Institutional-Level Integration of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)

Theresa Kwong; Eva Wong; Kevin Downing

Interactive Technology and Smart Education Vol. 6, No. 4 (2009) pp. 286–292

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to exhibit the integration of learning and study strategies inventory (LASSI) with the City University of Hong Kong information systems to promote teaching and learning within the university. Design/methodology...

A cross national examination of inquiry and its relationship to student performance in science: Evidence from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006

Kevin A. Gee; Kenneth K. Wong

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 53, No. 1 (2012) pp. 303–318

We investigated the relationship between four inquiry-based teaching practices (use of: (1) models or applications, (2) hands-on activities, (3) interaction and (4) independent investigations) and science achievement for 15-year olds across eight...

Language: English

Support and promotion of mobile learning strategies

Paul Lam; Morris Kwok; Kevin Wong

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 758–762

The Mobile Learning Project at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) started in 2010 as an initiative to promote mobile learning (mLearning) among teachers at the university. The paper describes the strategies employed by the project in...

Changes in Student Mobile Learning Readiness – Comparison of Survey Data Collected Over a Nine-month Period

Paul Lam; Kevin Wong; Ryan Cheng; Eric Ho; Shereen Yuen

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 180–189

Mobile learning has huge potential benefits to students’ learning and one day mobile learning is likely to become a natural way for anybody to learn. We are, however, less sure how students are ready for the strategies right now and how fast they...

dint u say that: Digital Discourse, Digital Natives and Gameplay

Theresa O’Connell; John Grantham; Wyatt Wong; Kevin Workman; Alexander Wang

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Vol. 3, No. 1 (Apr 29, 2010)

Discourse analysis has the potential of providing insight into gameplay dynamics and team success. However, because of factors such as interrupted sequences, gameplay discourse does not easily lend itself to discourse analysis. Therefore, in...

Language: English

Leveraging Game-Playing Skills, Expectations and Behaviors of Digital Natives to Improve Visual Analytic Tools

Theresa O'Connell; John Grantham; Kevin Workman; Wyatt Wong

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Vol. 2, No. 1 (Mar 06, 2009)

We report gaming research aimed at improving innovative visual analytic (VA) tools. Digital natives are entering the information analysis workplace. There are similarities between innovative visual analytic (VA) tools used by information analysts...

Student Response (Clicker) Systems: Preferences of Biomedical Physiology Students in Asian Classes

Isabel Hwang; Kevin Wong; Shun Leung Lam; Paul Lam

Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 13, No. 5 pp. 319–330

Student response systems (commonly called "clickers") are valuable tools for engaging students in classroom interactions. In this study, we investigated the use of two types of response systems (a traditional clicker and a mobile device)...

EBooks as teaching strategy – preliminary investigation

Kevin Wong; Ching Liong; Zhi-Xiu Lin; Michael Lower; Paul Lam

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 1343–1352

Besides serving as tools for leisure-reading and self-learning, eBooks can be effective in the facilitation of teaching and learning. Teachers can proactively make use of eBooks to faci litate teaching and learning. The Mobile Learning Project at...

Classroom communication on mobile phones – first experiences with web-based ‘clicker’ system

Shun Leung Lam; Kevin Wong; Joseph Mohan; Dongyan Xu; Paul Lam

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 763–777

Thanks to the advancement in technology, web-based classroom response system is available in leveraging mobile phones to perform function in similar to that of traditional ‘clickers. Mobile phones can be used to enrich communication in classroom....

Advances in Games Technology: Software, Models, and Intelligence

Edmond Prakash; Geoff Brindle; Kevin Jones; Suiping Zhou; Narendra S. Chaudhari; Kok-Wai Wong

Simulation & Gaming Vol. 40, No. 6 (2009) pp. 752–801

Games technology has undergone tremendous development. In this article, the authors report the rapid advancement that has been observed in the way games software is being developed, as well as in the development of games content using game engines....