that was conducted using the student-centred learning (SCL) approach. In this...
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Enculturating Seamless Language Learning through Artifact Creation and Social Interaction Process
Lung-Hsiang Wong; Ching Sing Chai; Guat Poh Aw; Ronnel B. King
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 23, No. 2 (2015) pp. 130–157
This paper reports a design-based research (DBR) cycle of MyCLOUD (My Chinese ubiquitOUs learning Days). MyCLOUD is a seamless language learning model that addresses identified limitations of conventional Chinese language teaching, such as the...
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An Evaluation of the Learnability of the Justice Bao Button-Less Interface
Der-Thang Chen; Ching Sing Chai
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 11, No. 4 (2002) pp. 387–402
The learnability of a software user interface is an important aspect of software design. This study evaluates the learnability of an instructional game entitled Justice Bao. It attests issues related to "button-less" interface that uses an object on ...
Topics: Software, Instructional Design
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Classroom Management Issues in ICT-Mediated Learning Environments: Back to the Basics
Cher Ping Lim; Meow Sien Pek; Ching Sing Chai
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Vol. 14, No. 4
(October 2005)
pp. 391–414
Research studies have shown that effective classroom management is a necessary condition for successful ICT integration in schools. Drawing upon the classroom management practices of teachers in a Singapore primary school, this paper describes how...
Topics: Technology integration, education, research, Integration, teaching, Educational Technology, Pedagogy, elementary, Inclusive Education, Research Methods
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A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Intention to Use Technology between Singaporean and Malaysian Pre-Service teachers: An Application of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Timothy Teo; Wong Su Luan; Chai Ching Sing
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008) pp. 265–280
As computers becomes more ubiquitous in our everyday lives, educational settings are being transformed where educators and students are expected to teach and learn, using computers (Lee, 2003). This study, therefore, explored pre-service teachers'...
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Exploring the Relationships between Students' Ability of Computer-Based Chinese Input and Other Variables Associated to Their Performances in Composition Writing
Ching Sing Chai; Lung-Hsiang Wong; Seok Hwa Sim; Feng Deng
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 2012) pp. 153–161
Computer-based writing is already a norm to a large extent in social communication for any major language around the world. From this perspective, it would be pedagogically sound for students to master the Chinese input system as early as possible....
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Seamless Language Learning: Second Language Learning with Social Media
Lung-Hsiang Wong; Ching Sing Chai; Guat Poh Aw
Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal Vol. 25, No. 50 (2017) pp. 9–20
This conceptual paper describes a language learning model that applies social media to foster contextualized and connected language learning in communities. The model emphasizes weaving together different forms of language learning activities that...