Using Blogs to Enhance Critical Reflection and Community of Practice

Shih-Hsien Yang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 11–21

Using the theories of critical reflection and community of practice, the aim of this paper was to explore the use of blogs as a reflective platform in the training processes of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) student teachers, who were learning...

Exploring College Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy of Mobile Learning

Shih-hsien Yang

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 148–154

Previous studies have indicated that computers and the internet play very important roles in students' acceptance and use of new information technology. In recent years, with the rapid development of mobile technology, mobile learning (m-learning)...

Investigating Teacher Learning Using a Web-Based Writing Platform

Shih-hsien Yang

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 46, No. 1 (2018) pp. 78–97

Due to its complex nature and inherent unobservable features, teacher change within a specific context has rarely been investigated despite its importance as an issue in teacher professional development. To meet this challenge, the present study...

Narrative of a cross-cultural language teaching experience: Conflicts between theory and practice

Shih-hsien Yang

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 24, No. 6 (August 2008) pp. 1564–1572

China's economic performance over the past few decades has put China in a position where it now accounts for one-third of global economic growth, twice as much as America. The large-scale growth of China's economy has attracted attentionfrom...

Language: English

Conceptualizing effective feedback practice through an online community of inquiry

Shih-Hsien Yang

Computers & Education Vol. 94, No. 1 (March 2016) pp. 162–177

This study applied Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's (2000) community of inquiry (CoI) framework to teacher learning by designing and investigating online participatory practice in which 14 prospective teachers (PT) were engaged in collectively...

Language: English

Promoting Different Reading Comprehension Levels through Online Annotations

Sheng-Shiang Tseng; Hui-Chin Yeh; Shih-hsien Yang

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 28, No. 1 (2015) pp. 41–57

Previous studies have evaluated reading comprehension as the general understanding of reading texts. However, this broad and generic assessment of reading comprehension overlooks the specific aspects and processes that students need to develop. This ...

Comparing the social knowledge construction behavioral patterns of problem-based online asynchronous discussion in e/m-learning environments

Yu-Feng Lan; Pei-Wei Tsai; Shih-Hsien Yang; Chun-Ling Hung

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 4 (December 2012) pp. 1122–1135

In recent years, researchers have conducted various studies on applying wireless networking technology and mobile devices in education settings. However, research on behavioral patterns in learners' online asynchronous discussions with mobile...

Language: English

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,...