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Using design-based research methodology to develop a pedagogy for teaching and learning of Chinese writing with wiki among Chinese upper primary school students
Xuanxi Li; Samuel K.W. Chu
Computers & Education Vol. 126, No. 1 (November 2018) pp. 359–375
In this research, a conceptual model of a wiki-based collaborative process writing pedagogy (WCPWP) is developed using a design-based research (DBR) methodology. The intention is to help the teaching and learning of Chinese writing among mainland...
Language: English
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Is facebook involvement associated with academic engagement among Filipino university students? A cross-sectional study
Jesus Alfonso D. Datu; Weipeng Yang; Jana Patricia M. Valdez; Samuel Kai Wah Chu
Computers & Education Vol. 125, No. 1 (October 2018) pp. 246–253
The use of Facebook among university students is a controversial issue in the literature as studies point to both positive and negative impacts of this social networking platform. However, little is known about how students’ personal Facebook use...
Language: English
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Developing a Multidimensional Framework for Analyzing Student Comments in Wikis
Xiao Hu; Christy Weng-Lam Cheong; Samuel Kai-Wah Chu
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 26–38
TRACT This study develops a framework for analyzing student comments in Wikis of group writing to inform learning assessment. It first drew on the literature to develop a framework consisting of three modules measuring student interaction, meaning...
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Evaluating the use of a social media tool for collaborative group writing of secondary school students in Hong Kong
Samuel K.W. Chu; Catherine M. Capio; Jan C.W. van Aalst; Eddie W.L. Cheng
Computers & Education Vol. 110, No. 1 (July 2017) pp. 170–180
The rapid development of social media tools has increased interest in their pedagogical value. It has been suggested that social media tools such as wikis can promote online collaborative and interactive learning. This study investigated the value...
Language: English
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The effectiveness of wikis for project-based learning in different disciplines in higher education
Samuel Kai Wah Chu; Yin Zhang; Katherine Chen; Chi Keung Chan; Celina Wing Yi Lee; Ellen Zou; Wilfred Lau
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 33, No. 1 (April 2017) pp. 49–60
Concerning the effectiveness of using wikis for project-based learning in higher education, this study compared the perceptions and actions among students in three undergraduate courses of different disciplines, English Language Studies, Information ...
Language: English
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Incorporating Wiki Technology in a Traditional Biostatistics Course: Effects on University Students' Collaborative Learning, Approaches to Learning and Course Performance
Shirley S. M. Fong; Samuel K. W. Chu; Wilfred W.F. Lau; Iain Doherty; K. F. Hew
Journal of Information Technology Education Vol. 16, No. 1 (2017) pp. 285–299
Aim/Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of incorporating wiki technology in an undergraduate biostatistics course for improving university students' collaborative learning, approaches to learning, and course performance. Methodology: During a...
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Exploring Characteristics of Fine-Grained Behaviors of Learning Mathematics in Tablet-Based E-Learning Activities
Cheuk Yu Yeung; Kam Hong Shum; Lucas Chi Kwong Hui; Samuel Kai Wah Chu; Tsing Yun Chan; Yung Nin Kuo; Yee Ling Ng
International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on E-Learning 2017 (2017)
Attributes of teaching and learning contexts provide rich information about how students participate in learning activities. By tracking and analyzing snapshots of these attributes captured continuously throughout the duration of the learning...
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Incorporating Wiki Technology in a Traditional Biostatistics Course: Effects on University Students’ Collaborative Learning, Approaches to Learning and Course Performance
Shirley Fong; Samuel Chu; Wilfred Lau; I. Doherty; K.F. Hew
Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 16 (Dec 29, 2016) pp. 285–299
Aim/Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of incorporating wiki technology in an under-graduate biostatistics course for improving university students\u2019 collaborative learning, approaches to learning, and course performance. Methodology:...
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Tertiary students' intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model
Eddie W.L. Cheng; Samuel K.W. Chu; Carol S.M. Ma
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 5 (September 2016) pp. 958–969
With the emergence of web technologies, students can conduct their group projects via virtual platforms, which enable online collaboration. However, students' lack of intention to use web technologies for conducting group work has recently been...
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Engaging Asian students through game mechanics: Findings from two experiment studies
Khe Foon Hew; Biyun Huang; Kai Wah Samuel Chu; Dickson K.W. Chiu
Computers & Education Vol. 92, No. 1 (January 2016) pp. 221–236
There is an increasing interest in using game mechanics to foster user engagement in many real-world contexts. Many previous studies, however, focused on investigating user perceptions, while some experiment studies lacked control groups....
Language: English
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Fixed Group and Opportunistic Collaboration in a CSCL Environment
Tuya Siqin; Jan van Aalst; Samuel Kai Wah Chu
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 2015) pp. 161–181
This study investigated synchronous discourses involving student collaboration in fixed groups during an introductory research methods course's first 8-week phase, and opportunistic collaboration during its second 8-week phase. Twenty-seven Chinese...
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Making Smart Choices: A Serious Game for Sex Education for Young Adolescents
Alvin Kwan; Samuel Chu; Athena Hong; Frankie Tam; Grace Lee; Robin Mellecker
International Journal of Game-Based Learning Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 18–30
Current educational resources for sex education in Hong Kong are mainly designed to be used in classroom. They are mostly text-based and are unattractive to the most vulnerable adolescent group. As discussion on sex is still taboo in Chinese society,...
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The effects of a wiki-based collaborative process writing pedagogy on writing ability and attitudes among upper primary school students in Mainland China
Xuanxi Li; Samuel K.W. Chu; Wing Wah Ki
Computers & Education Vol. 77, No. 1 (August 2014) pp. 151–169
This study mainly explored the effects of a
Language: English
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Peer-Feedback and Revision Process in a Wiki Mediated Collaborative Writing
Matsuko Mukumoto Woo; Samuel Kai Wah Chu; Xuanxi Li
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 61, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 279–309
This study investigated the use of a wiki for collaborative writing among primary levels five (P5) and six (P6) students (n = 119) in a Chinese primary school in Hong Kong where English is taught as a second language (L2). Three classes of students...
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Social Networking Tools for Academic Libraries
Samuel Kai-Wah Chu; Helen S. Du
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science Vol. 45, No. 1 (March 2013) pp. 64–75
This is an exploratory study investigating the use of social networking tools in academic libraries, examining the extent of their use, library staff's perceptions of their usefulness and challenges, and factors influencing decisions to use or not...
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Affordances and Constraints of a Wiki for Primary-School Students' Group Projects
Huijuan Fu; Samuel Chu; Wenxia Kang
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 16, No. 4 (2013) pp. 85–96
This study examined a wiki as a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment at upper primary level. A total of 388 Hong Kong Primary-five (P5) students in four Chinese primary schools used a wiki platform within the context of...
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Using blogs to support learning during internship
Samuel K.W. Chu; Carol K.K. Chan; Agnes F.Y. Tiwari
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 3 (April 2012) pp. 989–1000
Blogging has been recommended as a suitable tool for learning during internship due to its associated usefulness in collaborative learning, reflection, communication, and social support. In this study, blogging was incorporated into the internship...
Language: English
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Blogging for Information Management, Learning, and Social Support during Internship
Samuel K. W. Chu; Alvin C. M. Kwan; Peter Warning
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 2 (2012) pp. 168–178
The functions and possibilities afforded by blogging have been suggested to be relevant to learning and information management. Its increasing use in the business and education sectors is documented, but currently its use in professional education...
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Using a wiki-based collaborative process writing pedagogy to facilitate collaborative writing among Chinese primary school students
Xuanxi Li; Samuel Chu; Wah Ki; Matsuko Woo; Matsuko Woo
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2012)
This case study explored collaborative writing in Chinese among 59 primary four Chinese students using a Wiki-based Collaborative Process Writing Pedagogy (WCPWP) in Shenzhen, China. It aimed mainly to design and orchestrate a WCPWP in order to...
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Using a Wiki to Scaffold Primary-School Students' Collaborative Writing
Matsuko Woo; Samuel Chu; Andrew Ho; Xuanxi Li
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 43–54
This small-scale case study explores the challenges and potential benefits of a wiki for students and teachers in a primary-five English-language class in Hong Kong. The study examined how the wiki's key affordances might help in scaffolding...
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Using Wikis in Academic Libraries
Samuel Kai-Wah Chu
Journal of Academic Librarianship Vol. 35, No. 2 (March 2009) pp. 170–176
This is an exploratory study investigating the use of wikis in academic libraries. Reasons for using and not using wikis, level of control exerted on wikis users and perceived benefits and costs of using wikis are the major areas examined. Sixty...