Gender Effects on Undergraduate Students' Preference for Educational Website Interface Design

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching; Huifen Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 658–665

This study investigated undergraduate students' gender-specific preferences for three website interface design features, including color value (CV), major navigation buttons placement (BP), and navigation mode (NM). Two hundred and four...

Topics: Navigation, Gender

The Effect of Prior Knowledge and Navigation Mode on Learning from Animation: A cognitive load perspective

Huifen Lin; Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Francis Dwyer

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 540–546

An experimental study was designed and implemented to investigate the effect of prior knowledge (high versus low) and navigation mode (linear versus nonlinear) on students' learning from animation. Specifically, the research investigated if...

Topics: Navigation, Students

Effects of Navigation Mode and Animation on Learning Achievements: A Study on a Web-based Instructional Module

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Huifen Lin; Francis Dwyer

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2792–2794

This study examines four levels of learning outcomes of 204 undergraduates in learning environments featured two navigation modes (i.e. linear and non-linear) and three instruction presentation modes (i.e., text, text with static graphics, and text...

Topics: Navigation, Instructional Design, Learning Outcomes

Becoming an Online Teacher: An Analysis of Prospective Online Instructors’ Reflections

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Sally Baldwin

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 2 (2018) pp. 145–168

Effective online teaching requires instructors to develop knowledge and new skills conducive to creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for online students This exploratory case study examined 34 prospective online instructors’...

Physical Computing for STEAM Education: Maker-Educators' Experiences in an Online Graduate Course

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching; Sally Baldwin

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 37, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 53–67

This research explored how K-16 educators learned physical computing, and developed as maker-educators in an online graduate course. With peer support and instructor guidance, these educators designed maker projects using Scratch and Makey Makey,...

Design-grounded assessment: A framework and a case study of Web 2.0 practices in higher education

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Chang Hsu

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 5 (Jan 01, 2011)

This paper synthesises three theoretical perspectives, including sociocultural theory, distributed cognition, and situated cognition, into a framework to guide the design and assessment of Web 2.0 practices in higher education. In addition, this...

Language: English

Incorporating peer feedback for learning in a project-based online learning environment

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1097–1102

This paper reports findings of a case study on student participation and perception of peer feedback in a project-based learning environment in an online graduate level course. Findings indicate that peer feedback can be effectively implemented in...

Gender Effects on Online Learners’ Preferences for Discussion Modality

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 229–233

Audio/video discussion has been increasingly used in online courses due to its affordances to enhance online communication. However, whether learners of different characteristics can all benefit from this type discussion format has not been studied...

Topics: Gender, Audio, Distance/Flexible Education, Research & Evaluation

Teaching Online: Prospective Online Teachers’ Experiences and Prioritized Areas for Training

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Kerry Rice

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 234–239

To become effective online instructors, teachers need to develop knowledge and a new set of skills conducive to creating a meaningful and successful learning experience for online students. This study surveyed 36 prospective online instructors on...

Topics: Training, Assessment, Distance/Flexible Education, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Becoming an Online Teacher: An Analysis of Prospective Online Instructors’ Reflections

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Sally Baldwin

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 278–291

Effective online teaching requires instructors to develop knowledge and new skills conducive to creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for online students This exploratory case study examined 34 prospective online instructors’...

Topics: Instructional Design

Bookmarking/Tagging in the Web 2.0 Era: From an Individual Cognitive Tool to a Collaborative Knowledge Construction Tool for Educators

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching; Barbara Grabowski

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 909–914

Web 2.0 affordances have changed the landscape of technology use for learning, knowledge construction, and collaboration. Social bookmarking, enabled by one of the Web 2.0 technologies termed tagging, can be employed to support the organization of...

Mobile Apps for Older Adults: Health, Learning, and Living

Sally Baldwin; Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 1402–1407

The growing population of older adults has the opportunity to live longer in a healthier manner than previous generations. Research has identified the importance of social connection, financial independence, and health care to increase longevity and ...

Topics: Community, Adults, Health, E-Learning Trends and Innovations (social learning, mobile, augmented etc.), Social & Cultural Issues

Physical Computing for STEAM Education: Maker-Educators' Experiences in an Online Graduate Course

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching; Sally Baldwin

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 602–610

This research explored how K-16 educators learned physical computing, and developed as maker-educators in an online graduate course. With peer support and instructor guidance, these educators designed maker projects using Scratch and Makey Makey,...

Topics: research, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

Online Course Design in Higher Education: A Review of National and Statewide Evaluation Instruments

Sally Baldwin; Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 1 (2018) pp. 46–57

This research identifies six online course evaluation instruments used nationally or in statewide systems. We examined the characteristics (i.e., number of standards and criteria) and coded the criteria that guide the design of online courses. We...

The Effects of Web-Based Instruction Navigation Modes on Undergraduates' Learning Outcomes

Yu-Chang Hsu; Huifen Lin; Yu-Hui Ching; Francis M. Dwyer

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009) pp. 271–284

The purpose of this study was to examine whether matching navigation mode of a learning environment with learners' preferred navigation mode would facilitate their learning in a web environment. Sixty-eight undergraduate students were randomly...

Undergraduate Students' Self-Regulated Learning Experience in Web-Based Learning Environments

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching; Jonathan P. Mathews; Alison Carr-Chellman

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2009) pp. 109–121

This phenomenological study explored 5 undergraduate students' experiences in a Web-based general science course through the lens of social cognitive theory. Thematic analysis was used to examine their self-regulated learning (SRL). Our findings...

Trends of Educational Technology Research: More than a Decade of International Research in Six SSCI-Indexed Refereed Journals

Yu-Chang Hsu; Jui-Long Hung; Yu-Hui Ching

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 61, No. 4 (August 2013) pp. 685–705

This study applied text mining methods to examine the abstracts of 2,997 international research articles published between 2000 and 2010 by six journals included in the Social Science Citation Index in the field of Educational Technology (EDTECH). A ...

Mobile microblogging: Using Twitter and mobile devices in an online course to promote learning in authentic contexts

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 4 (Sep 12, 2012) pp. 211–227

This research applied a mixed-method design to explore how best to promote learning in authentic contexts in an online graduate course in instructional message design. The students used Twitter apps on their mobile devices to collect, share, and...

Mobile app design for teaching and learning: Educators’ experiences in an online graduate course

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 4 (Aug 28, 2013)

This research explored how educators with limited programming experiences learned to design mobile apps through peer support and instructor guidance. Educators were positive about the sense of community in this online course. They also considered...

Peer feedback to facilitate project-based learning in an online environment

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 5 (Oct 31, 2013)

There has been limited research examining the pedagogical benefits of peer feedback for facilitating project-based learning in an online environment. Using a mixed method approach, this paper examines graduate students’ participation and perceptions ...

Learners’ Interpersonal Beliefs and Generated Feedback in an Online Role-Playing Peer- Feedback Activity: An Exploratory Study

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 17, No. 2 (Mar 01, 2016)

Peer feedback affords interaction and critical thinking opportunities for learners in online courses. However, various factors prevent learners from taking advantage of these promising benefits. This study explored learners\u2019 perceptions of the...

A review of models and frameworks for designing mobile learning experiences and environments

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 41, No. 3 (Oct 31, 2015)

Mobile learning has become increasingly popular in the past decade due to the unprecedented technological affordances achieved through the advancement of mobile computing, making ubiquitous and situated learning possible. At the same time, there...

Research priorities in mobile learning: An international Delphi study / Les priorits de recherche en matire d'apprentissage mobile: Une tude de Delphes internationale

Yu-Chang Hsu; Yu-Hui Ching; Chareen Snelson

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 40, No. 2 (May 16, 2014)

Along with advancing mobile technologies and proliferating mobile devices and applications, mobile learning research has gained great momentum in recent years. While there have been review articles summarizing past research, studies identifying...

Developing Computational Thinking with Educational Technologies for Young Learners

Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu; Sally Baldwin

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 6 (2018) pp. 563–573

The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the opportunities for developing computational thinking in young learners. It includes a review of empirical studies on the educational technologies used to develop computational thinking in young ...

Learning through Making and Maker Education

Yu-Chang Hsu; Sally Baldwin; Yu-Hui Ching

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 61, No. 6 (2017) pp. 589–594

In this paper, we provide an overview of the current efforts in maker education, supported by a review of empirical studies. Our synthesis will inform the community about learning outcomes, potential and common issues, challenges, resources, and...