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Can Multitasking be Learned in a Multimedia Classroom Environment?
Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2707–2710
This study will examine if students can learn to multitask in a multimedia classroom environment. The following research questions will be investigated: 1) Can people truly multitask in a multimedia learning environment? 2) Does exposure to multiple ...
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An Evaluation System and Its Model for Educational Competitiveness of Universities
Lin Lin
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 15, No. 11 (Jun 12, 2020) pp. 188–201
There are several defects with the current evaluation strategy for educational competitiveness of universities, namely, the lack of a well-established evaluation system and the complexity of evaluation factors. To overcome these defects, this paper...
Language: English
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Challenges of technology in online learning and academic achievement for blind students: A Case Study
Samuel Muwanguzi; Lin Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4284–4292
The study presents new qualitative data on the usability challenges and emotional reactions of blind students in their attempts to access educational materials and to communicate with colleagues in online courses using Blackboard Vista. The study...
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Humanizing the Classroom by Flipping the Homework versus Lecture Equation
Michele Houston; Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1177–1182
Technology is often accused of separating people, and in classrooms it can distance students even further from teachers if used improperly. However, innovative educators are using technology to revolutionize teaching by inverting or flipping the...
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An Interest-Driven Teaching Model to Improve Students’ Motivation for Learning
Shanshan Ma; Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 627–634
The purpose of this study was to improve students’ motivation for learning in a rural area in China. Based on the local situation, we constructed an interest-driven teaching model based on the combined modifications of Keller’s ARCS model and Gagne...
Topics: Research & Evaluation, International Education, Universal Design for Learning
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First things first: Technologies to facilitate group formation in online problem-based learning
Brenda Lopez; Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1981–1989
This study examines technologies students use, and the reasons they choose to use them while forming groups during online problem-based learning. Twenty-five students participated in the study. The data were collected from the students’ online...
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Playing exergames in the classroom: Pre-service teachers’ motivation, passion, effort, and perspectives
Lin Lin; Tao Zhang
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 243–260
This study investigated pre-service teachers’ experience, motivation, passion, effort, and perspectives in playing exergames in the classroom using the self-determination theory as the main theoretical framework. One hundred forty pre-service...
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Benefits and Challenges of Using Dance Dance Revolution in Teaching: Pre-service Physical Education Teachers’ Perspectives
Tao Zhang; Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2287–2291
The use of exergaming in physical education is an area of increasing research interest. Pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward exergaming play a vital role in the implementation of the exergaming into their future teaching. The purpose of this...
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Effective Use of Online Quizzes in Science Courses
William Stowe; Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 935–939
Abstract: This study investigated ways to effectively incorporate online quizzes in college biology courses. A total of 151 college students participated in this experimental study. They took the online quizzes, lecture exams, and surveys. The...
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Using Exergames in Teaching: Pre-service Teachers’ Experience, Belief, and Comfort Level
Lin Lin; Tao Zhang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2147–2152
In this paper, we investigated pre-service teachers’ experience, personal comfort and their attitudes towards using exergames, particularly Wii Sports, in their future classrooms. Ninety-seven college students who plan to be K12 teachers...
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Does Faculty Training Work? A Video Presentation of One Method and Follow Up on Results
Lin Harper Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2386–2387
Intensive course formats have long been used with adult learners as one way of combining intensive learning in a field of study with the time constraints of adult, professional people. The University of Southern Mississippi, as part of its Title III-...
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Rapid Prototyping Discussion Board Activities for an Online Environmental Science Course
William Stowe; Lin Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 940–946
Abstract: The study investigated the use of rapid prototyping (RP) to design discussion board activities for an online environmental course. The activities were developed and prototyped both before and during the course. Using the RP model, three...
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Cognitive Load in Different Media Environments: When Does Note-taking Help Memory Recall?
Lin Lin; Chris Bigenho
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3166–3170
The study investigates students’ abilities to recall words in three media environments – no-distraction, auditory-distraction, and auditory-visual-distraction settings, with three note-taking tools – no note-taking, note-taking-on-paper, and note...
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Psychological Preference and Online Asynchronous Written Dialogue
Lin Lin; Patricia Cranton
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1694–1697
This study explores how adults learn from online asynchronous written dialogue through the lens of psychological type preferences. We asked participants to discover their psychological preferences using the P.E.T. (Personal Empowerment through Type) ...
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Taking Student Affective States into Account: the Design and Evaluation of an Affective Strategy in a Critiquing System
Lin Qiu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2157–2164
Educational critiquing systems can provide students with individualized feedback on their work. These systems, however, rarely attend to student affective states such as motivation and self-confidence in learning. This paper describes the design and ...
Topics: Students
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Adult Learners' Online Inquiry-Based Learning Processes
Jing Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 861–868
Nurturing inquiry can make learning more meaningful and conducive to higher-order thinking. However, inquiry-based learning is not easy to adapt to because it requires a qualitative shift in students~{!/~} learning beliefs and skills. Current...
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Blogging Reflection in Graphic Design: Valid or Not?
Lin Sun
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2988–2990
Abstract: In graphic design (art) education, reflective learning can effectively help students go through abstraction, confirm knowledge retention, and build up strong project management skills. Blogging, a virtual social communication tool, has...
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Video Project Work in Teaching News English in an EFL Classroom-An application of Cooperative Learning Strategy-
Huifen Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2639–2642
This paper aims to explore the effect of newspaper English instruction in an EFL setting based on a cooperative learning strategy stemmed from Vygotskey's Zone of Proximal Development. The author proposed the production of news video clips by...
Topics: Video
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A Trial of Foreign Language Education through Cooperative Distance Learning
Chunchen Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 187–188
Due to drastic downsizing and rapid expansion of broadband Internet access, the Internet learning environment is about to be realized at the personal level at home and abroad. We have provided a collaborative lessons every three weeks for Taiwanese ...
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A Critique of Stephen Downes' "Learning Objects": A Chinese Perspective
Fuhua Lin
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul 01, 2001)
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Faculty Training for Online Course Development: One Model and Its Outcomes
Lin Harper
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 693–698
The University of Southern Mississippi supports faculty in a variety of ways in the development of online courses, including a week-long faculty intensive workshop called "Putting Your Course Online." Held during spring intercession week in 2002 and ...
Topics: Faculty, Research Methods
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What Makes Well-intentioned “Train-The-Online-Trainer” Initiatives Ill afforded?
Hong Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 405–407
Literature documented that an effective “Train-the-Online-Trainer” program requires a distinction between technology training and technology integration. With this caveat in mind, this presentation chronicles in detail the milestones, challenges,...
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Maintaining a Competitive Edge: How Trends Drive Innovations for Online Education in Higher Education
Hong Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 473–477
More institutions are offering their online degree programs, many of which target similar audience and enrollment. How can campus leaders and professionals strategically lead their online programs in an increasingly competitive market in higher...
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Instructional Effectiveness and Efficiency of Visualized Instruction
Huifen Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5656–5661
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different enhancement strategies designed specifically to facilitate students’ learning from web-based instructional visualization. It attempted to explore the effectiveness of three different...
Topics: Students, Instructional Design
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A Developing Method Applied Database Techniques for Web-based Japanese Learning Software
Chunchen LIN
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1321–1324
It has been a common practice to develop language-learning software using authoring tools such as HyperCard and ToolBook II Assistant, where the system data is incorporated into the software. Developed with the authoring tools, the software only...
Topics: Databases, Languages, Software, Multimedia
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Making It Happen: Using Cases to Enhance Administrative Support in Professional Development
Peiyi Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 4327–4334
While professional development is one of the key components in enhancing K-12 education, instances of its effective planning, administering, facilitating, and assessing remain some of the most discussed issues in the field. During recent years,...
Topics: Library, Schools, Leadership, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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The Open Tech Lab: Using Grounded Technology Integration Process to Teach Web 2.0 Tools in Teacher Education
Hong Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1214–1215
This project examines several biggest misconceptions of technology use in teaching and training. Using grounded technology integration process, we examined the use of Web 2.0 technology in The Open Tech Lab program at two levels: the mechanical use ...
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The Effect of E-mail Project on Enhancing EFL Learners' Academic Writing Skills
Huifen Lin
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1810–1813
This paper aims to report the findings of a study conducted to examine if E-mail is an effective tool in enhancing EFL students' academic writing skills. The participants in this study consisted of 8 college students majoring in English as a foreign ...
Topics: Communication, Languages, Students
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Discussion on Improvement of Video Courses in Web-based Distance Training in China
Peiying Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1345–1350
This paper is to examine the development and delivery of video courses in the three sessions of web-based distance training for the new high school geography curriculum in 2007 and 2008 and explore the issues of video courses for teacher in-service...
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A Blended Approach for Pre-service Teacher Education: Design and Implementation Considerations
Hong Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1250–1253
This study investigated the effectiveness of using online instruction as a supplement to a face-to-face introductory technology education course. The analysis of the data, collected from 46 pre-service teachers, indicates that instruction, when...
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Move In-Class Discussion Online to Engage Distance Learning Students
Lin Zhong
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 332–334
Student engagement plays an essential role in distance learning performance and achievement. This qualitative study aims to discuss how web-based discussion can be used as a strategy to increase student engagement in distance learning. Specifically, ...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
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SketchUML: The Design of a Sketch-based Tool for UML Class Diagrams
Lin Qiu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 986–994
Abstract: In Software Engineering classes, students need to learn how to use Unified Modeling Language (UML) in the software design process. In this paper, we describe a sketch-based software tool called SketchUML that allows students to create UML...
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Multimodal Learning of Mathematics
Amy Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 889–894
The potential of math learning math apps continues to be acknowledged by educators and designers. However, there are few research studies that show improvements in students learning mathematics resulting from playing with the app. This paper...
Topics: mathematics education, Mobile Learning
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From Technology training to Technology integration: The Evaluation of an Online “Train-The-Online-Trainer”Certificate Program
Hong Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 642–644
Literature documented that an effective “Train-the-Online-Trainer” program requires a distinction between technology training and technology integration. With this caveat in mind, this presentation chronicles in detail the milestones, challenges,...
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Designing and Developing a Successful Hybrid Course
Qiuyun Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1678–1680
While online or distance courses have become legitimate mode of course format, hybrid courses have been largely treated as a subset of distance education and are seldom regarded as a unique method of course delivery. Although numerous books and...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
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Assessing Classroom Participation and Performance through Gamification Systems in Foreign Language Classrooms
NAY LIN
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1772–1777
This report is on the design, implementation and refinement process of gamification system in foreign language classroom to objectively assess classroom participation and performance. Given that students are expected to become proficient in...
Topics: Games & Simulations, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Assessment and E-Folios
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A Developing Method Applied Database Techniques for Web-based Japanese Conversation Learning Software
Chunchen Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2667–2668
It has been a common practice to develop language-learning software using authoring tools such as HyperCard and ToolBook II Assistant, where the system data is incorporated into the software. Developed with the authoring tools, the software only...
Topics: Multimedia, Software, Databases, Languages
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A Trial of Foreign Language Education through Japan-Taiwan Cooperative Distance Learning Lessons on the Internet
Chunchen Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3348–3351
We have used video conference system and one by one communication system (Skype) and conducted collaborative distance learning lessons every two weeks for Taiwanese university students majoring in Japanese and Japanese ones majoring in Chinese at...
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A review on the pragmatic approaches in educating and learning creativity
Hsiu Lin
International Journal of Research Studies in Educational Technology Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan 20, 2012) pp. 13–24
Current educational programs have always focused in knowledge building. However, developing ones creative skills is also considered as one of the major function of education. This paper reviews on the pragmatic approaches in educating and learning...
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More Than Talk: mLearning Activities for the K12 Classroom
Lin Muilenburg
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 4072–4077
The use of cell phones in schools have been shown to increase retention, interest level, and participation in the classroom. This paper presents a series of lesson activities that incorporate the use of mobile communication and Web 2.0 tools to...
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Going to College Online? A PEST Analysis of MOOCs
Hong Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1664–1665
Massively open? College unbound? What are the roots of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and how much of a trend is it? What promises and anxieties do MOOCs bring to higher education and university administrators and faculty? The past year has...
Topics: Policy Issues, research
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From Paper to Digital: Students’ Perception of Using Online Resources in an Undergraduate Course
Hong Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1009–1013
In recent years, e-books and digital materials such as online resources and CDs are replacing the dominate role of those all-too-familiar textbooks. However, the question remains whether digital materials– the high-tech option – not only save...
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Thinking at the Edge: Research on Inquiry-Based Learning
Jing Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1120–1127
Inquiry-based learning has gained wide interest and has invited many people~{!/~}s effort in improving the relevant research and practice. Inquiry-based learning research can be viewed as a moving edge, which is made up of the critical studies...
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Assessment for Kanji Learning System Based on Shape Recognition in e-Leaning System
Chunchen Lin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2910–2913
In the current teaching of the Japanese language in Japan to students from countries that do not use kanji (Chinese characters) in the native language, learning kanji is a heavy burden on them. Considering this, we developed teaching materials for a ...
Topics: Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods, Learning Objects, Students
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Volleyball Smash Feet Tracks Visualization System and Effective Feedback Providing
Lin Wang
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014)
Purpose of this presentation is to report the design and revision performed on the volleyball smash feet visualization system to deliver effective feedback to learners. Provide feedback for learners effectively enhance their learning process....
Topics: pedagogical issues, interactive learning environments
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Students’ Perception of Using Online Resources in an Undergraduate Teacher Education Course
Hong Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1970–1972
In recent years, e-books and digital materials are replacing the dominate role of those all-too-familiar textbooks. However, the question remains whether online resources – the high-tech option – not only save students’ money, but also enhance their ...
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Circling the Wagons: The Pioneering Experience in Higher Education
Lin Harper
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 519–520
Intensive course formats have long been used with adult learners as one way of combining intensive learning in a field of study with the time constraints of adult, professional people. The University of Southern Mississippi, as part of its Title III-...
Topics: Adults, Faculty, Educational Technology
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Teacher Candidates’ Learning Experiences in Two Blended Courses: Successes and Challenges
Qiuyun Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 438–439
TThe study examines preservice teachers’ learning experience in two blended courses that used Angel LMSTM to supplement face-to-face instruction. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from surveys designed to measure students’...
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Knowledge Elicitation for Technological Expertise Development: Apply Cognitive Task Analysis in Streaming Video e-Learning of Technology
Lin Sun
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 937–942
Asynchronous online learning of computer technology should facilitate the development of expertise in problem-solving activities like digital graphic design. But the tacitness and fluidness of expert knowledge embodied in task-specific expertise...
Topics: Graphics, Instructional Design, Cognition
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Modeling the Concept of Dynamic Market Activity in Ba-Gua Shan Community: Using IOOI Framework
MeiChung Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4298–4301
Abstract: We design this prototyping courseware to visualize the concept of dynamic market activity contextually in Ba-Gua Shan community across our two campuses. Conceptual modeling is built upon the framework of IOOI (Inside-Out- Outside VIn)...