Preparing English Teachers of the 21st Century: Through the Multimedia Teaching Materials Course in a Master’s Program in Taiwan

Yu-Chih Doris Shih

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 785–790

As many courses around the world are offered to learners through the distance or blended learning mode, higher education students have the opportunity to take such courses. The current project describes the design of a “Multimedia Teaching Materials”...

Topics: Implementation Experiences, Teaching/Learning Strategies, improving classroom teaching

Exploring 1:1 Tablet Technology Settings: A Case Study Of The First Year Of Implementation In Middle School Mathematics Classrooms

Travis Olson; Judith Olson; Melfried Olson; Stephanie Capen; Jeffrey Shih; Amy Atkins; Lina DeVaul; Amanda Thomas

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2736–2742

This paper explores ways middle grades mathematics teachers used iPad Apps during the first year of 1:1 tablet technology. Ten teachers were observed and interviewed regarding their 1:1 setting. Analyses of interviews and observations involved...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Classrooms, Middle School Education, mathematics education, Mathematics

The Astronomy Educational Project of Remote Observatory of Taipei

Shih-Yi Lin; Chang-Jen Wu

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 309–314

This is the first experimental astronomy education project in Taiwan which supplies teachers and students free of charge to remote control the telescope and observatory dome, and it is the first time that the Department of Education of Taipei City...

Topics: Exemplary Projects

Learning to Teach English with Multimedia: A Hybrid Course for English Teacher Preparation in the School of Continuing Education

Yu-Chih Doris Shih

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 447–452

Many universities in Taiwan offer courses in the distance learning mode or blended learning mode. Blended learning may be more suitable for students of School of Continuing Education (SOCE) because this group of students is mostly in the workforce...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, English Education

A Multi-Touch System for Designing Tessellations

Chiung-Hui Chiu; Cheng-Huan Chen; Shih-Tso Wu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 2266–2270

This poster is to present a multi-touch enhanced tessellation design system, which is part of a three-year long research project. A modified waterfall model was utilized to develop the system, which includes requirement, analysis, design,...

Topics: Tools & Systems

Online Socratic Seminars as an Effective Instructional Strategy to Promote Critical Thinking

Shih-Ting Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4620–4623

This research examines the potential of online Socratic Seminars as an instructional strategy to promote critical thinking among high school students in the Social Studies curriculum. Based on the discourse analysis of the online discussions in...

Peer-Supported Online Homework Assistance

Shih-Ting Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1939–1941

This case study reports the success story of a peer-supported online homework assistance for public high school students. The goal of this project is to provide students the opportunity to problem solve questions about their homework as a community....

The relationships between pre-service teacher beliefs and factors influencing they read online educational event news

Shih-Hsiung Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2365–2368

This study aims to determine the relationships between pre-service teacher beliefs and factors influencing they read educational event news on the Internet. A sample of 37 pre-service teachers, who enrolled in a school crisis event course of 18...

Learning Classic Mechanics with Embodied Cognition

Shih-Chieh Huang; Tanner Vea; John Black

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 209–215

This paper describes a study on the teaching of classic mechanics as an abstract physics concept to elementary school students using embodied cognition. The embodiment is implemented through Novint Falcon, a 3-D force feedback joystick. Students...

Elementary school student perceptions regarding constructivist technology integration after teachers’ implementation over a longer period

Shih-Hsiung Liu; Chiu-Feng Wu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1444–1449

Students’ positive perceptions during learning in technology-rich environment may be only a temporary effect. The study advances understanding of students’ perceptions after their teachers had implemented constructivist technology integration (CTI)...

Modeling pre-service teachers’ knowledge of, attitudes toward, and intentions for technology integration

Shih-Hsiung Liu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3350–3355

The study, which combines TAM and TPACK, examines the direct and indirect effects of knowledge of technology integration on pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward technology use (ATU) and intention to integrate technology (IIT) while teaching....

Learning Abstract Physics System with a 3-D Force Feedback Joystick

Shih-Chieh Huang; Tanner Vea; John Black

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1618–1623

This paper describes a study on the teaching of abstract physics systems to elementary school students using Novint Falcon, a 3-D force feedback joystick. Students were asked to learn the law of conservation of energy, an abstract physics system...

A Study of University Students’ Learning Conceptions and Approaches of Web- Searching bases on the Disciplinary Differences

Jui Feng; Meilun Shih; Chia-Pin Kao; Chin-Chung Tsai

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2187–2189

Abstract: Web-searching is not just a way of gathering information, but a process of learning. In web-based learning environments, what students think of and take action on in the process of web-searching plays an important role in their learning...

If the Teacher Works, Does the Student Work Too? Results of a 37 e-courses analysis.

Eduardo Estrada; Pei-Chun Shih; Agustin Martinez-Molina; Dolores Muñoz

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3426–3430

The constant growth of computer-delivered instruction makes necessary a careful study of the factors that improve the effects and quality of e-learning. We conducted a web log based correlational study to explore the relationships between amount of...

The Relationship between Reflection Performance and Learning Performance with Learners Using Web-Based Portfolio

Chi-Cheng Chang; Ju-Shih Tseng; Cheng-Chuan Chen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2884–2897

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between reflection performance and learning performance with learners using web-based portfolio. The participants were 45 eighth graders randomly selected from computer classes at a middle...

Building Student Understanding and Interest in Science through Embodied Experiences with LEGO Robotics

Carol M. Lu; Seokmin Kang; Shih-Chieh Huang; John B. Black

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2225–2232

The purpose of this study was to examine whether embodied experiences with LEGO robotics can build elementary school students’ understanding of and interest in science learning. Previous studies have shown that many children do not enjoy learning...

Conducting a Model of Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for In-Service Teachers

Shih-Hsiung Liu

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 669–674

Developing technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) is inevitable for in-service teachers because of insufficient technology integration based on related studies. The purpose of this study is to conduct a model of developing teachers’ TPCK ...

Web 2.0 Tools for Learning in Higher Education: The Presence of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, Microblogs, Facebook and Ning

Connie Shih; Michael Waugh

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3345–3352

In a few short years, changes in technology have led the Internet to become a more networked place than ever before; thereby enabling communication, sharing, and participation in public discourse on a much wider scope. This paper is an overview of...

Differences between enrolled in an integrated course and did not in TPACK and technology integration for preservice teachers

Shih-Hsiung Liu

Global TIME 2011 (Feb 22, 2011) pp. 171–176

Technology integration is increasingly important for preservice teachers. However, preservice teachers still lack sufficient understanding due to isolated courses in teacher education programs. This study aims to explore the differences between...

Technical Solutions for Competency-Based eLearning for Public Health Nutrition

Shih-Wen Ke; Sunhea Choi; Elisabeth Ault

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3886–3895

This paper presents a work in progress for a Nutrition eLearning Portal. Competency-based learning is receiving increasing attention from medical and health care related education while Nutrition is being recognised as being central to disease...

Using Embodiment with LEGO Robotics to Enhance Physics Understanding in Elementary School Students

Carol Lu; Seokmin Kang; Shih-Chieh Huang; John Black

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2989–2992

Elementary school students were taught to use LEGO NXT Mindstorm, a programmable reconfigurable robot, to observe and learn abstract physics concepts. Students were asked to use instructional embodiment to help programming LEGO robotics in a series...

Correlation between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and teaching activities on technology integration

Shih-Hsiung Liu

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 892–898

In this study, correlation between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and teaching activities on technology integration was determined to describe how Taiwan teachers who hold different pedagogical beliefs implemented teaching activities of technology...

Edrug: More Than Just A Student Formulary

Shih-Wen Ke; Sunhea Choi

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) p. 1216

To enable graduates of the medical professions to effectively prescribe potentially dangerous drugs to patients with safety and confidence, students should access drug information that is integrated into their programme of study. The eDrug system...

Cultivating Linguistic Ownership through Reflective Blog-writing: A College-level Dyadic Collaboration through Web 2.0

Wen-Chun Chen; Yu-Chih Doris Shih

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 291–297

The present research investigates blogs’ pedagogical effects on English writing. Literature recommends this technological tool but few empirical studies report how blogs empower language learners by raising their linguistic ownership and writing...

Customisable eLearning solution for nutrition education

Sunhea Choi; Penelope Nestel; Shih-Wen Ke; Elizabeth Ault; Mattew Hammerton

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) p. 3410

Nutrition is central to health improvement, disease prevention and effective care and is a key element of UK government policy. Current and future health care professionals – be they doctors, nurses or other health care professionals – must be...

Stereoscopic in Coordination with Mixed Reality System in Classroom, 3D-edu Project Interface

Nguyen Thi Huyen; Chin-Yeh Wang; Shih-Ching Yeh; Gwo-Dong Chen; Liu Chen-Chung

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 25–34

One of the most intriguing recent trends is the return of stereoscopic technology. While 3D technology is more commonly used in movies, lots of good opportunities seem to have emerged from education. It would be helpful to apply it in classroom...

Establishing a Remote Control Observation Model in Teacher Education

Shih-Hsiung Liu; Kuo-Hua Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2443–2447

A teaching model that employs the use of remote control camera in classroom observation during field experience is introduced to better prepare the future teachers. This model, differing from the past ways of classroom observation, that involved...

Web 2.0-based User Agreement Development Space with Learning Supports: Web2UA

Hannah Kim; Xi Cheng; Shih-Ping Kuo; Johannes Strobel

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3405–3410

This paper proposes a design framework and a prototype for constructing a Web 2.0 space (Web2UA) for developing Web 2.0 user agreements. The central idea of the framework is that many features of Web 2.0 applications inherently adopt the principles...

A Study of Refashioning Graphic Illusion with Computer Rendered Scenes- Using Paradox and Ambiguous Illusion

Shih-An Liu; Chao-Ming Wang; Chi-Wei Lee

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4062–4067

This research produce a 3D computer animation which refashioning some 2D optical tricks. This animation’s claim is that drawing uses many techniques of perspective to achieve a sense of space. This sense of space is an illusion and a simulation of a ...

The Potholes, Passing Lanes and Pitstops along the road to developing an online community of learners: Lessons learned while developing an online masters degree program in IT.

Susan Sutton; Connie Shih

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 537–542

Abstract: The purpose of this session will be to lead a roundtable discussion on the experiences we encountered while developing and implementing an online master's degree program in Instructional Technology at a Research I university in the...

Framework of integrating ill-structured problem solving into the arts classroom with the use of ICT

Shih-Ping Kuo; Johannes Strobel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1936–1940

The purpose of this paper is to provide arts teachers a framework for the integration of ICT within their existing mind-sets and instructional strategies in the context of teaching visual arts production. The framework integrates a model of ill...

Inspection of a prototype framework for integrating ill-structured problem solving into the arts classroom with the use of ICT

Shih-Ping Kuo; Johannes Strobel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3221–3229

The purpose of this session is (a) to introduce an instructional framework (including guidelines and examples) for the integration of ICT into teaching visual arts production and (b) to receive feedback from in-service teachers. The framework...

Information Technology for Learning: A European Students’ Perspective

Feng-Kuang Chiang; Heinz-Dietrich Wuttke; Rainer Knauf; Chun-Ming Shih

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2566–2571

This study was mainly focused on European university students, in particular on their thinking about IT for learning. Participators came from different European countries and took part in a summer school this year. A total of 21 international...

The Navigation Experience in an Online Activity: Related Variables to User Satisfaction

Pei-Chun Shih; Agustin Martinez-Molina; Dolores Muñoz

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 1484–1493

The universities and other education institutions are using the new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order to improve the traditional methods and supply effectively the new instructors’ and students’ needs. This study explores the...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Educational Technology

Developing True/False Test Sheet Generating System with Diagnosing Basic Cognitive Ability

Shih-Bin Chen; Rita Kuo; Maiga Chang; Tzu-Chien Liu Liu; Jia-Sheng Heh

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5740–5748

Evaluating students’ learning effects is an important issue in educational assessment. A common used assessment tool for estimating what students have learned is test, however, item construction is a time-consuming job. This research designs an...

Topics: Learning Objects, Engineering, Research Methods, Evaluation, Instructional Design

Team-Teaching Approach for the Roles of E-learning Instructors

Chialing Hsu; Hung-yen Sung; Ya-Fung Chang; Shih-Chun Yen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 2931–2936

This paper investigates the efficacy of a team teaching, TT, model applied to an e-learning or online program, ‘Life in Cyber Space’ intended for in-service elementary and secondary teachers based in remote areas of Taiwan in the hope that...

Topics: Learning Outcomes, Teachers

Using Multi-Screen System in Teaching College Mathematics Based on the Cognitive Theory

Shih-Che Lo; Ching-Yu Wang; Pao-Ta Yu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2711–2718

With the emergence of information technology, many teachers present their instructions on computers instead of using chalkboard. Applying information technology back to class learning environment is one of the most important education revolutions...

E-Learning and Digital Archives

Ching-Mei Hsiao; Jack Fei Yang; Szu Yuan Chao; Ming-Jhu Syu; Shih Hsien Yu; Ting Yi Tsai; Chin Ping Tu; Chia-Yu Lin; Yi Wen Chen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 845–851

The National Digital Archive Project in Taiwan may be an important example of how emerging technology may be applied to make here-to-for restricted access to national architectural treasures now available to unrestricted access. Digital archives,...

Caring Relationships in an on-line collaborative learning

Hyeseung Maria Chang; Shih-Ting Lee

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1993–2000

To understand on-line collaborative learning based on an ethical view and a relational view, this paper presents students' caring relationships in computer supported collaborative learning course at the graduate level. As well, this paper offers the ...

Culture Exchange Telecollaboration in Foreign Language Education: Where do we go from here?.

Shih-Ting Lee; Hyeseung Maria Chang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1681–1685

Despite the fact that there are no lack of recommended techniques for teaching culture through the telecollaboration approach, we only know very few of the practice of teaching culture (Moore, 1996) or have controversial opinions on how it should be ...

Students' Trust Relationships in a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)

Hyeseung Maria Chang; Shih-Ting Lee

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2001–2003

This paper presents students' trust relationship in a computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. Comparing with the trust relationship in the computer supported collaborative work (CSCW), to understand the trust relationship in...

Social Computing on Online Wayfinding Training for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

Yao-Jen Chang; Tsen-Yung Wang; Shih-Kai Tsai; Yen-Yin Chu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 711–718

A wayfinding training system is presented with an aim to increase workplace and life independence for cognitive-impaired patients such as people with traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. ...

Students Perception on Trust Relationships in a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

Hyeseung Maria Chang; Shih-Ting Lee

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3460–3462

In situations of interdependence, trust is not a feeling of warmth or affection but the conscious regulation of one's dependence on another. To understand trust relationships of peer students, this paper reports various students' perceptions on...

Topics: Students, Collaboration

Designing and Development of a Computer Based GED Mathematics Tutorial Program: from Cognitive Load and Motivational perspectives

Shih-Ting Lee; Hyeseung Maria Chang; Peter Elam; Aaron Smith

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3628–3631

Abstract: This paper reports the design and development of an online tutorial program for the Mathematics test in the General Education Development (GED) Test. According to the Texas Education Agency, an estimated 15.4 million adults world wide...

Topics: Computers

Designing Web Sites for Chinese as a Second Language Learners: A Usability Testing Study

Shih Ting Lee; Min Liu; Hyeseung Maria Chang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 876–880

Abstract: This paper reports a usability testing study on Chinese Learning web sites. Two comprehensive sites were selected out of the original pool of sixteen Chinese learning sites. The selection criteria are the inclusion of learning components,...

Technology Integration in a Foreign Language class: Successful Strategies and Challenges

Shih-Ting Lee; Hyeseung Maria Chang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2882–2887

As technology integration becomes more prevalent in foreign language classrooms, successful technology integration strategies also become more critical. This paper reports a study on technology integration in a Private Mandarin Chinese Institute in ...

Explaining Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) by the Caring Construct

Hyeseung Maria Chang; Shih-Ting Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 992–995

To understand Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) based on an ethical view and a relational view, this paper presents how the caring construct is similar with and different from the previous constructs such as the social interdependent...

Faculty Collaboration Issues in the Internet-based Intercultural Language Learning and Teaching Projects

Yu-Chih Doris Shih

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 910–916

The purpose of this study is to identify the issues related to the faculty-coordinators and school administrators that contribute to successful and unsuccessful telecommunications projects. In an Internet-based connection, US pre-service teachers...

Topics: Distance Education, Teachers, Faculty, Schools, Administrators

Designing an E-Learning Course Development Process

Minh Tran; Shih-Ting Lee; Todd Reimer

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1477–1482

This presentation describes the process involved in designing an interactive multimedia learning environment called TNA Online Training Course Development to support task-based learning for the insurance service professionals. The goals of the...

Topics: Instructional Design, Training, Professional Development

The Importance of Emotional Usability

Yi-Hsuen Shih; Min Liu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 627–634

This paper aims to review the existing literature on various emotions incorporated into usability and design. As technology evolves rapidly today, users of technology products and interactive computing systems are no longer only pleased at the...

Topics: Interaction