A Pilot Study of Workshop-Based Instruction Via the Web

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 31, No. 4 (Sep 22, 2004)

Industry and academia often hold workshops to promote products or disseminate technical information. This study defined workshop-based instruction (WIW) that coordinates student learning in a manner similar to researchers and scientists attending a...

Using Peer Feedback to Improve Learning via Online Peer Assessment

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Chun-Yi Lee

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 187–199

This study investigates the influence of various forms of peer observation and feedback on student learning. We recruited twelve graduate students enrolled in a course entitled, Statistics in Education and Psychology, at a university in northern...

How Teachers Use and Manage Their Blogs? A Cluster Analysis of Teachers' Blogs in Taiwan

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Huei-Tse Hou

International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech) 2013 (2013)

The development of Web 2.0 has ushered in a new set of web-based tools, including blogs. This study focused on how teachers use and manage their blogs. A sample of 165 teachers' blogs in Taiwan was analyzed by factor analysis, cluster analysis and...

Discovering the Two-Step Lag Behavioral Patterns of Learners in the College SPOC Platform

Zhi Liu; Hercy Cheng; Sanya Liu; Jianwen Sun

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 1–13

Due to high retention rates, small private online course (SPOC) has become increasingly popular among universities. However, existing analyses of learning behavioral patterns in SPOC remain extremely lacking. This present study conducts an empirical ...

Investigating Relationship Between Discourse Behavioral Patterns and Academic Achievements of Students in SPOC Discussion Forum

Zhi Liu; Jianwen Sun; Wenjing Zhang; Hercy Cheng; Sannyuya Liu

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2018) pp. 37–50

As an overt expression of internal mental processes, discourses have become one main data source for the research of interactive learning. To deeply explore behavioral regularities among interactions, this article firstly adopts the content analysis ...

Mining Individual Learning Topics in Course Reviews Based on Author Topic Model

Sanya Liu; Xian Peng; Zhi Liu; Cheng Ni; Hercy Cheng

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 15, No. 3 (July 2017) pp. 1–14

Nowadays, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) has obtained a rapid development and drawn much attention from the areas of learning analytics and artificial intelligence. There are lots of unstructured data being generated in online reviews area. The...

Effects of an Online Rational Emotive Curriculum on Primary School Students' Tendencies for Online and Real-World Aggression

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; H C. Ho; Y J. Song

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 83–93

This study investigated the relationship between online and real-world aggressive behavior among primary school students as well as the effects of an online rational emotive curriculum on reducing the tendency of students to display aggression...

Assessing Higher-Order Thinking Using a Networked Portfolio System with Peer Assessment

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Yi-Chin Zhuo; Shyan-Ming Yuan

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 31, No. 2 (Mar 22, 2004)

In the past, the quantitative evidences of portfolio assessment have been explored under online instruction. Liu, Lin, and Yuan provide a long-term measure of peer-self, peer-instructor and self-instructor correlation coefficients under networked...

University Faculty's Perspectives on the Roles of E-Instructors and Their Online Instruction Practice

Chiungsui Chang; Hun-Yi Shen; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jun 16, 2014) pp. 72–92

Despite the rapid use of e-Learning in higher education, the beliefs of instructors about and their practices during online instruction have been seldom addressed. This study explores the role perceptions of e-instructors in higher education. In...

Interaction between gaming and multistage guiding strategies on students' field trip mobile learning performance and motivation

Chih‐Hung Chen; Guan‐Zhi Liu; Gwo‐Jen Hwang

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 6 (November 2016) pp. 1032–1050

In this study, an integrated gaming and multistage guiding approach was proposed for conducting in-field mobile learning activities. A mobile learning system was developed based on the proposed approach. To investigate the interaction between the...

A Case Study of Low-Status Women's Attitudes towards Computers

Ruey S. Shieh; Sung-Lu Chang; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu

Educational Studies Vol. 37, No. 2 (May 2011) pp. 233–243

This study investigates the attitudes of a group of low-status women towards computers through a deliberately designed computer training programme. Four aspects of the women's attitudes were examined, including computer anxiety, confidence, liking...

Mining Learning Behavioral Patterns of Students by Sequence Analysis in Cloud Classroom

Sanya Liu; Zhenfan Hu; Xian Peng; Zhi Liu; H. Cheng; Jianwen Sun

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 15–27

In a MOOC environment, each student's interaction with the course content is a crucial clue for learning analytics, which offers an opportunity to record learner activity of unprecedented scale. In online learning, the educators and the...

Cluster Analysis of Adolescent Blogs

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Chun-Hung Lin; Feng-Yi Chen; Ping-Chuan Peng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 69–79

Emerging web applications and networking systems such as blogs have become popular, and they offer unique opportunities and environments for learners, especially for adolescent learners. This study attempts to explore the writing styles and genres...

An Analysis of Teacher-Student Interaction Patterns in a Robotics Course for Kindergarten Children: A Pilot Study

Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Chun-Hung Lin; Pey-Yan Liou; Han-Chuan Feng; Huei-Tse Hou

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 9–18

Compared with other media, programmable bricks provide children with the opportunity to create their own product and, through this process, to express creative thinking. Studies have found that learning robotics or integrating programming bricks...

A Networked Peer Assessment System Based on a Vee Heuristic

Chin-Chung Tsai; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Sunny S. J. Lin; Shyan-Ming Yuan

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 38, No. 3 (2001) pp. 220–30

This study implements a networked peer assessment system based on the use of a Vee heuristic. Students submit their homework via the underlying network, then assess each other's homework by offering suggestions through the network. Preliminary...

The Effects of Online Discussion Forum Aggressive Messages and Cognitive Distortion on Users' Negative Affect and Aggression

Yu-Tzu Chiang; Sunny S. J. Lin; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 238–245

This research is comprised of two studies designed to explore the effects of online discussion forum aggressive messages and Internet cognitive distortion on users' negative affect and aggression. The results of study 1 revealed 69 users could...

Factors Influencing Women's Attitudes towards Computers in a Computer Literacy Training Program

Sung-Lu Chang; Ruey S. Shieh; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Pao-Ta Yu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 177–187

In the "Digital Divide" research, adult women have generally been found to be the weakest group when compared with others. There is thus a need to provide this particular group with computer literacy training, and to give them opportunities to learn ...

Developing and Validating a Media Literacy Self-Evaluation Scale (MLSS) for Elementary School Students

Chiung-Sui Chang; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Chun-Yi Lee; Nian-Shing Chen; Da-Chian Hu; Chun-Hung Lin

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 2011) pp. 63–71

The arrival of new media technology has the potential to radically change education. It has become important for both academics and practitioners to understand the behavioural intentions of students towards media technology. Many scales have been...

Effects of Online College Student's Internet Self-Efficacy on Learning Motivation and Performance

Chiung-Sui Chang; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu; Hung-Yen Sung; Chun-Hung Lin; Nian-Shing Chen; Shan-Shan Cheng

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 51, No. 4 (2014) pp. 366–377

This study investigates how Internet self-efficacy helps students to transform motivation into learning action, and its influence on learning performance. In this study, the effects of Internet self-efficacy on motivation and the learning...

Application of poly(aspartic acid-citric acid) copolymer compound inhibitor as an effective and environmental agent against calcium phosphate in cooling water systems

Yu-ling Zhang; Cai-xia Zhao; Xiao-dong Liu; Wei Li; Jiao-long Wang; Zhi-guang Hu

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 14, No. 6 (December 2016) pp. 425–433

Poly(aspartic acid-citric acid) copolymer (PAC) is a new product of poly(carboxylic acid) scale inhibitor. The study aims to develop a “green” water treatment agent for calcium phosphate scale. The article compares the efficiency of three polymeric...

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