The effectiveness of the blended learning approach on digital literacy of middle school students with different daily Internet usage patterns

Hsiao-Ping Hsu; Joan Hughes

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 727–734

This study examined changes to middle school students’ digital literacy after engagement in a blended, technology-rich, project-based learning (BTP) environment. Guided by the social constructivist epistemology and the European Union’s DigComp 2.0...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, K-12 Online Learning

Impact of pre-service teachers’ gaming behaviours on their confidence and competence in applying game-based learning approaches: Implications for Teacher Educators

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Hsiao-Ping Hsu; Denis Moynihan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1664–1671

Despite the increased popularity of Game-based Learning (GBL), there is still a lack of empirical evidence supporting GBL as an approach and the need for ongoing research is widely advocated (Hainey et al., 2016). In particular, the area of teacher...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Digital Games & Simulations

Teaching Topographic Map Skills and Geomorphology Concepts with Google Earth in a One-Computer Classroom

Hsiao-Ping Hsu; Bor-Wen Tsai; Che-Ming Chen

Journal of Geography Vol. 117, No. 1 (2018) pp. 29–39

Teaching high-school geomorphological concepts and topographic map reading entails many challenges. This research reports the applicability and effectiveness of Google Earth in teaching topographic map skills and geomorphological concepts, by a...